Only half of a song playing?
I just brought a song of the iTunes store, it downloaded fine but only half of the song plays. It plays up until about 2 minutes and then goes on to the next song...
Why does it do this =/
It might be a bad download. But first thing to check is to click on the song, do a Get Info, then go to the Option tab. Make sure the Start and Stop time boxes are NOT checked, which will play the whole song. If either is checked, the tune will start or stop at the time indicated.
Patrick
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HT201272 When I download a previously purchased song to my iMac only half of the song plays
Any idea why only half of every song plays when I download a previously purchased album or song to my iMac?
Does the track play correctly in Quicktime Player? If it does then it is an iTunes issue. If it doesn't then it is possible the file was not completely downloaded, or is corrupt.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3712298 - applying system update cleared issue of songs ending early
Solution to purchased songs not playing (2009) - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1934256 - authorization issues and files not playing all the way through
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17382022 - Problem was incomplete files due to poor WiFi connection
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I purchased an album on iTunes. Only half of the songs will play. What can I do?
I purchased an album on iTunes. Only half of the songs will play. What can I do?
Hi crgcain,
If some of the songs on an album purchased from the iTunes Store are incomplete or won't play, you may want to try deleting them and redownloading the files. You may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Regards,
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Welcome to the Apple Community.
Try deleting the problematic file (electing to remove original file if/when prompted) and then re-downloading the file from the iTunes store.
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I have purchased an album on my iphone and only half of the songs appear on my purchases
I have purchased an album on my iphone and only half of the songs appear on my purchases. When I click update purchases it says all purchases have been updated! This also happens to some single songs, they arent showing up on my PC purchases! But they appear on my purchased playlist on the phone! What can I do?
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HT4910 only half of a song will play
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- Try a reset. 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.
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Many thanks, Dionne.Hi Rick,
I haven't been on this site for ages and I was wondering why no one answered you! A few questions: what size is the list you are trying to burn? It usually says at the bottom of the screen. What brand and format is the blank CD? Are all the songs checked on the play list that you want to burn? What kind of computer equipment are you using to burn? Usually bought CD's have a very large file format and have to be converted to a different format to fit on your CD, especially with 18 songs. Lemmee know and I can help further.
Rob -
I bought an album and I only got half of every song.What do I do?Thanks Ben
Delete and redownload:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store -
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ITunes Match, only half of the song?
Hey everyone,
So I got iTunes match not too long ago, I did the upload portion of it on my main Desktop WIndows-Based PC. Everything appeared to have worked, and I was able to download everything to my MacBook Air, iPad, and iPhone. Few days later I was driving to work whilist rocking to some Lionel Richie, and the song "Hello" played half-way when the next song came on. As a matter of fact it does this with several songs all all of my devices except my Desktop. So my questions are:
1. ***?
2. How do I fix it?
3. Is there any way of changing the master computer (i.e. the computer which does the syncing) over to my MacBook Air?
Thanks in advance.Hello,
I have the same problem and changing you master computer won't work. I have tried doing it from my mbPro to my mbAir and viceversa and nothing has worked so far. I have also exchanged several e-mails with Apple reps and phone calls as well, and as iTunes Match respects they are clueless so all I've gotten back from them is useless link to forums and posted solutions which do not relate at all with our actual issue. They keep saying that redownloading the files will fix it but it doesn't. I own and iPhone5 and a "new" iPad both running iOS 6. Conversely when I'm using iTunes Match on my mbAir from a newly created library (so no hard copies of the files in the computer, just from the cloud) everything works perfectly, so apparently is a bug in the iOS. I'm really frustrated with this but the fix will have to be provided in a new version release, and they already have a lot in their hands so I'm not very confident it will come any time soon. They might be able to make the fix from the iTunes Match servers but who knows. So patience my friend, that's all that's required from us at this point.
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Only half of a song imports...why?
I am trying to import George Straits second disc of his greatest hits. I have a lot of cds imported. I have enough room on itunes for the whole cd. I just noticed if I click on that song it doesn't play it. It goes back to one of the top ones. The time on it says 789:57. Why won't it import the last song? I think I had it on there on time before and I deleted it for some reason. Would that be why? Someone please help me.
It might be a bad download. But first thing to check is to click on the song, do a Get Info, then go to the Option tab. Make sure the Start and Stop time boxes are NOT checked, which will play the whole song. If either is checked, the tune will start or stop at the time indicated.
Patrick -
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I bought a song on my computer, and only a minute and 40 seconds downloaded. After that, iTunes skips to the next song. How should I handle this without messing things up?
Depending upon what country that you are in (music can't be re-downloaded in all countries) then try deleting the incomplete track from your iTunes library and redownload it via the Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store home page on your computer's iTunes : re-downloading.
If you aren't in a country where you can re-download music or if it re-downloads in the same state then try the 'report a problem' link from your purchase history : log into your account on your computer's iTunes via Store > View My Account (Store > View My Apple ID on iTunes 11) and you should then see a Purchase History section with a 'see all' link to the right of it ; click on that and you should see a list of your purchases ; find that song and use the 'Report a Problem' link and fill in details about the problem (iTunes support should reply within, I think, about 24 hours).
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I downloaded the Beatles White Album I am getting errors saying the file cannot be converted next to each song that will not load on the IPod 16 songs were loaded and the will not, I restored the IPod twice and still get the same errors any help appreciated, I checked convert the higher bit rate songs to 128 kps this is the first album that will not load for me
Welcome to the Apple Community.
Try deleting the problematic file (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 (or video 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.
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