Music skips to the next track in the middle of a song.

I just bought an 80gb ipod classic... seems that some of my music tends to skip to the next track without any warning. I thought it was a problem with the ipod so I returned it and got another one and it happens the same way.
Is this a syncing issue. I have updated all my software, run cache cleaners - even restored my ipod and nothing seems to help. Does anyone else have this issue?
Will converting my whole MP3 collection to AAC help this? Also would you recommend doing that?
Thanks.

I have an 8 gb ipod nano that does the same thing. The songs that have this problem skip at the same point in the song every time they play...it's pretty consistent. And it only happens when playing directly from the ipod (not from the computer). It also seems like this problem is affecting entire albums or particular artists in some cases. I've tried comparing the summaries, but healthy songs have the same attributes as the problem ones. In many cases I no longer have the original CD to be able to re-rip the songs.
Any suggestions?

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HT201272 I have several long classical music downloads that do not finish or skip after a minute to the next track. The iTunes store recognizes these as successful downloads. They are not, but there is no way to complete the downloads now. Or is there?

Using ITunes support was useless. The support help says that they can be downloaded if I go to the store again. But the store says that they are downloaded and will not download them. It will only allow me to delete them or more correctly "hide" them.
There are issues with downloads taken on two separate computers.
Another question is why do all of the earlier Classical downloads, made five or so year ago or more, cut the very ends of each track of Classical music short and cue up the next track too quickly?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Try deleting the problematic tune (electing to remove original file if/when prompted) and then re-downloading the file from the iTunes store.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option from the Quick Links section in the top right corner of the iTunes homepage in your iTunes application on your computer.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option at the bottom of the screen of the iTunes app on your iOS device.
If the problem re-occurs, select the content which is causing a problem and use the 'Report a problem' button in Your Purchase History using your computer.

Some of my recently downloaded albums skip to the next track before the current one is complete

if anyone has had a similar problem/solution, i'd be interested in assistance.
thanks

If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the dodgy tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

I cant press play or select the next track from the lock screen

From the lock screen I can't press play or foward music.

I have tried that and it did not fix the problem. I still have to unlock and open itunes to pause or fast forward.

Why won't iTunes continue to the next track in an album?

Hello.
After recently updating to iTunes 5.2 on my primary computer (a 1.5 GHz. 15-inch PowerBook G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard)), iTunes will not continue to the next song in an album once a song is finished. In "Album" view, for instance, if I mouse over an album and click "Play Album," iTunes will play the first track on that album, but then will not proceed to play the next track once the first track is finished playing. What's interesting is that I also cannot click the "Next" button (>>) in the upper left-hand corner of the iTunes window and have iTunes play the next track. If I do press the "Next" button, iTunes will instantly stop all music playback and deselect the highlighted abum (if any).
I have tried rebooting my computer and relaunching iTunes multiple times, but all trials have failed to solve the issue. In addition to restarting my computer, I have also tried reinstalling the iTunes application, but again with no luck.
I've looked through the "Preferences" menu (iTunes - Preferences) and have experimented with some of the vaious settings, but have also failed to find a solution.
In addition to my PowerBook, I have iTunes 10.5.2 running on my MacBook without any issues. The PowerPC archetecture of my PowerBook should not have anything to deal with it, should it?
Any help, suggestions, or comments regarding the issue would be greatly appreaciated.
Thank you very much.

Okay, I figured out what the problem was. I had to "check" the checkboxes along the left-hand-side of of the track names. iTunes now plays through all of the tracks like it should. :-)

Some of my songs prematurely skip to the next track

Finding more and more songs in my iTunes library that seem to suddenly finish about halfway through and skip to the next track. This even includes recently purchased music. If I click ahead to beyond the point where it stops it just skips ahead anyway like half the song is corrupted. This happens on both my iMac 27" running Lion and iTunes 10.5.1 an also my iPhone 4. Strangely it does not always happen on the same tracks. For example, a song that stops prematurely on the imac may or may not do the same thing on the iPhone.
Case in point, I just purchased an album on iTunes. At 2.54 in the first track (which should run til 4.32) the song just skips ahead to track 2 on the iMac. The album synced automatically to my iPhone via iCloud and the same song played fine all the way til the end.
I've checked the start / stop times under track info and all is normal.
Anyone got any clue why this is happening?

I am having the same problem and it seems very widespread. I have someone called Nelson working on it at Apple.
Deleting the track and redownloading it SOMETIMES works but not always, and is no use at all if you're downloading a complete album with album only tracks.
I can only assume there is some major problem with the Apple servers. How they'll resolve it and satisfy everybody I don't know. I'm having to go through all my recent downloads checking them carefully, and suggest everybody does the same..
A few observations:
- the track appears to have downloaded OK and looks to be about the right file size
- it's nothing to do with iTunes because if you try playing the track in QuickTime it stops at the same point
- I don't think it's track-specific because if you download the track again it stops in a different place
- it seems to affect longer tracks
- I can only remember the problem happening since I upgraded to Mountain Lion, but could be wrong about this
and:
- it is very annoying and time consuming!

Every time i play a song in my i-tune 10.6, about up to half way mark, i-tune will automatically skip to the next track and playing it (next track) at the same time as the current track.

