Preview songs on itune

I am new to itunes and I would like to know how I can preview a son on itunes without spending the money on a song that I may not like.

Welcome to Apple Discussions ocean_dude
It seems that you made a wrong turn on the main page of Apple Discussions & ended up in the forum dedicated to the productivity application, AppleWorks. This is very easy to do with so many folders within folders. You need to post your question in the iTunes forum appropriate to your OS and/or iPod. Start at
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=149.
Peggy

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Why can't I hear the preview song clips in iTunes on my ipad2? When I click on a song It looks like it's loading but never plays the preview song.

Did you ever get this resolved. I have the same thing on my imac and macbook, could it be an account problem?

Issue Previewing Songs in iTunes Store

When previewing songs in the iTunes store only 5-10 secs play instead of the full 90 secs. Anyone know how to fix this?I

1. Use these DNS: Google and Verizon DNS
Primary DNS = 8.8.8.8 Secondary DNS = 4.2.2.1
2. Then apply these instructions:
Windows XP
On the Start menu, click Run.
In the Open field type cmd and click OK.
In the resulting window, type ipconfig /flushdns and press Return(Enter) on the keyboard.
You should see a message that the DNS Resolver Cache has been successfully flushed.
Windows Vista and Windows 7
On the Start menu, point to All Programs > Accessories and then right-click Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator from the shortcut menu. If Windows needs your permission to continue, click Continue.
In the resulting window, type ipconfig /flushdns and press Return(Enter) on the keyboard.
You should see a message that the DNS Resolver Cache has been successfully flushed.
Your problem should be 100% solved

After previewing song on itunes, the "price" button remians "play"

I went onto iTunes, found some songs by the artist I wanted and previewed a couple of songs. After that, I noticed the "price" buttons had turned into "play" buttons, but only for those songs. Now I don't know how to buy them. I tried leaving the page, searching a different way, but whenever I went back to the song I wanted, it still only offered the "play" button in the price column. PLease tell me what I am doing wrong. Thank you!

Try playing that one song in Quicktime Player. Does it play all the way, or does it end early? If it ends early it is possible you have a bad download. You can delete the song from iTunes, then download it again. If it only jumps in iTunes you can browse back posts where others have had similar issues. I haven't seen any single, quick cures. Some people have managed to get the 'skipping last 40 seconds' issue to clear with applying a system update to their computer.

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Hi, Since upgrading to the new iTunes (9.0.2) I cannot preview the music any longer without many stops in the preview for the computer to re-buffer the download. There are so many that you cant listen to the song as you only get clips that seem to be less than a second long.
Before upgrading to 9 the previews played perfect. I then also went out to my AppleTV and tried to preview music which played perfect with no stops.
On further investigation in iTunes I recognized that if I go to the Browse area of iTunes (4 buttons down under your name where it says Welcome (and your name) on the Main menu of the iTunes store (not in music or movies etc)) I can still preview songs perfect with no interruptions! This area (the browse area) still displays music in the old way that iTunes 8 did with blue and white strips separating each song and the old buy buttons.
So the problem seems to only be happening in the areas of the iTunes store that has the new feature set in iTunes 9 for displaying and previewing music.
I also tried to go into the preferences to see if I could set settings to download the whole preview first before playing but that has been removed.
Finally I was in a hotel last week and tried to preview music and it worked fine in the preview. However, I find it hard to believe that it is a speed problem in my house since the ATV works perfect and the previews in the browse area play perfect.
This problem is happening on my home iMac / my Power book (3 years old) and my sons power book (1 year old). I am also up-to-date with all updates from the system side.
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I have the same issue. It wasn't this bad until recently and my bandwidth has increased if anything. Terribly annoying. It very adversely affects my iTunes store experience and encourages me to look elsewhere for music.
Yes, I have the buffer control set to large. Why don't they have an option to download the whole preview before playing like they used to?
Any solutions?
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How do I preview songs within iTunes list of songs on my iPod Shuffle?

