Songs being skipped

Since I have received a new iPod, certain songs will not play anymore. How do I fix this?

Carissa,
Did you buy the songs from I-Tunes, or did they come from CDs. I found that all the songs I bought from Itunes would get skipped on my ipod (even though they played fine in Itunes on my computer). I unchecked the option "show album art" under "Preferences" and it solved the problem.

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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.
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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.)
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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.
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once you select/verify the location of your music library, simply drag the folder into the left panel in iTunes from a finder window. iTunes does not automatically add the items like it use to for some reason.

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displays a message that tells you when it's done (because it's slow, taking about a minute to scan through 10,000 tracks, it's nice to know when it's done).
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I don't think there's any way to do that except pausing the song. I, too, think it's irritating. Especially when the song is shown in the display (if activated), anyway. I usually try to hit the spacebar quickly when I hear the song ending. Sorry, I can't help.

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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.
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