Music skips in beginning of songs

when playin music and browsing the web, the songs start to skip in the beginning. i have itunes 7.0.1.8 and enough RAM on my comp to do these things. anything i can do?

Took the phone to the genius bar and he did a complete erase and fresh reinstall of the iOS and it fixed my skipping songs problem.
Knock on wood, it's been couple weeks and not a glitch of any kind now. Very satisfying experience at the bar too. The genius gave me the choice, he would "Swap Out" the phone or try the software trouble shooting first. He left it up to me which is pure Apple style when handling unsatisfied customers. They truly have customer service down to a perfect science IMO!

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Ipod shuffle skipping first part of songs

I found another post but it had been archived with no apparent resolution. I've owned a 1st gen shuffle for 18 months and I notice it's now skipping the beginning of songs as it runs through the playlist. Sometimes it starts a song at the end then goes to next song. I've tried re-installing the software, changing playlists etc but nothing works. Suggestions greatefully received. Thx alan

I've recently started to experience this.
I've had my Shuffle for some time (bought it not long
after they first came out) and had not problems with
it.
I **think** this started happening after a Shuffle
software update. I've tried restoring it from within
iTunes but the problem hasn't gone away.
I'm using a Mac with up to date OS and iTunes.
Anyone out ther able to help - it's really annoying
as every song starts about haplf way through.
Have you tried the Reset Utility? Follow directions EXACTLY...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305204

Skipping Beginning of song

I have just got my first Ipod a Classic 80 Gig. I have read in the forum people having trouble with their tracks skipping to the next song but I’ve not come across what mine is doing.
I am finding that it is skipping the beginning of the song, sometimes a couple of bars sometimes it just jumps in as much as quarter of the way through. If you go back and start the song again it is fine, if you go back and play the preceding song it will no do it when it come to the song it skipped before. I am finding it really annoying.
Most of my music is downloaded and then this has been imported into itunes (a package I do not like but that is a different story), the rest is imported from the hard drive from previously copied CDs.
Has anyone out there had a similar problem? Any solutions? I have reset the ipod a few times with no change, I have emptied it and reinstalled the music and no change. It seems to be a random problem, your listening away and fine then the next song starts in the wrong place.

I have noticed that the skipping only appears to occur on downloaded music not music copied from a CD I have (all my CDs have been copied to HD first and not via Itunes), I have not checked every album it would take days but I have checked three today. Two were from CD and one was downloaded, the two CDs played fine and the downloaded one was well crap, it skipped the beginning of three of the five tracks I played.
Any thoughts out there? I am running firmware 1.0.2 as updated by itunes a couple of days ago.
As a thought do I need to run my downloaded music through some other package to clean it up before itunes gets it?

I download exclusively from itunes and I have been having issues with the music stopping after about 25 seconds either skipping to the next song or just going silent and still moving as if it is playing? how do i fix this?

I have an ipod nano, classic and Iphone4s...i download itunes, it says it is completely downloaded, i go to play it either on my pc or on one of my devices and it plays about 24 seconds of the song and skips to the next song. Sometimes it continues to "play" as in the timer is still moving but there is no sound or picture...how do i fix this? It is really frustrating...i let it go with one or 2 songs but when it is everything I download any more I'm getting fed up. I tried going into the info on the song and options and making sure it didn't have the stop time changed (the solution that apple support gave me) Any solutions? I want to actually listen to the music I download!!!

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After updating my Ipod with IOS 5, some of my music no longer plays. Album cover is shown, but the IPod skips to the next song. Any ideas why?

After updating my Ipod with IOS 5, some of my music no longer plays. Album cover is shown, but the IPod skips to the next song. Any ideas why?

