Songs are skipping - garbled on itunes player

In the past few days, the songs that I purchased from the itunes store are garbled and skip upon playback. I tried downloading the new version of itunes, but it's still happening. Any news of this with other users, or how do I fix this?

Try going into iTunes, Deauthorizing your computer in the Store menu, play one of the songs in iTunes that won't load. When prompted enter your Apple ID and password. Resync.

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Hey all,
I have a late-2011 Macbook Pro. I installed an SSD and then replaced my optical drive with my original HDD. I re-linked my iTunes media folder to be on the old drive. Everything in my library is playable, however songs are skipping and sometimes iTunes freezes completely. Any reason this would happen? Could it have something to do with spotlight indexing or is it a sign of something more serious? Just yesterday all of these songs were playing fine with the HDD as my primary.
Thanks!

I am not familiar with the insides of a MBP but I am wondering if putting a HDD on a bus designed for an optical drive is what is causing the problem.

Songs are skipping on new ipod

I just bought a new ipod shuffle and all of my songs are skipping and breaking up. Some songs are bought from itunes and some are from CD's. Please help!!!!

Ok, I converted all the music in my itunes library to ACC format, then re-synced to ipod. I am still having the same problem with some songs. These cds/music were previously on my computer that had been imported through either real player or windows media player a while back, prior to having itunes.
I have heard that the cds need to be imported through itunes in ACC format. If you don't have the original cds anymore, you can re-burn them to a cd and then import again in itunes. Apparently it can't be music that has been previously put on your computer through real player, etc.
I haven't had time to try this yet so I'm not sure if it works. I will let you know!

After updating to iOS 6.1.5 on my iPod Touch 4th Gen, Some of my songs are skipping to the next song after 30 seconds of play...

After updating to iOS 6.1.5 on my iPod Touch 4th Gen, some of my songs are skipping to the next song after 30 seconds even though the iPod appears to be playing the current song. Some of my songs are mp3 files that have been playing fine for years...
Anybody else experiencing this issue?
I'm using the latest version of iTunes and i don't have that problem on my PC. The only difference as far as i can tell is the updated iOS & firmware...
AJ

Yes, other have. If the songs play OK 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 all music and resync
- 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: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

My songs are skipping in i tunes when i am playing games or moving the mouse doing other things and only happens on computer not my devices

My songs are skipping in itunes and it is just on computer and happens when i burn to cds songs skip. My other devices the songs don't skip. And skipping is when i am playing a game or moving mouse and checking on something and it is most of songs.

Hello Cathy 21084,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Troubleshooting songs that skip
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3217
Make sure song files are not damaged
If a specific song skips when you play it, it may be damaged.
1. Delete the song and update your iPod.
2. Insert the CD you used to import the song and import it again. If the CD is scratched or dirty, iTunes may not be able to import the song. Try cleaning the CD or use a different one. If the song was imported or created using a third-party application, try the following:
Use iTunes to import the content directly from the CD.
Convert the content to an iPod-compatible format using iTunes.
3. Update your iPod with the new copy of the song.
Best of luck,
Mario

Not all of my perviously purchaced songs are showing up on itunes purchaced link on my account. It show that I have already purchaced them in the itune store, but i have no way of downloading them back into my library.

Not all of my perviously purchaced songs are showing up on itunes purchaced link on my account. It show that I have already purchaced them in the itune store, but i have no way of downloading them back into my library.

If they aren't showing in the Purchased tab in the iTunes store app (and the Purchased link under Quicklinks on the right-hand side of the iTunes store homepage on your computer's iTunes) for redownloading then have you checked to see if they are hidden : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4919 ?

Can i choose which songs are added to the itunes match library?

can i choose which songs are added to the itunes match library?

Hi,
No. It is all or nothing.
Jim

The replay of the song isn't possible because the song isn't available or through DRM is restricted. All the songs are buyed in the iTunes Store. Give it a solution to activate the songs on my ipod touch ?

Hello together, I've a problem with some songs in my playlists on my new ipod touch. The error message says that the replay of the song isn't possible because the song isn't available or through DRM is restricted. All the songs are buyed in the iTunes Store. Give it a solution to activate the songs on my ipod touch ?

