I have just encountered a strange issue that's affecting my library on my computer and iPhone. I still have about 200 or so odd songs and about 30 music videos that I never upgraded to iTunes plus simply because I didn't feel the need to. On Sunday, my iPhone was playing one of these tracks and about 30 seconds from the ending, the sound cut off but the track kept "playing." Checked the song on the PC and forwarded to the bit where it cut off and the track simply skips ahead to the next song.
I deleted the track and tried to download it again from the Purchased items and had the same issue on the newly downloaded track. I went ahead and upgraded the track to iTunes plus and voila, the problem was solved.
I thought this was an isolated instance but then it happened again this morning. I have since checked about 30 more of these songs and 25 of them do the exact same thing and stop about 20 or 30 seconds from the ending. I tried googling the issue here and in the Apple Support Communities and found others reporting the issue, but no response on how to resolve it. I'm not exactly sure where the issue started, some of these songs I have listened to within the last month or two and i don't recall any issues with them. None of my ripped music or iTunes plus purchases seem to exhibit this problem.
Lastly, I'm getting an iMac next month and actually planned to start re-ripping my music fresh and downloading my purchased items again. Instead of pursuing this further, should I maybe sit tight for another month and see if the problem creeps up in iTunes on the Mac side when I download the tunes?
Thanks.
I deleted the track and tried to download it again from the Purchased items and had the same issue on the newly downloaded track. I went ahead and upgraded the track to iTunes plus and voila, the problem was solved.
I thought this was an isolated instance but then it happened again this morning. I have since checked about 30 more of these songs and 25 of them do the exact same thing and stop about 20 or 30 seconds from the ending. I tried googling the issue here and in the Apple Support Communities and found others reporting the issue, but no response on how to resolve it. I'm not exactly sure where the issue started, some of these songs I have listened to within the last month or two and i don't recall any issues with them. None of my ripped music or iTunes plus purchases seem to exhibit this problem.
Lastly, I'm getting an iMac next month and actually planned to start re-ripping my music fresh and downloading my purchased items again. Instead of pursuing this further, should I maybe sit tight for another month and see if the problem creeps up in iTunes on the Mac side when I download the tunes?
Thanks.