Songs on ipod cant be played

I recently got the new ipod with video as a replacement for my old damaged ipod, and some of the songs I load onto it cannot be seen when the ipod is disconnected from the computer. For a while, I thought it just wasnt getting fully updated, but I notice that in itunes the songs are in fact on the ipod, and they play, they just cant be played from the ipod alone. Anyone have this problem and know the cause?

There weren't lyrics, but I did notice that the songs giving me problems didn't have album names. I went through my whole library and just filled in the album name with periods, as placeholders, and it actually fixed it. Kind of annoying, but it'll work for now.

Similar Messages

Certain Songs in iPOD won't play!

OK I have a 20GB iPOD that I got in December of 2004, From then until now I only burned my CD's onto it and never had any problems. For Christmas I got a $25 iTUNES gift card and used it to buy 25 songs to put onto my iPOD. The songs played just fine on my iPOD until a few days ago,now when I go to play them in my iPOD it just skips over them and doesn't play,like the song isn't even there. When I plug the iPOD into my computer and open it up into iTUNES the songs that I purchased play just fine. Has anyone else had this problem? Any Solutions or Input? Thank You for reading
Windows XP

See this for help.
iPod does not play content purchased from the iTMS.

Round icon next to song on ipod will not play

I recently purchased 2 new songs the Apple store that loaded to itunes fine. After sycing, the songs were on my ipod touch but with a round icon (with a small rectangle in the middle) to the right. The songs will not play, and when i attempt to play, the pop up on my ipod says, "Cannot play. Connect to a wifi network to play song". In addition, the new songs are duplicated on my ipond, but not in itunes. The songs play fine on itunes. I have tried deleting all music from my ipod,and re-syncing without a resolve. All the previous songs purchased and synced to my ipod are fine...only the two most recent songs have the issue. I haven't had any problems in the last few years until now. Anyone else have the same issue, and find a resolution? tks

It seems like something is wrong with those song files. They might be missing or corrupted.
Try restoring your iPod, and then putting the music and videos back on your iPod, assuming they are in your iTunes library...
Restore iPod
btabz

Songs on iPod cant be synced cuz all of the playlists selected for...

all songs in my nano was gone so i tried to load songs again to it,
but iTune kept saying this message below, even there are songs in my iTune (but not in my nano).
"songs on iPod cannot be synced because all of the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist."
how do i load my songs back to my nano??
mine is 2nd gereneration.
Plz help me!!
Message was edited by: shan1211

See this user tip.
The iPod cannot be updated because one or more playlists no longer exist.
For versions of iTunes from 7 onwards, the option to "update selected playlists" is now under the "music" tab in the summary screen.

Songs on ipod cant b updated bc playlists dont exist ne mor?

After I connect my ipod, when it's supposed to be updating all my songs, this message appears:
Songs on the iPod "Nicole's iPod" cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exist.
Why??? It's tragic. All the songs on my ipod are gone, yet they're still on iTunes.
Any help please !

Did you change the playlists any? You might want to go into the preferences, uncheck all the playlists, put it on manual update, and delete all the songs from the iPod by hand. Then put it back to the playlist update and recheck the ones you want. Maybe that will let it reset with the correct names. Might not work, but it can't hurt to try

IPod refusing to play selected song?

About half the time when I navigate to a song, the iPod refuses to play it, and simply reverts back to the home screen, ie. Music, Extras, Settings, etc.
After I hit the center button of the click wheel, the song comes up, and the timing bar comes up, and it looks like it's going to play, but ultimately it doesn't, and as mentioned reverts back to the home screen.
this problem has reduced this iPod to a random jukebox player. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanx. devanson

i had something similar happen to me but my ipod nano skipped through every track i tried to play, and i couldnt listen to anything. i just connected my ipod to my PC, synced, and it was fine after that

Ipod mini only plays part of a song! I need help!!!

Whenever I'am listening to a song my ipod will just play 1/3 of that song and restart or turn off. It's really annoying. If anyone knows what to do please tell me!!!!!!!!!!