Do the non-syncing songs play in iTunes?
Were the syncing and non-syncing songs purchased with the same account?
Can you directly download the the songs to the iPod? See:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

The location for my music folders in itunes is showing correctly (E:\itunes\iTunes Media) but none of the songs are showing in my itunes library. Would be extremely grateful of any suggestions

The location for my music folders in itunes is showing correctly (E:\itunes\iTunes Media) but none of the songs are showing in my itunes library. Would be extremely grateful for any suggestions

Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps youshouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
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IPod is showing duplicates of songs, but songs are not duplicated in iTunes.

iPod touch is showing duplicates of songs, but songs are not duplicated in iTunes... any ideas how to fix? Tried resyncing, didn't work.

I'm fishing slightly but you may have casing inconsistenices in artist or album names that cause the iOS firmware to see more than one instance of the album but with each getting all the tracks. Merging stuff in iTunes via sort fields may also have unintended consequenses on the device. Could you post back a screenshot or decribe the symptoms more fully, ie. exactly which menu screen you are in on the iPod, what is repeated etc. The songs menu for example can correctly list more than one copy of a song if it appears on different albums.
tt2

I had to reload all my programs after a hard drive problem. Now certain songs are skipped over or only play for a sec or 2 then it jumps to next song. all songs played before. Some are Itune bought and some are my old music.

I had to wipe my hard drive clean and reload all my programs. After reloading Itunes, I noticed that some songs will not play, they are skipped over, or the songs plays for 1-2 secs then it skips on to next song. Any ideas what I did wrong? All songs played before and some of affected songs are bought, some are my old library I copied off of CDs

TimT wrote:
I had been thinking that the hard dri've is starting to fail on me but then I thought about the fact that, If I play an MP3 and the player freezes up or starts jumping through the mp3 file, Then I restart the player and start the same MP3 agian and this time it plays normally, Is it really a hard dri've problem?
Could be a lot of things unfortunately, from corrupt firmware, corrupt format on the disk, a problem with the mainboard, or a problem with the hard disk.
I figure that if the hard dri've was damaged it would always freeze up on the same file at the exact same point in the music wouldn't it's
Not necessarily. It could be just an intermittent fault.
I want to Format my Zen Touch and reload the Firmware to start from scratch, but I first want to backup my 28 GBs of MP3 and WMA files. However I noticed that when I transfer the files to my hard dri've, all the ID3 Information is gone. Now adding ID3 info to 28GB of files will take days!
Strange. Did you edit the tag data on the player? If so what happens is the tag data changes are made in the Music Library but not in the files themselves. There's only one way to write the changes back and this involves getting a copy of MediaSource 3. You then transfer the files back to the PC Music Library, and use an update function to update the files (the PC Music Library will have the same tag data as the Music Library on the player). One problem is that MediaSource 3 is very large, and not available from Creative as a download. I can try and get a copy to you if you can't find it elsewhere.

Itunes 10.5 Purchased songs are skipping please HELP

Hi, I have a new Dell PC (a month old) with all drivers up to date, running Itunes 10.5.0.142. I also have a brand new Iphone 4s that I just got Wednesday. Everything seemed to be working well then all of the sudden, when playing Itunes on my PC some songs won't complete and they'll skip to the next song. The amount of time left is random. One song will skip with 1:09 to go and another will skip with :49 to go.
On the Iphone, the songs will also skip (at the exact same spot in the song) except the album art remains until the song "should really" complete and then finally the song that it had skipped to, information will appear.
For example, James Blunt's song Cry will skip with 1:09 to go but on my Iphone I will not see the lyrics of the next song until the Cry song finished at the time it should of (the clock is still ticking but the song has skipped ahead).
Much of my library is being affect, but NOT every song on affected albums.
MP3 Music that I imported from CD's is NOT being affected at . It appears to only be happening with AAC Audio Files with albums I have bought from the Apple Store.
Unfortuneatly this is rendering my library useless and reminding me why purchasing physical CD's still makes sense (and I haven't bought a flesh and blood CD since Itunes was born.)
What I have already done to try to fix it:
I rebooted my PC
I reinstalled Itunes, I also redownloaded it in case my install file was corrupt
I unsynced the music on my Iphone and then resynced it again adding the songs back
I tryed the trick I found here in the forums that says to right click and create AAC version, the James Blunt Album is protected, I'm not allowed to do that
I went to GET INFO>OPTIONS and the start and stop blocks are NOT checked on any song in my library
Things I've done recently since the problem appeared:
I bought a ring-tone maker app and made 3 ringtones and synced them with my phone and I'm using them currently on my phone
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I got a new Iphone, having had an android phone prior
Does anyone else have any ideas or any experience with this please???
Thanks so much for your input!

