Skipping last few seconds of random tracks

Question: why - after 8 months of people having trouble - has Apple not resolved the 'skipping last few seconds of tracks' problem?
I paid nearly £300 for my iPod Classic, and it's crazy that we have to put up with this situation still. The problem is NOT with the music files, or the iPods, but with iTunes itself.
I might also add I am not impressed with having my posts deleted when I am trying to 1) help other people with their skipping problems and 2) am having all attempts to communicate our problems to Apple ignored.
I have been polite about the situation, and do not see why my posts are all of a sudden being deleted almost instantly.
Regards,
- John

"Mugsy, what posts have you had deleted? Have you made more than 13 posts. I looked at your profile, and all of the posts I can remember seeing appear to be there."
Of course you can't see them, they've been deleted And as you haven't seen them you wouldn't know they'd ever existed. Haha no problemo it's not a big deal. I just find it verging on criminal than Apple still ignore this problem. Not a huge problem as I have my solution which has worked flawlessly, but does involve using another very popular music application and an iPod plug in...
I do routinely download the latest iTunes updates and run tests using files I know to be good, and - to date - I still get the skipping problems. So I always go back to my 3rd party software.
Cheers mate,
- john

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I'm trying to import from a CD, and for some (but not all) of the tracks being imported, when I go to play them from my Library, itunes skips the last few seconds of the song and jumps to the next one. Usually it wouldn't be a problem, because most tracks on CDs have some dead time at the end, but for these you are supposed to go directly from one track to another - without down time in between or skipping any of the track (one song is spread out over several tracks).
I've tried re-importing the tracks using both the AAC encoder and MP3 encoder, specifying the the track end at a particular time (stop time - this information shows up when I "get info" on the track, under options) and the track length in my library shows up as that exact time from the CD. itunes just doesn't play the full length of the track!
How do I get itunes to play each track to the very end before jumping to the next one?
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and the track length in my library shows up as that exact time from the CD
iTunes should play the full track. Did you tick the 'Crossfade playback' checkbox in Preferences>Playback? If so, uncheck it.
If the problem persists you can check if it's an inporting problem or an iTunes setting problem by doing this:
In iTunes select a 'problemtrack'.
Choose 'Show Song File' from the File menu (command-R).
Select the file and control-click on it.
Choose 'Open With' and select 'Quicktime Player' as the program to open the file with.
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Appreciate the responses. On the rare occasions I've posted computer-related questions in online forums, they are nearly always greeted with silence, or the equivalent of "Read the manual and stop bothering us, newbie!" So it's a pleasant surprise when people actually try to help.
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"Mugsy, what posts have you had deleted? Have you made more than 13 posts. I looked at your profile, and all of the posts I can remember seeing appear to be there."
Of course you can't see them, they've been deleted And as you haven't seen them you wouldn't know they'd ever existed. Haha no problemo it's not a big deal. I just find it verging on criminal than Apple still ignore this problem. Not a huge problem as I have my solution which has worked flawlessly, but does involve using another very popular music application and an iPod plug in...
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Cheers mate,
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