I have the same problem on many songs in my 8GB NAno.
Many Songs in my Nano do not play completely. These songs played ok on my PCs and on my 20G iPod. The bad songs would play for several seconds to couple of minutes, then the play back would stop and my Nano would jump to the next song. Those bad songs were ripped from my own CDs and not downloaded from the web.
Note that I have used 2 versions of iTunes (7.0x) and 3 version of iPod software. They are all in MP3 format and less than 5 minutes long.
I have reset & restored the Nano and reload all the songs (about 7.4G in my 8G NANO). The problem remains. I have purchased another 8G Nano and reload all the songs. The problem remains. I have reset the new Nano and reload the songs using the USB cable from my iPod, the problem remains. All the 'bad' songs would play OK in my PCs and iPod.
As this is my second Nano and third USB cable used to transfer the song, the only remaining causes of the problem is the Dell PC or the Nano firmware/ software.
Out of the the 7GB of music in my Nano, I estimate there may be over 100 songs that are bad (as I have not play thru all of my songs). I do not think it is worth my time to re-rip all the bad songs from my CDs, so the only 2 things left to do is to restore the Nano and reload the song from my desk top PC; Or return the Nano to Apple.
Any ideas or suggustions?
Thanks
David
Dell D610 Windows XP Pro

Why does my ipod touch stop playing songs when i click to play, it plays for a few seconds sometimes longer and then goes onto the next song. Help!

Please help,my ipod touch stops playing songs sometimes a few seconds in and then other times halfway. It cant be the song because different songs do it each time. Ive tried to restore it and it makes no difference :(
Please help as this problem gets very annoying. Thanks!

Did you restore to factory defaults/new iPod and sync stuff to your iPod? If you restore from backup there may be some corruption that is now in the backup.

All my purchased song from iTunes are not playing complete (iPod and computer with Windows Vista), unexpectedly stops and continues with next song. What am I doing wrong?

All my purchased song from iTunes are not playing complete (iPod and computer with Windows Vista), unexpectedly stops and continues with next song. What am I doing wrong?

Are the songs playing whole in iTunes? if not download them again.
else read this Apple Support Article on your problem
Have a nice day!

Songs downloaded from itunes not playing on ipod

Hi, maybe someone can help me. Recently I noticed that the songs I have downloaded from itunes are not playing on my ipod. They are working fine on my computer. As far as I know all my software is up to date and I even tried backing up my files and restoring my ipod, and the songs from itunes are still not playing. Is there something else I can do?

Have you had a chance to look at these troubleshooting pages? They may be of some help:
Troubleshooting songs that skip on iPod
iPod: Troubleshooting songs and audiobooks that won't play
iPod does not play content purchased from the iTunes Music Store

I accidentally uploaded songs from cds to the wrong itunes library. i would like to move those songs to my regular itunes library that i use to purchase and download music, since my ipod cant sync to both libraries. how can i do this? please advise. thank

i accidentally uploaded songs from cds to the wrong itunes library. i would like to move those songs to the regular itunes library that i use to purchase and download music, since my ipod cant sync to both libraries. how can i do this? please advise? thank you.

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

I tried to set up a new library for my old ipod nano so i could update songs on it however when i tried to import songs from a cd it crashed and i had to end task therefor not getting to sync the new songs with ipod nano. now i cant find old library

However during the process of adding new songs itunes crashed and i had to end task therefor not getting the chance to sync the new songs onto ipod nano. later when i plugged in my current ipod touch all my songs have disappeared and i cant find the original itunes library i had for it! is there anyway to get it back? i have tried pressing shift when opening itunes but still cant find the original itunes that i had!!

Since all of your music came from your computer in the first place, then it should still be there and should be included in your backup copy of your computer.
" it told me when i pluged hers in 2 ipods could not use the same account"
This is not true. You have misunderstood.
You can sync as many ipods/iphones/ipads as you like to one one library.

My ipod classic has started making a mewing sound and all it does is scroll through the songs. It will not play except when connected to my computer. I tried resyncing and that did not work. How do I fix this problem?

My ipod classic has started making a mewling sound and all it does is scroll through the songs. It does not play on my Bose sound dock or through earbuds. It will play when connected to the computer...but that makes it hard to take it on a walk with me I thought it might be a synching problem so tried that--still doesn't work. How do I fix this problem with out restoring it to the factory setting? I do not want to lose all my music content as some of it I cannot replace easily. Please help with suggestions and advice. Thanks. Karen in GA

Have you recharge your iPod for at least 2 hours, preferably till the Full charge Battery symbol comes ON.?
See this Apple support Article
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
You did not by chance bought the Hello Kitty special edition?
Have nice day!

My iPod touch is switching songs while in it is playing and the voice control is also causing the music to stop at times. Help!

My iPod touch is switching songs while in it is playing and the voice control is also causing the music to stop at times. Help!

Do you have "Shake to Shuffle" on?
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPod_touch_iOS4_User_Guide.pdf

My ipod is not playing the correct order of my songs in playlists

my ipod is not playing the correct order of my song order in my playlists. it plays random order of playlist songs

You may have tapped the Shuffle button (looks like two arrows crossing path) in Blue. Tap it once again to turn it off.

Songs on ipod cant be played

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for