MP3's suddenly skipping!

I have a fairly large MP3 collection that I've put together over the years. I was in my car listening to my ipod, and suddenly a few songs were skipping that never have over the years. I checked it out on my PC, and these files now skip. Foobar even had a decoding error when it reached a skip point.

I checked an audio cd, which I had burned from those CDs, it's still in tact, doesn't skip.

What has happened to my MP3's? Is there a program to check which ones are affected? What can I do?

 

when you listen to the files that are skipping on your ipod and on your computer, is the song skipping in the same place on both devices? thats very odd, have you done anything with your music library lately? such as normalizing files, tagging files, moving/sorting, updating any audio applications?

 

same places, I installed a new Itunes a while back, that's about it.

 

now just to be clear, did these mp3s that are skipping used to play okay, or have they always been like that? are these mp3s that you have downloaded or mp3s that you have ripped yourself from an audio CD? if you ripped them, what program/encoder did you use? have you tried ripping the CD again to see if you get the same results?

 

Some of them I downloaded, some of them I ripped myself. The ones I ripped I used the LAME codec, in Alt Preset Standard VRB. On some I used Exact Audio Copy, and on some I used DBPowerAmp Music Converter.

 

wow good choice on your ripper and compressor. thats the combo that i use. EAC and LAME are hands down the best out there. okay so lets review:

- the skipping files came from multiple sources (personal CDs and internet) so its not the original ripper or compressor

- you have problems playing the files on both your computer and mp3 player, so its not a hardware issue

- and you have older copies of the files on CDRs and they play okay?

wow dude, if all of the above are correct, um i'm really stumped. anyone else monitoring have ideas?

 

Well, it's an audio cd, that was burned from the mp3s, is it possible that the burning software (nero) corrected the skip in the mp3?

 

There is a chance the problem is with itunes. itunes is notorious for crappy encoders. There is a way to use LAME in itunes on a PC but then again you may have compatibility issues. You can't load LAME on your ipod. You will just have to hope itunes fixes the problem. My ipod still has a 4 year old itunes on it. It gives me no problems. If I ever had to reset it I think I would toss it and buy me a good player.

As you listen to your skips on your ipod, you might ponder why you put your faith in those rat-bastards!

Who knows, maybe it is a good sign. Their encoder was loaded with flaws. Last year, a high profile audio group pressured Apple into admitting how flawed the encoder was. It has been garbage since the beginning. The only saving grace is most itunes users don't care about quality. Maybe the are FINALLY trying to fix some of the problems. Maybe they over stepped themselves.

 

I only use Itunes to transfer songs to my Ipod. I've never encoded with it, and as a player I use foobar or an old version of winamp.

 

You missed my point. Even though your mp3s are flawless they still need to be played to hear them. You use an encoder to play the music. On your ipod, I believe you are locked in to Apples encoders.

I bet they sound fine on Foobar or WinAmp. (Great apps)

By the way, I apologise for comming down so hard before. You used top of the line tools to create your mp3s. I think you may have been back stabbed. I was actually furious with what I think Apple did and that put an edge into my post. See it could have happend to me if I was upgrading my itunes.

If that happened to me I would have already ordered another mp3 player. I would not wait for the fix. I have become totally intollerent to any flaws in my music. I would go ballistic if that happend to me. I wouldn't be able to think straight.

I have a 4g nano. I have mp3 envy. I bought an amazing 16g Sansa View for my wife for less money than my leather ipod case. The screen is to die for. I am too cheap to dump mine because my battery life is still near what it was 4 yrs ago and I have not had even one problem in 4 years. I would feel like a trator to dump it. I would deserve getting bad Ju-Ju for being so disrespectful.

I can't even guess if the bug was planned or just a mistake, if that is what happened. I am sure if it did they only tested Apple products when they tested the new encoder. I really don't know what happened. My theroy is pure speculation I just connected some dots. I hope I am either wrong or the bug was a mistake which will be fixed.

Sorry!