New Shuffle skips/aborts VBR MP3s

My entire mp3 collection is encoded as variable bit rate (VBR). I bought my wife the new Shuffle and whenever it plays one of these songs, it skips and cuts out for a bit and then aborts completely and moves on to the next song. If I encode the same song as constant bit rate, it plays fine. Has anyone else had this issue??

Thanks both for your responses. Resetting the ID3 tags solved the problem for a couple of the files, but not all. Delving into exactly why some files play differently than others, I eventually stumbled across a Windows program called the GSpot Codec Information Appliance that informed me that some of my mp3s are actually coded MPEG 1 Layer 1! This is especially interesting because the offending files came from ripping some of my CD collection, meaning that RealPlayer is likely the culprit. I'm going to do some more experimenting to see if I can determine the culprit (and the extent of the problem in my 3400-song collection). Resaving with CoolEdit 2000 corrects the problem, but I'll have to set up a batch process if it turns out to be a lot of songs.
cheers,
Mike

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I am currently an owner of an Ipod Touch 4th generation. I see you are having problems with your Ipod Touch, so I will try to find a solution to your problem.
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I have exactly the same problem with my two
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Here's a screenshot of iTunes ->
http://www.simongbrown.com/blog/images/2007/shuffle-no
t-recognised.png
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