A not uncommon problem. See this previous discussion.
Problems with IOS 5 Music App (Updated)

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play a song from itunes? it will show the art work then skip three or four songs and start playing! How can I get it to play the songs I touch? This is a new phone but has been restored from backup. Not even all my icloud music is showing

Hi amorg1876,
If your iPhone is skipping over certain songs, you may want to check out this article:
Troubleshooting songs that skip
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3217
Cheers!
- Ari

I have recently purchased an album from iTunes but although I see it in my music library none off the songs play they just skip through to the next one repeatedly. I since downloaded another song and this work perfectly

I have recently purchased an album from iTunes but although I see it in my music library none off the songs play they just skip through to the next one repeatedly. I since downloaded another song and this work perfectly

Does this only happen with the tracks you have downloaded from the iTunes Store? Perhaps you should work the suggestions in this Apple support document first.
Troubleshooting songs that skip on iPod
B-rock

When I run with my iPhone4, the music just keeps skipping to the next song. I'll start my music, start running, and then the songs keep changing so I can never hear a song. Songs are from iTunes and doesn't happen on iPod. HELP?

When I run with my iPhone4, the music just keeps skipping to the next song. I'll start my music, start running, and then the songs keep changing so I can never hear a song. Songs are from iTunes and it doesn't happen when running with my iPod. Suggestions?

Go to SETTINGS - IPOD - and turn off "Shake to Shuffle"...
John

HT4528 I recently got the iPhone 5s and I transferred all of my music, pictures, etc. over from my iPhone 5. My music was playing fine the day I got it (2 days ago) and now my music skips, stops in the middle of the songs, or just stops playing and exits.

I recently got the iPhone 5s and I transferred all of my music, pictures, etc. over from my iPhone 5. My music was playing fine the day I got it (2 days ago) and now my music skips, stops in the middle of the songs, or just stops playing and exits. It was just working and now it wont. What is wrong? What can I do?

Not sure if this will help but a reset is the first thing to try. To reset your device. Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears. Let go of the buttons and let the device restart. See if that fixes your problem.

My iPod just skips through all the songs without playing them

The other day, I was listening to a playlist on my iPod Nano (first generation), and it just skipped over one of my favorite songs. I immediately reset my iPod and went back to the playlist, but this time, it wouldn't play any of the songs. The artwork, title, artist, etc came up for a second, then it would skip to the next song and do the same thing. I reset it a few times, updated iTunes, and updated my iPod, but nothing worked. I'm extremely disappointed because I'm pretty sure my iPod isn't under warranty anymore, but still, it hasn't even been two years since I purchased it. Is there any way I can fix the iPod? If not, could someone please tell me how I could contact Apple and possibly get a replacement? I understand that it'll be difficult sine it's no longer under warranty, but when I spend $250 on a product, I expect it to work for more than a year and a half. Thanks so much to anyone who can help.

DeepCove-r,
You can actually transfer your iPod songs to your computer.
First, you'll need to prevent iTunes from automatically syncing your iPod. To do that, follow these steps:
1 - Open iTunes.
2 - Connect your iPod to your computer.
3 - Basically as soon as your iPod begins to display "Do Not Disconnect", begin to press and hold the Ctrl and Shift keys together.
Continue to do this for perhaps about 20 seconds after your iPod appears in the Source List of iTunes (the left area).
After you've prevented iTunes from auto-syncing your iPod, click on it in the Source List, and under the "Summary" tab, select the option: "manually manage content on iPod".
Also, go to the Music, podcasts, etc. tabs, and deselect all check-boxes that say "Sync", to sync music, or podcasts.
Now, to save your changes, click the "Apply" button in the bottom-right corner of this screen.
Now, to transfer your iPod songs to your computer, there are a few different methods, but perhaps the most straight-forward way to do it would be to download a third-party program which can do this for you.
YamiPod is free, and commonly recommended for using with copying your iPod songs to your computer.
After you have those songs copied to your computer sucessfully, restore your iPod in iTunes.
-Kylene

A song I purchased on iTunes is no longer playing on my iPhone 5 and skips straight to another song when I try to play it

I purchased a song on iTunes a few weeks ago, and have been playing it regularly on rotation on the iPod of my iPhone 5s. Today, I went to play the song and it shows the album artwork, song title etc and I pressed the play button and it immediately skipped to another song and wouldn't play. It won't play the song on my Mac either, when I try to. I've just updated to iOS 7.1 on the phone, then backed up and synced to the Mac, then deleted all the music and re-installed music back to my iPhone but the song still won't play. It also won't play on my Mac now (skips to the next song in the Library). It's weird that I could purchase it, and play it for a few weeks and now, mysteriously, it's not playing. I don't know what else I can do, as I've updated, re-synced, and re-booted and done everything I think I should have done.
Help?