Every time i play a song in my i-tune 10.6, about up to half way mark, i-tune will automatically skip to the next track and playing it (next track) at the same time as the current track. i don't know if anyone has the same problem, but i haven't sync my ipod touch 4 gen to my i-tune playlist for the longest time, cus i was afraid to transfer the problem to it since i have a pc (win 7) but not MAC.

i am sorry, guys, but I really really really need you guys' help. if u know ANYTHING...

IOS 5 iPhone 4 no repeat button in music but its stuck on single repeat so i have to manual click next to hear the next track ***!!

iOS 5 iPhone 4 no repeat button in music only shuffle but its stuck on single repeat so i have to manual click next to hear the next track. Very annoying i dont even want to listen to my music. Even on shuffle it was pick a random song then just repeat that track.

With the track selected and olaying, (either the 'musical note' or 'artwork' showing), tap once in the centre of the screen to bring up the sub header - the original 'repeat', 'repeat once' and 'shuffle' icons are displayed - tap once again to hide the menu. Hope this helps.

Certain songs have started stopping half way through and skipping to the next track, how do i fix?

Recently I have found the certain songs, and its always the same ones, have started stopping half way thru and skipping to the next track. Even if I manually try and forward thru to the end of the track they wont go beyond half way. Does anyone else have this issue and are there any fixes?

I have figured out a fix. I have deleted the songs in question and then gone to the 'purchased' section in iTunes Store and re-downloaded the tracks and they work fine. Haven't found a problem on a non-downloaded track yet so not sure what fix would be there.

My iTunes plays a song for 5 seconds then skips to the next track. what the ****?

i recently moved my itunes library from my imac to im new Macbook pro. now when i play back in itunes (v10.6.1) random artists only play back like 5 seconds of a song before going to the next track. what happen?

now when i play back in itunes (v10.6.1)
Doublechecking ... do you still get that if you update to iTunes 10.6.3.25?
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

When streaming a movie with the new Apple TV, and using a DSL Internet connection, all audio sound works, e.g., the music track, but the audio track with the actor's voices, does not work. What can I do?

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Hi Brian,
Thanks restoring and restarting didn't fix my problem - i have started it fresh and still it doesn't work. Basically I press ONCE on the remote, after the machine has not had any commands for 10 minutes, and the cursor skips from one end of the menu to the other - so I can't choose network or update software etc - I sometimes manage to stop it randomly in the middle of the menu if I press on a command in the middle of the cursor skipping all the menu steps...not sure what the problem is but I have basically not used my brand new apple tv since I bought it for that reason! I should call Apple support I suppose! grrrr hate wasting time with stuff like this!
Thanks for your help though!
Pernille

TS1468 Why can't I edit album track information in the INFO window, and more to the next track without having to do each track seperate?

In iTunes 10, I could edit multiple track information in the (Info) tab and click to move to the next track within that album. Now with iTunes 11.1.3.8, I have to do each track seperate. It will not let me edit track information (as if track numbering), and click next to move to another track within the same album. It's a pain to have to do each song , and then click on the next song I want to edit. My music library is 171 GB (47,185 files & 19,498 folders). I can find the Duplicate files, but I can't edit like I use to in iTunes 10. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreicated!!!!! I will be an old man at the rate I'm going now.

Either select a single track, Get Info, then use the Next/Previous buttons to move between them, or select multiple tracks, Get Info, and edit common properties. The next and previous buttons do not appear in multi-track Get Info (and never have).
Regarding duplicates, Apple's official advice is here... HT2905 - How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin. Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
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What happened to the "next" track command?

the new itunes has so many falws that I am seriously looking for alternatives. One of the most frustrating is the next button that enables one to go the to next track when editing individual track data without having to jusp back out to the album level and mannually select the next track. Is there a fix to this????

I just did a little more digging. They are there for TV Shows and Music, but not for movies.

HT203167 one of my tracks i.e. Sultans of swing ( Dire Straits) should last for 10.54 minutes but now only plays for ten second then carries on to the next track, how can I restore the original download ?

One of my tracks i.e. Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) should last for 10.54 minutes but cuts off after 11 seconds, then plays the next track.
How can I re-download the track again to restore it?

Delete problem track from library (if it is an iTunes Store purchase and you entitled to redownload past purchases - stop otherwise!)
Close iTunes
Open iTunes
Select iTunes Store in left-hand column
Select Purchased in right-hand column
Select Music and Not on this computer
The track should be listed now with a small cloud symbol which lets you download it.
If you start downloading the track in step 7 then... While downloading select Downloads in the left-hand column and make sure Allow Simultaneous Downloads is unticked. (Should should help improve the reliablility of future downloads made with this build of iTunes.)
If the above hasn't helped then... contact the iTunes Store support staff through the "Report a problem" links in your account history, or via Contact Support.
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My iPod classic keeps jumping to the next track and switching itself off.

My iPod classic keeps jumping to the next track and switching itself off?

It happens randomly. I can be listening to a song, it finishes and then theres no sound. The track doesn't actually start at all. When i say skips i dont mean is in the middle of the song and jumps. I mean the ipod switches to the next track.
Format - All my songs have been ripped from CD's or downloaded from I-Tunes. I cant find the file type, sorry.
I had a look on the link but the symptoms dont link to mine. It happens randomly, not when im cycling or moving the divece nescessarily.
Thanks

Music skips to the next track in the middle of a song.

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