I want to hear what songs are on my iPod shuffle with their listed title , so I know what to keep and what to delete.
Because, when you know you want to delete some songs, but do not remember all the titles.

Select the shuffle in the iTunes sidebar, under DEVICES. The next step depends on whether your shuffle is 1st or 2nd gen, or if it is 3rd or 4th (current) gen. If you don't know, this article shows the four types
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1719
1st or 2nd gen - Look over to the right and click on the Contents tab. That screen shows the list of songs currently on the shuffle. You should be able to play them off the list. With a 1st or 2nd gen shuffle, when you do this, you are actually playing the song file that is in your iTunes library (on computer), not the song file that is currently stored on the shuffle (but they should be the same).
3rd or 4th gen - Click on the little triangle next to the shuffle (in sidebar) to "drop down" the iTunes media categories (indented under shuffle). Select Music. Over to the right, you should see a list of songs that are currently on the shuffle. If you have the shuffle set to Manually manage music (on the shuffle's Summary tab), you should be able to play them off the list. If you use automatic syncing, the song list should be visible, but "grayed out" (not accessible); you need to play the songs from the playlist(s) you sync automatically to the shuffle (in your iTunes library).

Preview Songs Stops Randomly w/ Win 7 & Solutions Not Working

SInce the 10.6 itunes update I have had issue with preview songs stopping randomly after between 7-20 seconds. I have tried the recommended solutions on other posts to flush DNS cache files as well as repointing to open DNS server (8.8.8.8) to no avail. I can preview music on other sites, notably Amazon, and other devices in the house can preview songs in itunes without issue including iphone, ipad, and mac notebook. I am running WIndows 7 Home Deluxe version on Comcast gateway modem/router. Given other devices work with itunes I don't think this is a router issues, and since my computer can preview music on other sites I don't think it is my machine. I think there is an issue between Windows 7 and itunes that started with the 10.6 update. I am very frustrated. I have contact Apple Support via email with no reply. Even went to local Apple store and they hadn't heard of the issue and wanted me to bring in my computer. I am a cycle instructor and really depend on the preview song feature to find and purchase music and really need a solution. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE if you have a solution I would really appreciate a reply.

SInce the 10.6 itunes update I have had issue with preview songs stopping randomly after between 7-20 seconds. I have tried the recommended solutions on other posts to flush DNS cache files as well as repointing to open DNS server (8.8.8.8) to no avail.
Doublechecking. Have you tried resetting your iTunes Store cache?
Go "Edit > Preferences". In the Advanced tab, click the "Reset cache" button shown in the following screenshot:
... and then click OK.
Restart your iTunes, and head back to the Store. Are you getting full previews now?

Whenever I go to preview a song in itunes, the song with play out for about 10 seconds and then stop. Why isn't the song previews working? How can I fix this? I tried updating my itunes and it didn't work.

Whenever I go to preview a song in itunes, the song with play out for about 10 seconds and then stop. Why isn't the song previews working? How can I fix this? I tried updating my itunes and it didn't work. I use windows 7. Thanks!

Try:
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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
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- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
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When I preview a song in iTunes, the album art preview shows up blurry

So anytime I preview a song in iTunes store, whenever I click on the small album art icon (at the top) to bring up the smaller player, the album art shows up blurry.
Has been happening for the past three or four iTunes releases. How can I fix it?
When I purchase the song, the album art downloads just fine though. Funny thing is, if I preview a different song from the same album, the album art loads fine. Not sure whats going on.

Make sure that these two options in Edit > Preferences > Store are turned off:
Then exit iTunes and open it up again. Your metadata entries should then be persistent - with these options checked iTunes will be comparing what you have with the information held in the iTunes Store, and will overwrite with the latter for Store purchases (and if you have iTunes Match). If you have any iOS devices you should also turn off Show All Music under Settings > Music.

When I attempt to preview a song on iTunes, it begins to play but stops after 5 seconds

When I attempt to preview a song on iTunes, its begins to play but stops after 5 seconds instead of the normal 30 seconds.

