iTunes Downloads Don’t Play on iPod

My iPod has started acting weird lately. I was trying to play an album that I purchesed off iTunes (In the Reins, by Calexico and Iron and Wine). My iPod would play most of the tracks off the album and skip some of the others. The “bad” tracks would show up for a second and then advance to the next track without playing any of the song. In fear that my harddrive was going bad, I ran the diagnostic mode tests on my 3g iPod. That is scary in itself, especially when some of the tests take a long time to perform. Luckily everything checked out ok. Next, I checked the files in iTunes. Nothing seemed unusual. I deleted them off my iPod and put them back on. Same problem. What the heck? I decided to change the files in iTunes. I changed the name from “Calexico & Iron and Wine” to “Calexico and Iron and Wine.” I removed everything except the track name, track number, artist, and album. When I put the files back on my iPod, to my surprise they all played. I suppose it was an anomaly, but I thought I would share the story in case one of you runs into the same problem. This kind of thing never happens with my vinyl!

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