I have the 80GB 5.5G iPod... a bunch of my songs just end early... like they will just skip to the end and the iPod will show there being two seconds left but the song just stops playing... these songs work fine in iTunes but they keep messing up on my iPod. I tried restoring... any other ideas?
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iPod Songs end early on iPod 5.5G
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I tried converting the culprit song to ID3 v2.4 and made all songs not gapless, but it didn't work. This specific song stops playing about a minute before it's supposed to 
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I'm having this problem too and its driving me insane. The ends of the songs on three of my favorite CD's get chopped off 20-60 seconds early. They are not VBR mp3's like some previous generations have had problems with, and they all play perfectly in itunes.
I'm having this problem too and its driving me insane. The ends of the songs on three of my favorite CD's get chopped off 20-60 seconds early. They are not VBR mp3's like some previous generations have had problems with, and they all play perfectly in itunes.
omg this is happening to me too. i think the songs that are having the problems are ones that i replaced. let me explain: i had some songs that friends gave me that were pretty low quality. i ended re-reripping the songs myself in V0. instead of adding the file as a new song, i deleted the old file and redirected the original song in itunes to the new file so that it would stay in playlists, keep equalizer info, ratings, play counts, etc.
can this be causing the problem?
can this be causing the problem?
I did the same thing and I've got the same problem now. I'm sure removing the songs from the library, then readding them would fix the problem, but I don't want to lose my play count and ratings and everything. I can't believe no one had figured out how to fix this yet. I used to work for one of the (American) outsourcing partners that provides the iPod+iTunes tech support, and I can't figure it out.
This sounds familiar.....
I have/had the exact same issue, same iPod as well.
On my 60gb ipod video i never had this issue tho, so i think it's something to do with the 5.5g and up firmware (does it on my iphone too).
some songs will end very early, some play fine, others end 10 seconds into the song. all play fine in itunes.
When i had my 5g video and iphone, i played a problem track on both. I usually noticed some type of sound imperfection on the audio at the same point the track on the iphone would end. So i assume it had something to do with how it was ripped.
Does this ever happen with a track downloaded from itunes? I have bought exactly one album from itunes ever, and that was last month, most of the rest of my 40gb music collection was ripped. I assume there was an issue in the ripping process. Most of my collection was ripped with musicmatch, back before i had an iPod (or a mac for that matter).
Every time I find a track that has a problem, it's usally a problem with numerous tracks from that same album. So my solution is, i'll take the mp3 tracks and make a new CD using Toast. I use a CD-RW. Note I DON'T use itunes to burn the CD, it will still have the problem (i tried). Then I delete the mp3 tracks from both itunes and the computer, and re-import from the CD. Then i go back to toast and erase the CD-RW. I've never had a problem with a track after using this method, and I waste no CDs (just time). Since my library is so big, I only do this as i come across a problem track. Works for me.
When this first happened i looked for others with this prob, i was amazed that I found nothing. I've had this problem ever since the 1G iphone came out.
I never use ratings, play count, etc so all those stats mean nothing to me. If there's an easier solution, I'd sure like to hear it.
P.S.- I just realized how old this thread is. Never saw it before.
I have/had the exact same issue, same iPod as well.
On my 60gb ipod video i never had this issue tho, so i think it's something to do with the 5.5g and up firmware (does it on my iphone too).
some songs will end very early, some play fine, others end 10 seconds into the song. all play fine in itunes.
When i had my 5g video and iphone, i played a problem track on both. I usually noticed some type of sound imperfection on the audio at the same point the track on the iphone would end. So i assume it had something to do with how it was ripped.
Does this ever happen with a track downloaded from itunes? I have bought exactly one album from itunes ever, and that was last month, most of the rest of my 40gb music collection was ripped. I assume there was an issue in the ripping process. Most of my collection was ripped with musicmatch, back before i had an iPod (or a mac for that matter).
Every time I find a track that has a problem, it's usally a problem with numerous tracks from that same album. So my solution is, i'll take the mp3 tracks and make a new CD using Toast. I use a CD-RW. Note I DON'T use itunes to burn the CD, it will still have the problem (i tried). Then I delete the mp3 tracks from both itunes and the computer, and re-import from the CD. Then i go back to toast and erase the CD-RW. I've never had a problem with a track after using this method, and I waste no CDs (just time). Since my library is so big, I only do this as i come across a problem track. Works for me.
When this first happened i looked for others with this prob, i was amazed that I found nothing. I've had this problem ever since the 1G iphone came out.
I never use ratings, play count, etc so all those stats mean nothing to me. If there's an easier solution, I'd sure like to hear it.
P.S.- I just realized how old this thread is. Never saw it before.