I posted this to another thread here:
"I am having the same issue with the preview songs cutting off around the 5 to 7 second mark. It started about 3 weeks ago right after I downloaded an album.
It downloaded but at the end said the download failed due to a network timeout error. I clicked out of the error dialogue box and checked my "Purchased" items folder and it did seem there was a problem, no songs were there only a placeholder of the album cover (or something of that nature). Nothing happened when I clicked on it. However, when I closed and then restarted itunes the entire album was there and there have been no problems with those songs.
Some here are saying they believe they previews cutting off have something to do with the 10.6 upgrade, however I still have 10.5.1.42 and have the problem.
I am running up-to-date Windows 7 Professional with Viper Anti-virus. I don't for a moment think it has anything to do with windows updates, anti-virus or any other 'windows' issues. I believe it is within itunes in its' preview player software.
Dear iTunes, if this thread is being monitored by a rep, please be aware that if I cannot preview more than 5-7 seconds of a song you can rest assured I will not be purchasing any further music through itunes until this issue is resolved and will be taking my business elsewhere in the interim."
I use the ipconfig/flushdns all the time to resolve browser issues, especially when using Twitter. It does not help this particular problem for me.

My PC is no longer permitting me to play tunes from my playlist library or even preview songs from the iTunes store. The diamond isn't even moving on the bar when I try to play songs. Any suggestions?

My PC is no longer permitting me to play songs from my playlist library or even preview songs from the iTunes store. The diamond isn't even moving on the bar when I try to play songs. I have installed the most current version of iTunes and have verified that my PC is authorized.
Any suggestions?

Hello WashDC,
The following article can help get iTunes to produce output normally again.
iTunes and QuickTime for Windows: Audio does not play or plays incorrectly
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1362
Cheers,
Allen

Is there any way to fix it so my computer will stop "rebuffering" when I preview a song on itunes.

When I preview a song on itunes it will play for only a couple of seconds and then it "rebuffers". It does this constantly. I do not have this issue when I preview a song on Amazon or if I listen to Pandora radio. Is there any way to fix this?
Thank you.

Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive & clear caches.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.
If that doesn't work we may have to reinstall AW6...

TS1717 When I am trying to preview a song in iTunes store, the song quits after about 10 seconds. Is this an iTunes problem, or how do I fix it from stopping?

When I am trying to preview a song in iTunes store, the song quits after about 10 seconds. Is this an iTunes problen, or how do I fix it from stopping?

Try my script FindTracks. Select a few of the missing files to start with then run the script. Choose No at the first prompt so that you can check how it works track by track, then confirm or edit the location of the media folder where your files are. Once you are happy with how it behaves let it process larger numbers of tracks automatically.
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ITunes store won't let me preview songs

So I want to preview a song in iTunes before I purchase it and everytime I click on the preview button the song plays for about 5 seconds then stops. This happens no matter where I start in the song. I could hit preview and click 20 seconds into it and after about 5 seconds it will shut off again. I downloaded the newest version of iTunes hoping it would fix this problem but it hasn't done anything!!! Please help...

You could use youtube to "preview" the songs your buying until you figure it out?

Song previews in the iTunes store cut off unexpectedly anywhere from 4-12 seconds. Help?

Recently I noticed that any song I try to preview in the iTunes store will stop playing for no apparent reason, generally from 4-12 seconds in. No matter how many times I restart iTunes, replay the preview, restart my computer, check my connections with the internet through iTunes, etc, not a single preview for any song that I pick will play fully. This is pretty frustrating, and a very unexpected situation as I've never had problems with iTunes in the past. I believe it started after I downloaded the most recent update, so I'm hoping it's just a bug with this version.
If anybody knows of any way to fix this, please let me know!

Hi, just check our long discussion... it seems it's been an Apple problem since 5/22 ... Still no solution, though a couple of people managed to make the store work by turning off W7 services ... I'm not about to do that: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3970684?tstart=0

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