Depending upon what country that you are in (music can't be re-downloaded in all countries) then try deleting that track from the Music app on your iPod and redownload it via the Purchased tab in the iTunes store app (or the Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store home page on your computer's iTunes)
If you aren't in a country where you can re-download music or if it re-downloads with the same problem then try the 'report a problem' page to contact iTunes Support (we are fellow users here on these forums) : http://reportaproblem.apple.com
If the 'report a problem' link doesn't work then you can try contacting iTunes support via this page : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/- click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Purchases, Billing & Redemption

After installing iOS7 to my iphone 4, I can no longer skip to the next song using BTA in my Honda Civic.

Says it all. I upgraded to IOS7 and now my iphone, which has always been able to skip to the next song using wireless bluetooth. I can't use it on my steering wheel or the controls above the heating/cooling/CD drive. Nothing. I have to unlock my iphone and manually change the song in the music app, no other way. I drive a 2013 Honda Civic... is there any solution to this? Everything was fine until today... I can still call people through my car, it's JUST the music part that is affected. Only the change/skip song functions. It's really bizarre.. any solutions?

I think the developer havent made it compatible with ios7 for iPhone. Goto App store and search for that App. you will have an option to contact developer or report an issue. Good Luck

I bought a song on iTunes, and it is on my iPad, but the song will not play, it skips to the next song. How can I fix this?

I bought a song on iTunes, and it is on my iPad, but the song will not play, it skips to the next song. How can I fix this?

Music>Songs>Select song>Swipe from left to right to delete.

After updating to iOS 6.1.5 on my iPod Touch 4th Gen, Some of my songs are skipping to the next song after 30 seconds of play...

After updating to iOS 6.1.5 on my iPod Touch 4th Gen, some of my songs are skipping to the next song after 30 seconds even though the iPod appears to be playing the current song. Some of my songs are mp3 files that have been playing fine for years...
Anybody else experiencing this issue?
I'm using the latest version of iTunes and i don't have that problem on my PC. The only difference as far as i can tell is the updated iOS & firmware...
AJ

Yes, other have. If the songs play OK in iTunes on the computer
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 all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

Playback of purchased music skips, wrong speed, etc.

Ok, this was going to be a question, but maybe it will help diagnose future problems.
Software:
iTunes 6.0.4 (3)
FireFox 1.5.0.3 (most recently updated)
OS 10.4.6
Hardware:
PowerMac G5 dual processor 2Ghz
recently added 2GB of RAM for total of 2.5GB
Symptom:
Purchased music only would play very poorly. It was skipping and playing at the wrong speed; it seemed like it was playing too fast, but I couldn't be sure. There was also some audio noise mixed in. Music ripped from CDs (MP3s) played fine.
Solution: Rebooted system.
Suspected failure: I had been surfing (with a recently updated version of FireFox) on MySpace, reading some forums and clicking on some user icons, which would, in some cases start playing embedded music or video with audio. After surfing for a while, I noticed my background music (iTunes was playing the entire time) was sounding really terrible. I skipped to the next song, and it was fine. Soon, it was terrible again. It would only mess up on AAC files. I checked the Activity monitor and the system was mostly idle (about 90% idle) with 1.8GB of free RAM. Disk activity was low. There were no limited resources. However, the only things that have changed on this system recently are FireFox and the RAM configuration. Shutting down all other applications did NOT correct the problem. A reboot was required. I'm listening to my purchased music folder as I type this and it has yet to miss a beat. I am using FireFox and I have Mail and X11 (X-Windows) open. I can't be sure, but I believe that FireFox (OS X/FireFox bug?) grabbed resources in the audio subsystem and did not free them, but that is all speculation.
I hope this helps someone.

You are correct, sir. I was confused. I reposted my observations on the Mac side. This thread can be deleted by whomever might be able to do that.

Music skips in beginning of songs

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