[choariwap]

hi,

my ipod skips every other track in the playlist... the files are not corrupted or anything because when i press previous it will play the skipped track.

i encoded the files using EAC - FLAC then converted to ALAC using dbpoweramp then synced the ipod using winamp.

anyone know whats up with this?

thanks!

 

[threEchelon]

I believe this is a common problem with iPods; they can't handle the large file sizes. I have a 3rd gen that will sometimes skip entirely or pause for a second at the beginning of an ALAC track. You could try putting rockbox on your iPod if it's 4th gen or later (excluding 80GB iPods) and load it up with FLAC files. Rockbox also sounds better than the original firmware. Another option is to encode you files to 320kbps CBR MP3 or v0 VBR MP3; you should not experience problems with either of these.

 

[blessingx]

It's not a problem with recent gens.

Two things to try -
a) Try doing an ALAC to ALAC "conversion in iTunes. DBPowerAmp's ALAC output may be slightly off of what the iPod needs and this test won't cause you to lose any SQ.
b) restore your iPod and see if it's a DB problem.

 

[Canman]

This happened to my 4G more and more until it died completely.

 

[choariwap]

i tried the import to itunes alc to alac conversion and it worked! thanks for the tip blessingx!

whats the best solution to get EAC to ALAC rips?

i was using EAC -> FLAC then dbpoweramp to convert to ALAC... but dbpoweramp seems to mess up the alac files.

 

[onocentaur]

Have you tried converting to WAV first then to ALAC in iTunes?

 

[vcoheda]

My friend had a similar problem. He restored all default settings. It went away.

 

[Daniel L]

I had this problem crop up when I switched from Windows to OS X. What worked to fix it was to go to your Itunes with the iPod plugged in and restore the iPod.