Purchased Music Not Playing on iPod but on iTunes

Before I start, I have had this problem before (6 months ago) and it resolved itself through some unknown fix (with the help of a Apple Genius Bar who had no idea what worked). The purchased songs - mine and others who use my computer - play fine in iTunes, and play from the iPod on a PowerBook, and plays purchased music loaded from a PowerBook - but will NOT play purchased songs when sync'd to my Windows laptop (I know. . .). I have restored, deauthorized, reauthorized, restored on PowerBook and then again on Window laptop. . . Still NO music. As it does for everyone else, it plays burned music. . . I am stumped. I am open to anything short of incantations. It does seem to have started soon after iTunes 7 was loaded. . .

I gave up with the glitch and got another iPod. . .

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I'm having a couple of problems with iTunes in general, but for now I will try to deal with the purchased music problem I'm having.
I've bought roughly 33 songs from the music store and after a computer "revamping", none of them are showing up in iTunes [along with all of my other songs, but that's another problem addressed here http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=271018 ]. I bought another song since the "re-vamping" and it's the only song listed in my "purchased" folder under the "music store". I checked my "purchase history" and all of the roughly 33 songs are listed there! Now, I wouldn't normally worry about that- I moved the songs back into iTunes [into my library] and I can hear them perfectly BUT when I try to play them on my ipod they won't play. Now THAT is bothering me
I've looked around and after going through other threads and ipod support, I have no idea what to do. ANY help or insight would be helpful!!

You don't say whether or not your purchases are authorized. Purchases must be authorized in iTunes by playing one of them for a few seconds on the computer, before they will work on the iPod.

Purchased videos and music not playing on ipod

i purchased some music and videos, while using my wifes powerbook g4, loaded them onto my ipod (which i had setup using my pc) now i see the music and videos and when i try playing them the music shows up then goes to the next song. the videos just go to a black screen.
now i have loaded my cd's onto my wifes powerbook and have been able to play them on my ipod no problem. just the purchased music/videos from itunes, is not playing
what did i do wrong.

Did you update the firmware on the iPod? Supposibly if fixes a few bugs.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
If you didn't then try that. Believe me your problem is not with not using that CD as I never even popped the disk in my CD drive untill after I had updated my iPod as the software was outdated before it arrived at my house.

Purchased music wont play on ipod

music bought and downloaded from itunes music store (Australia) will not play on my ipod. it skips through the playlists and then goes back to the main menu or just dosnt play the song at. need help please.

Re your music, does any music purchased previously from itunes run on your ipod? My daughter's ipod mini is displaying the similar symptoms, an album she bought and downloaded has stopped playing, deleting and re-loading got it working again but within the week it was back to skipping through the list again. It's only this one album that has been affected,older purchases are working fine. She has the latest software on her ipod and iTunes.

Cant download latest version of Itunes.purchased music not playing on NANO.

the problem began when I purchased music on itunes. The songs transferred to the Nano but i wasnt able to play them. it would quickly show the song on the screen but it would revert back to the main menu. I was told the problem was that the software was out of date. So, I ran the new utility (star menu, all programs, ipod entry). tried to download the installer. I was only able to connect the ipod and restore it NOT update it to the latest version. Restoring it would erase all my music on my Nano. PROBLEM #1
went to apple.com and support and download latest Ipod nano software- it is telling me "the requested application was not found on this server". How do I fix this? I paid for this music and cant play it.

So, do you have all your purchased music on your PC? If so, restoring your Nano won't be a problem. The music will just get put back on it when the restore is finished and up update the nano again.
And you know, it's always best to have a backup in case of a hard disk crash....read some of the tales of woe here in discussions about that.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/backup/

