Play Count after iTunes 5 upgrade

Since upgrading to iTunes 5 from 4.9, most (but not all) of my play counts have been turned into a series of random numbers, such as -1088620803. Anyone else have this problem? I think I've been spared all the other bad stuff, although I really dislike the new design.

Fastal,
Good that you are back with the all important playcounts but as I do know the Technical reason for this one-off occurence, let me assure you it is not a fault rather another step forward as we move into an era where data files that do not conform, for whatever reason, to the latest standards will be changed gradually each time they are moved or accessed, until they all match the specifications as laid out... files you have had on your computer in the past are the most likely culprits... a few years ago the rules were very loose and there were thousands of differents formats ... as these have been assimilated into the latest data formats you end up with a situation like this... to write software that would fix and convince everyone to use it is impossible as the variables are too many and would probably be a step backwards.
take care Fastal you are welcome... TP

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