Missing end of some songs

Haven't proved where the fault is yet but some of my songs that I transfered from CD to Itunes and then onto my Ipod have the end of the songs cut short.
Has anybody else experienced this and what can be done about it?
5th gen 30GB Windows XP Pro

I think it's solved; I had to reload all the songs on to the iPod and I have not experienced truncating of songs since then. Fingers crossed...
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hi ive downloaded an album from itunes and it appears to be missing the end
of some songs. can anyone tell me how to redownload it again

Depending upon what country that you are in (music can't be re-downloaded in all countries) then try deleting the incomplete tracks from your iTunes library and redownload them via the Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store home page on your computer's iTunes : re-downloading.
If you aren't in a country where you can re-download music or if they re-download in the same state then try the 'report a problem' link from your purchase history : log into your account on your computer's iTunes via Store > View My Account (Store > View My Apple ID on iTunes 11) and you should then see a Purchase History section with a 'see all' link to the right of it ; click on that and you should see a list of your purchases ; find those songs and use the 'Report a Problem' link and fill in details about the problem (iTunes support should reply within, I think, about 24 hours).
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Skips end of some songs?

I recently bought a 5th gen 30GB iPOD video and I'm having an issue where it will skip the end of some songs about 3/4 the way through them. If I go back and play that song again, this does not happen. It seems to be random but honestly I haven't listened to it long enough to notice a pattern. It should be noted that I have shuffle on, crossfade off, and all of my music is in MP3 format of various bitrates.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3210879&#3210879
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3455251&#3455251
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Thanks for the response. I did look at the song that got cut off and it's a .m4a file. However, I also have normal audio that comes from an external Zoom recorder in .wav format that is getting cut off in the same way. The strange thing is I've never had a problem with this before a couple weeks ago. I've used this same song before and my external audio is always in .wav format

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I have an 80 GB iPod. I bought it new and originally formatted it for Windows and connected it to iTunes in Windows. I later bought a Mac, reformatted the iPod for Mac and had iTunes copy all my song files to it again. Most of my music collection are MP3 files that I personally ripped from CDs, using a few different programs and encoders.
The problem I am going to describe has occurred on the iPod under both formats, and over multiple iTunes updates.
There are some songs on my iPod that it will not play to the end. What happens is that about half way through the song, the song stops, and the screen indicates the song is paused with two (2) seconds remaining. It ALWAYS says two seconds remaining, regardless of how much time was actually left in the song. I can use the next song button to get to the next song, although it takes a few seconds longer than normal for the iPod to start playing again.
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The particular songs that I've identified so far play fine in iTunes on the Mac. Back when I used Windows, I noted that the problem songs from the iPod would play fine in Windows iTunes or in other Windows media players.
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Has anyone ever had a similar problem, and if so, did you come up with any other fixes or do you have any other suggestions?

Yes, in theory re-converting would lessen the quality further. However, I have heard people claim (unsubstantiated) that if you are encoding with the same encoder at the same bit rate, then since it will use the same algorthymn, it won't really change the file. I have absolutely no idea if that is true or not.
But... I figure some slight loss in quality re-encoding is still better quality than a song that only plays half way and then stops, right? I suppose you could always tag those files in the comment section with something like "Re-Encoded" and then later if you gain access to your old CDs, you can then make a Smart Playlist to gather those songs and then re-rip them again from your CDs.
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Hello alk1022
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
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