I'm livid too Dan and I haven't heard a word from anyone in support. Since this was called Apple Support Communities I assumed Apple Staff used it to offer support. I suppose that's wrong? I don't know if I'm waiting on an update to the software or if I've just lost hundreds of dollars invested in my music library. If I don't hear from someone soon, I'm done with music purchases on Itunes.
Does anyone know where I should ask for help if this isn't a support forum?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

TS1424 downloaded an album and some of the songs are skipped. They are in the list but, it skips over the song

I downloaded "O Brother Where Art Thou" and four of the 19 songs will not play. The are skipped in the purchased play list and in music list.

If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the dodgy tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

Songs skip midsong to next, some songs are skipped entirely

1) Recently some songs skip midsong to the next. It mainly seems to affect Bad Religion songs. And actually one album from 'Badlands' No I haven't done anything funny to them. What about the similarity of the band name? Spooky or what? The songs play without problem in iTunes.
2) I also found that a couple of songs that synchronise to the iPod won't play on the iPod. I found this out by sorting the playlist after synchronisation into 'last played' order and then putting the list back in it's original order. There were a few gaps. When trying to play these songs targeted on the iPod they just skipped, ie briefly showed on the screen, but before the music started jumped to the next song. The songs play without problem in iTunes.
Can anybody help?

The symptoms on my computer (64bit Win7) are that it keeps skipping to the next song without having completed the previous one.
ITunes appears to me to be corrupting it's own iTunes Music Library.xml file where it stores information on the lengths of songs (amongst other things). For example, I'm looking at a song now that shows in the listing window as length 5:34. If I try to play this, the time changes to 2:47 and when it reaches that point iTunes skips to the next song.
Looking in the XML file the listing of Total Time for that track has indeed changed from ~334000msec to ~167000msec which bears out the fact that this is not a trivial error and involves incorrect storage of data on the file.
The really odd thing is that if I open the "Get Info" dialog and go to the Options tab then the correct song length is shown of 5:34 AND as this info is displayed, the time in the listing window changes back to the correct one. However, if you now close the "Get Info" dialog and try to play the song it jumps back to being only 2:47 in length.
If I delete the song from the library and then re-load it then it seems to fix the problem *for that file* but my experience is that it recurs later and, with over 4000 songs in my library, this is not a viable option to fix the issue.
This is an incredibly serious bug and it is amazing that Apple have not addressed it yet. Judging from this thread I am far from the only one with the problem but I have yet to see ANY real response from Apple. In the meantime the frequency of this happening on my computer is steadily increasing and I have now been waiting through many updates with no indication that the problem is even recognized let alone fixed.

How do I transfer all of my songs from Iphone to itunes as lost everything, some songs are not bought from itunes and have been from borrowed CD's but I really want them in itunes library?

Hello, Please help as I tunes havent got back to me yet!!
A couple of months ago, I lost all of my music/itunes etc as my computer needed a complete restore. When it re-installed itunes there was no songs on it at all and would only let me transfer the purchases made on my iphone from itunes back onto my library. The problem I have is that I want to upgrade my phone to the iphone4 but dont want to lose all of the songs on my iphone, some are downloaded from the itunes, most are from CD's that I still own but there are some great songs that I have put on from borrowed CD's or another download company i.e. hmv music downloads and those are the songs it will not let me transfer into the library on my computer so when I get the new phone, I could just sync and they will all be there.
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for purchases from the iTunes store do this:
connect your device and right-click or control-click it in the iTunes Source list, then choose transfer purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
for everything else check out this post by Zevoneer.

Songs are skipping - garbled on itunes player

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