iTunes 6.0.1 (#6): Videos, audio files stopping before their end

Last week we continued coverage of an issue where videos from the music store or (in more cases) video podcasts fail to complete playing.

Generally, the video will simply freeze. Users can fast forward and rewind -- viewing frames in the otherwise unplayable region of the video -- but any attempts to press the play button again results in a few seconds of video playing, then a repeat of the stall.

In some cases, the issue can be resolved by simply unsubscribing from a problematic video podcast then re-subscribing.

MacFixIt reader Rafael writes:

"I just wanted to let you know that I experienced this, and it usually happened after the video download was somehow interrupted. I followed the usual procedure of unsubscribing and then subscribing again to the podcast and then downloaded the full video, once that happened it played fine."

VBR Music tracks stopping before their end Meanwhile, users are reporting a similar issue with audio tracks that use variable bitrates (VBR):

One reader writes:

"Have a similar problem with my iTunes when playing some Mp3's with variable bitrate (VBR). the tunes stops before they are really ending. iTunes shows one song to be 3.10min. long, while its really 4.13min. long! The only way to hear the end of the song is to 'scroll' into the last minute. Have seen this happened while playing VBR with WinAmp at my old PC to, but at the end WinAmp ignores the calculated time and continues to play till the songs are really ending either way."

Feedback? Late-breakers@macfixit.com.

Previous coverage:

• iTunes 6.0.1 (#5): Videos stopping before their end
• iTunes 6.0.1 (#4): More problems with purchased tracks (transferring to, playing on iPods)
• iTunes 6.0.1 (#3): Purchased video playback choppy; Distorted audio with external audio interfaces; more
• iTunes 6.0.1 (#2): CD playing/importing bugs not resolved for some users
• Apple releases iTunes 6.0.1

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