Playing first 5 seconds of each song in my library

Is there a way to do this? I know some players allow this feature. Thanks.

it seems like it is more difficult than it should be. going song by song would be tedious, and when you select multiple songs, itunes doesn't allow you to change the stop and start time the way you can if you only select one song. i thought the option would be available using the automater, but i ran into the same problem. there has to be a way to do it though, if i find it i'll let you know

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I have the pearlyrics widget and would like to play the first 15-30 seconds of each song in order to get the lyrics. I know that I have seen a script to do this, but I can't find it anymore. Thanks in advance.

This one?
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ITunes is only playing the first few seconds of each song

Hi,
I've searched high and low and cannot seem to find a resolution to my problem. When I'm listening to many of the songs in my library, iTunes will just stop playing and move to the next song after about 10-15 seconds. If I slide the progress bar at the top, the song plays from that point on for a few more seconds and skips. It seems that many people have had this trouble throughout the last few years, but in each of the instances where I've found someone talking about it, there is never a solution. The discussion just goes cold. I've tried checking the start/stop boxes for an affected song, but they won't stay checked. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Yes this seems to have cropped up a few times recently without a definite solution.
Assuming that the files play Ok in another player and you have checked that the start stop boxes look OK in get Info, here a couple of things you could try.
Rebuild your library:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
I would modify the method as follows, drag iTunes Library.itl to the desktop as well as iTunes Library.xml. Then you can put it back if this doesn't work.
Then try deleting your preference files, this causes iTunes to create new ones with default values so any custom preferences are lost.
First make hidden files visible in Folder Options>>View
Delete iTunesPrefs.xml in:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\iTunes
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C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes
Message was edited by: polydorus

My CDs load into itunes but only play the first few second of each song.

When I try to play CDs from itunes only the first few seconds play. I can play CDs from windows media player. At one time I was able to play CDs from itunes.

This might be better answered over in the Importing & Burning in iTunes for Windows forums.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1430761&#1430761
Run the iTunes Help menu > Run CD Diagnostics... command and post the results there.

Itunes only plays first few seconds of a song...

I have a mac mini that I purchased last summer and have recently been having itunes problems. I have had no internet at home for a couple months but I believe itunes was up to date when I last had online access. I think I upgraded to Yosemite? But honestly can't remember. I am on my work computer and far from home.
So starting a couple of weeks ago, when playing certain albums in itunes, it would play the first 5-10 seconds of a song and then jump to another song on that album. I could switch albums and it would play fine. Sometimes. But the problem has worsened and now I cannot play anything in itunes without this happening. Very frustration to say the least. I have tried restarting itunes and restarting the machine with and that has not helped. Maybe a reinstall of itunes? Sounds like that will need internet access to get re-updated and such? Any help here is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hmmmm. I see a lot of questions and issues with iTunes in this here forum but not many answers and solutions to those problems. Seems Apple has been taking some missteps lately and forgetting a big part of what got them to where they are: their stuff worked with ease. Seems so many more stumbling steps these days.

TS3297 I downloaded a song but it did not download properly and only the first 5 seconds of the song plays. How do you fix this and get the entire song downloaded?

I purchased a song and when downloading there was an error. No error on the other 8 songs just one and now only plays the first 5 seconds of the song. How do you fix this and do the download again so the entire song is downloaded? Thanks!

Delete the song from your library and re-download it from the Purchases section of the iTunes Store.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12491

How do I get a song to download properly? Downlaoded an album but one song only plays first 2 seconds.

Can only listen to the first 2 seconds of a song, checked for downloads incomplete and get all songs downloaded message, also have latest iTunes version. Tried restarting my PC but did not help. How do I get all of the song re-downloaded properly?

Hi Rusty Bucket Head,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. If your song is incomplete when you try to play it, you can delete it and try redownloading it as described here:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
If the second download still has the same issue, you can report the issue to the iTunes Store by following this article:
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBookstore purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
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HT2045 I bought a song, which played on my computer. When I tranfered it to my IPod,only the first 30 seconds of the song plays. Help please!

Please help me. I bought a song which played on my computer, but when I tranfered it to my IPod, only the first 30 seconds of it will play. Help please. Is there a way I can contact Apple to complain, because I'm not paying $1.29 for the first 30 seconds of a song. Or is there anyway to fix it? (note: i have already synced my Ipod and it has the latest version of ITunes)

Im having a similar promblem! Only its doesnt work on my Itunes library and the song ends at 49 seconds. Have you fixed your problem yet?
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New 80gig ipod.. Plays only first few seconds on most songs?

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I'm listening to iheartradio through safari on my macbook pro, and two seconds into each song it freezes up and won't play

I'm listening to iheartradio through safari on my macbook pro, and two seconds into each song it freezes up and wont play the rest of the song.

This is really unfortunate. I'm sorry that nothing works. I was going to mention holding down the power button and doing a force shutdown but you already did that. You might need to take it into the Apple store. I don't know if booting into safe mode would help. You would have to turn off the machine again, hit the start button and hold down the shift key after you hear the tone, but normally you would let go of the shift key when you see the apple logo and spining wheel. Maybe by holding down the shift key after you here the tone will cause the screen to come back on? The other option is to start up from the 'install disk' if your machine came with one. You would insert the disk, then shut down the computer, and hold down the C key right after hitting the start button.
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Only a few seconds of each song gets imported from cd.

only a few seconds of each song gets impoted, when im importing from a cd. why? how can i fix? it has bin doing that since i got itunes5. someone please help!

hi y'all!
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Itunes is only downloading 7 seconds of each song

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I am trying to download my own cds to itunes and only 7 seconds of each song is getting downloaded. How do I fix this???
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Welcome to Apple Discussions
You might want to check out Knowledge Base Document #93453 which covers Can't Import or Play Music from CD in iTunes for Windows.
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Burning mp3 files with SuperDrive - first 10 sec of each song missing

Hello music fans,
When I burn mp3 songs to a CD using SuperDrive on a MacBook Air (mid 2012), the first 10 seconds of every song are not playing.
This had never happened to me before using other drives. I tried all sorts of tricks, disks and programs and everything points to the SuperDrive. When I play the disc on the computer all is fine. The issue shows when playing the disc on a Sony mp3 disc player which usually never had such issues before when I used Tiger and another burner.
FYI burning regular CDs works OK.
Does anybody have this problem as well?
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As Chris already answered, Copy To Play Order basically locks down the play order of the playlist so it shows up that way in the iPod. If you simply sort the playlist with a certain header in iTunes, once the playlist goes to the iPod, the iPod doesn't know or respect that sort order. But if you Copy To Play Order, then you lock down the order of the playlist.
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Itunes only imports a few seconds of each song

Hi ... i'm really struggling with this problem!
whenever i import a song from a CD, itunes only imports a few seconds of each song and moves onto the next .. so on & so forth. It only take a few second to completely import the entire CD.
However the 'imported' songs don't play ... itunes just whizzes thru all the songs in 2 sec. the time duration for each song is '789:57:13'.
this has occurred a few times in the past but seems to be fixed by a restarting my mac or reloading itunes from the .dmg file. which can be very annoying to say the least!
I need a more long term solution! any assistance is greatly appreciated!
Cheers

I'm importing from 'factory' CDs .... i've deleted Itunes and reloaded it again and it seems to be ok, but from experience its not gonna last ...... the last time i had to shut down and restart 4 times to get it to work!
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HT1725 I downloaded a full cd album from iTunes it said it had been downloaded but when I listened to them it only played a small part of each song then it stopped. What do i do? I don't want to have to download them again. Thanks

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