Purchased item not playing on Ipod

I hope someone can help me out here, none of my 171 files that I have purchased from the Itunes store are playing on my Ipod, they just skip past. I have tried restoring, deauthorizing and authorizing again, I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling Itunes, along with rebuilding the library. Any help would be welcome I have spent alot of money on my purchases and they have just stopped playing.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Try the steps listed here...
iPod does not play content purchased from the iTunes Store
If the problem persists...
Part 1:
1. Navigate to \iPod_Control\iTunes on the iPod in Windows Explorer. You may have to turn on Show Hidden Files and folders. To do this, go to Tools-->Folder Options, click the view tab, click the bubble to show hidden files and folders, click Apply, and click OK. Look for the presence there of a file named iEKInfo. Is it there? If so, make a copy of this onto your computer somewhere. While there, make a copy of iTunesDB also. Don't delete these copies.
2. Create a new, administrator user in Windows . (Start-->control panel-->user accounts-->create a new account)
3. Log out of the current user.
4. Log into the new user.
5. Restore the iPod as documented in this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983.
6. Open iTunes.
7. Set the Music sync preference in iTunes for the iPod to Manual mode.
8. Download the free single of the week from the iTunes Music Store.
9. Verify that the song plays in iTunes.
10. Drag only this song to the iPod.
11. Eject the iPod from iTunes.
12. Disconnect the iPod from the computer.
Does the song play?
If the iPod is able to play this song, follow these steps:
Part 2:
1. Log out of the new user.
2. Log back into the original (affected) user.
3. Reconnect the iPod to the computer.
4. Drag some of the older purchased content (that would not play before) to the iPod.
5. Eject the iPod from iTunes.
6. Disconnect the iPod from the computer.
Does the affected content play?
Is the iPod still having the same issue? Try these possible solutions:
Part 3:
* Delete the SC Info.sidb file as documented in http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302386.
* If the issue persists, recreate the iTunes Music Library as described in http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313.
Does the music play?
Please post back if this works or not.
btabz

Purchased music skips on my ipod but not on the pc.

The music that I buy on itunes works fine on my computer, but when transfered to my ipod- it skips through the songs that i have purchased. I dont know how to fix this, help is greatly appreciated.

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I recently bought a iPod and have been transfering songs that were already on my computer to my iPod. I went to play one album and it just skipped through all the tracks and wouldn't play them. On other albums only some of the songs have been put on iPod/iTunes and I can't work out why. The albums that I'm trying to put on are not from iTunes store but some of them work and others don't.
Any ideas how to get round this problem?

I have experienced a similar problem and was able to isolate the situation to a group of MP3 format songs that I imported into my iTunes library from CD several years ago. They were stored as MP3 format rather than the M4A format that is currently used.
The problem seems to have developed recently on iPod classic with the last release of firmware.
Several suggestions were tried to fix the problem (which did not work for me). Things tried that did NOT work - reset ID3 tags, MP3 validator, turning off artwork, the back light trick, etc.
I finally reripped the music into my iTunes library and resynched my iPod classics and life is wonderful again on the iPod classic.

Music not playing on Ipod

I just bought an album from the Itunes store. It all works fine on my computer and in the Itunes library, and when I sync it to my Ipod it is synced fine. But when I try to play it on the Ipod it just skips all the songs I bought. It does not skip any other songs that I had before, just the songs that I bought from the store.

You're not alone - here is one fix some people were able to use
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6497328#6497328

Music not appearing in iPod, but the data is there

I have a 30G 5thGen iPod. Had it for almost a year. Updated the firmware when it came out recently (a week or two ago). It's been working okay, but just today, when I hooked it up to my iMac, message popped up at the iTunes interface asking me to name the iPod etc -- like you'd do when you first get the iPod. Now the music and videos are not showing up (I can see the photos, games, etc, but no music at all -- no artists, songs, playlists, albums. Clock is screwed up as well). I go into 'Music/Artist" etc, and there's just nothing there. But the amount of data on the iPod is unchanged. The bar that shows the % of storage (Music-Videos-Photos, etc) is just solid orange, 'Other'.
So the data is there. The music and vidoes must be there. Why aren't they showing up in the iPod's screen?
I went through the steps: tried resetting it several times. Tried a new USB port. Tried resetting the iPod with the USB power adapter. Tried restarting my iMac. I have the latest software. I guess the next step is to do a 'Restore', which I was hoping to avoid.
Can anyone shed any light on this? Is there something else I can try before I do a Restore?
Thanks very much.
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It's just that I manage the iPod content manually, so I'll have to reload the music again manually. Kind of a pain that I'd prefer to avoid unless absolutely necessary.
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Purchased music not copying to IPod

I've recently purchased several songs from ITunes. The songs downloaded fine to ITunes but they won't copy to my IPod. When I try to move them to my IPod, it says "Syncing IPod. Do not disconnect." But it never copies. I have a few other songs from a previous purchase which copy fine so the problem seems to be with the new ones only. It says that my IPod software is up to date and ITunes is up to date also. Anyone have this problem, or more importantly, have any idea why this is happening?
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See: About Authorization and Deauthorization.

