Music not playing in the iPod/Music app

Randomly there are songs that show as playing but the counter never advances past 0:00. Other songs work fine. If I remove the entire library then re-add all the songs, no issues. But that is really annoying. I'm sure it's playing because it even has the play icon in the status bar, yet nothing happens...the song doesn't play, no sound, and the scrub/counter never advances. I saw that this was a problem in iOS5 beta but seriously, they didn't fix this bug? If it matters these are songs purchased from iTunes. iOS 5.01

Hard reset, as in plug in to iTunes, select your device, click restore. You will be able to recover data by syncing first and then select Restore from backup when it's done.

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I have a problem with the external sound of my iPod, when I take the headphones the music keeps playing and the ipod recognizes still have a headset connected. how do I get external sound out?

- Try insering and removing the headphone plug a dozen times or so.
- Try cleaning out the headphone jack in the iPod.
- Resett he iPod. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup
- Restoe to factory defaults/new iPod
If yu still have the problem that indicates a hardware problem, likely a bad headphone jack. Yu can make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store to confirm.
If not underwarranty Apple will only exchange your iPod for a refurbished one for:
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Why do my songs and audio books keep getting erased when I add a new book? Now some books will not play and the iPod does not keep track of where I was when I pause a book, leave for music and then go back!

About a month ago I added some new audio books to my iPod Classic and then after disconnecting, I discovered EVERYTHING had been erased.
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I uninstalled / reinstalled iTunes and completely reformated the iPod drive.
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When iTunes/iPod sync process failed due to timeout, the iPod, has only the initilaised filesytem structure at the start of the Sync.
The timeout failure could be due to
Bad hardisk - do the iPod disk diagnostic, refer to this excellent post by tt2
Slow USB port or resource - Dont use any USB hub, disconnect all other USB devices while syncing
Timeout due to Antivirus or other plugins - disconnect from Internet and stop the Antivirus or monitoribng software if you are syncing.
Preferably stop doing other things while syncing this ancient device, which the latest iTunes designer, think will soon be extinct.
Have a nice day!

TS1286 MY MUSIC WILL PLAY THROUGH THE IPOD BUT NOT THROUGH ANY DOCKING STATION SPEAKERS. IT USED TO, BUT JUST SUDDENLY STOPPED.

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I just had this problem tonight and here is what worked: Go to Settings; General; Software Update; and update to the new iOS: 6.0.1. It worked for me, hope it works for you!

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Just drag that file to the desktop while iTunes is not launched, then relaunch iTunes and it will automatically create the new .plist file.
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Bob - A few things to try:
Get Info, and look at the "Options" tab to make sure a "Stop Time" didn't somehow get set.
See whether the file plays correctly in another player (e.g. QuickTime), to make sure the file is not damaged.
If it is a purchased song, delete it from your library and download a fresh copy.

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How do i get my video to play from my ipod to my pioneer AV2300DVD music, but no picture. Will play on the ipod itself but not connected.

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Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
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- Reset all settings
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- Restore from backup. See:
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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

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When you synced with iTunes It would have tried to replace the music on the iPhone with what is on the computer. which is what happens when you sync with iTunes.
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Music not playing in the iPod/Music app

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