Random songs NOT PLAYING!

is this just something iPod gen 4 users have to put up with? is there really no 'fix' out there? we paid too much money to have to be dealing with this...
i upload songs to my iTunes and they play just fine on there - once they are on my iPod (gen 4) they do not play. the title will show up, it hovers on the title for a while, but never plays and just skips on to the next song. WHY??!!
i've seen older posts on this, but no one seems to have a solution. who can i talk to??

I'm having the exact same problem, and I see since your post was in May, apparently no one knows how to correct it. I have a few songs that play fine on my computer, and in iTunes, and even when I have my iPod connected and play from my iPod music list. But when I disconnect my iPod, the songs will not play. It hovers over the song for a few seconds, then skips to the next one.
Does ANYONE know how to fix this issue? I've been an iPod user for 7 years and love my nano, but I will replace it in a heartbeat if it doesn't work 100%.

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My ipod classic 160gb will be playing fine and then freeze up (unable to move around in it at all) and i have to reset it. This happens constantly whether in my car or when i listen at work. After i reset it works ok for a while then eventually requires another reset.
Another problem is that it will be playing fine and then start shuffling through songs without playing them. The songs that get shuffled work fine in the itunes program but not on the device. A reset does not correct the problem with these particular songs.
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