Random skipping of iTunes tracks

My music has been playing fine for months, and now, several tracks now skip at certain points. :22 seconds in, the next :10 seconds. Sometimes it skips to a new song all together, sometimes it just skips ahead in the song, almost like a scratched CD might have done. It just flickers ahead, maybe only by one second. But its annoying, and its been getting worse. These tracks used to play perfectly. Using iTunes 6.0. Any ideas??

It is difficult to sort out random crashes especially if they are not frequent.
Here is a troubleshooting article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717
A couple of things to think about, maybe content files with issues and maybe conflicting software.

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