Only first few minutes of audiobooks play
Audiobooks no longer play on any device that I have: ipods, MacBook, iphone...
The first 5 minutes or so play and then the track completely stops. The behaviour is slightly different on different devices.
On the MacBook, an audiobook plays for around 5 minutes and then skips on to the next book.
On the iPods, an audiobook plays for around 5 minutes and then just stops.
On the iPhone the volume stops after around 5 mins though the track keeps playing forwards.
This must be a problem with the iTunes 10.6.3 software? I guess that this problem has happened since I recently upgraded all.
Are others finding this serious problem as well? Can anything be done?
The file isn't corrupted, or at least the music file itself. It is something to do with the iTunes Player and whatever it has done to the info about the tunes/books.
I need to do the procedure on more music myself, as I have found more tracks that stop playing. I thought that I had fixed them all, so I hope that thisn't a problem that iTunes keeps re-introducing. I hope it is just something that happned in the update process - although maybe there has been another update since the first problematic one? Not sure but anyway...
to fix it
...I think that the safest way to do the procedure is to go to your Music folder, then to the iTunes folder then ITunes Media folder. Locate the files that you want to fix and drag them onto the desktop. Go to the iTunes player, select the tracks there and delete them in the Player. Then re-import the files back to the Player (drag them on to it) from the desktop. This will restore the files to the iTunes Media folder and the re-import to the Player should make them play properly.
Try it with one item first to check that it works. Make a duplicate of the media file too, when you first try it, just in case.
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