Purchased music will not play on iPod after iTunes 6.0.1 (3)

After upgrading to iTunes 6.0.1 (3) and then syncing my iPod Photo I can no longer play songs purchased in iTunes on my iPod (cds copied to iTunes play fine). The music (and album art) for the iTunes purchased shows up on the iPod, but the iPod just quickly cycles through any purchased music without playing it - this applies to all purchased music (recently purchased and stuff purchased 9 months ago when I got my iPod). The music plays fine using iTunes on my laptop. I have the latest firmware update on the iPod Photo (1.2).
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seems like Apple wants us to illegaly obtain the songs from now on. You know the story about starving musician, poor janitor at studio, well it is not important now.
I am done with being cool, now i want something that will actually work. lets see how long will it take for iTunes update to come accros, and will anyone in Apple say we are sorry guys, we screwed up. hmmm, maybe refund for all the songs you purchased would be fair, you know guys we sold you and told you it will work on your coputer, but look surprise they dont. no, not even crappy explanation, just new update.

Ipod is synced but not all music will play. The music shows on the Ipod but not highlighted and cannot click to play.

Ipod is synced but not all music will play. The music shows on the Ipod but not highlighted and cannot click to play.

Provided the music plays in iTunes on the computer
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

Purchased songs from Itunes STILL not playing on ipod mini

I read all the posts about this issue, of purchased Itunes songs not playing on ipod. I deauthorized the computer and all computers associated with the account. then re authorized them. I reset the ipod several times, and also restored the ipod. I reinstalled the itunes software. I changed the sync to manual. removed one of the purchased songs. reauthorized the computer, then manually added the song back. I renamed the song. I even tried with downloading the free song. Any other suggestions. It made me look bad when after all of this I still could not fix the users issue. Other than declaring it a HARDWARE issue, I thought there could be a registry setting with the authorizing that did not happen properly. Has anyone else experienced this issue , and NOT been able to fix it. It would really appreciate any advice. My only conclusion was hardware, and the user states they had already spoke with apple who declined to help.

It may be an authorization issue. Both iTunes and the iPod need to be up-to-date.
Usually, you need to play at least a part of songs purchased from the iTMS within iTunes to authorize them. They won't copy to your iPod until you do this.
How to transfer Purchased Music from iTunes to your iPod
iTMS Song and Computer Authorization
If you've played & authorized them in iTunes and they still skip, try this. De-authorize the computer in iTunes/Advanced menu, then re-authorize it. You re-authorize it by playing one of the songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store within iTunes. It should ask you for your Apple ID and password, and then the computer will be authorized again. Sync your iPod with iTunes, and those songs should play on the iPod once again.
Another common cause of this is not having the latest version of iTunes.
If you are using the latest version of iTunes (6.0.4), then you need to make sure your iPod software is up to date also. Get the iPod Updater software, install it, run it and update your iPod.
When you have done this, authorize your music in iTunes by playing a few seconds of it within iTunes, re-sync your iPod, and it should transfer by whatever synching method you choose.
If the above 'standard' fixes did not help, then it's a bigger problem that I can diagnose...

Ipad and iphone purchased music not sychronizing but have same id

Hello
I have bought this music downloaded to my iphone with apple id/ icloud when synchronizing today with my Ipad on my PC, only the Ipad music downloads remain. How can I get this back? They were all downloaded with the same account and saved to icloud but now this has disappeared.
How can I get this back I want to consolidate all the music I bought between Ipad and Iphone, I have just given up on consolidating my ipod as they are two different accounts and it got messy.
Please let me know how to get this back?
Thanks

Hi
This partly resolved my question, I managed to synch 20% of the purchased music between ipad and iphone but the other 80% has disappeared is not on my itunes either but I can see the downloads in my purchased history account information. Very strange. Any ideas on what to do next?
Thanks!

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