Tracks sometimes skip half way through

Hello,
I have a 6th generation Ipod Nano 16gb. I've had it for a couple of months or so and it has been fine. However, the last couple of weeks I've started to notice it skipping tracks before they have finished playing. Sometimes it'll only play for about 10 seconds, other times go about half way and then skip. This seems to gradually be getting worse and probably happens about 1 song in 10 now.
I've already tried restoring the Ipod and trying different settings (like disabling crossfade). It has the latest software. Although it seems to repeat the problem on the same tracks, it used to play those tracks absolutely fine. It is affecting music that has been on the Ipod since the beginning, not just new tracks. It also can happen on low bitrate tracks that had been taken from CDs and higher bitrate downloaded songs, so filesize does not seem to be a factor.
Please advise on what steps I can take. Also, it seems a bit weird that support directs me to post in the communities section. Can anyone advise how to go about getting it repaired under warranty if a fix can't be found?
Thanks
Steve

no the master volume curve is off and i have played each track as solo and they all go silent at 2:34
I hate to think but I m assuming when it got stuck opening that day it probably got to 2:34 and then when i forced quit it erased everything after
but the wave patterns are still there???
i have tried unlocking all the rtacks then relocking...but to no avail
grrrr...frustrating
(ironically the song itself is called "frustration"..maybe this is some divine sign)
450 Mhz power PC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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