Itunes Music Skipping

Would the fact that I am running other programs like a file downloading or installing affect the musics skipping? keep in mind I am running a dual-core 1g ram 250gb hard drive and the hard drive is brand new so it wouldnt be corrupt files.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Possibly, but why not just test it? Try playing a song when you're NOT downloading or installing something.

I use iTunes 6 and had the same problem, used the SafeMode in QuickTime and has worked perfectly now. Thank you so much!

My problem is the same as Jon (31 Mar 2007) and SireeBob (
18 Apr 2007) ... Is there a fix for these Creative drivers vs iTunes/Quicktime? iTunes doesn't seem to be able to properly use the soundcard to decode the music as it uses majorly more CPU usage than any other music program I've tried. (iTunes is a bigger and more complex program, and so uses more memory, but that shouldn't affect CPu usage much...)

I get 5-10% CPU usage while playing a song on iTunes vs 0-1% on any other program,a nd I have a FX-60 dual core CPU...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Maybe this will help: http://askbobrankin.com/itunes_alternatives.html

iPod Service and Apple Mobile Device have been killed. I'm running ONLY iTunes and Firefox 2.0 on a fully-up-to-date-on-all-drivers-and-software system with XP, 1.5GB of RAM, and a 2.8GHz P4. There is NO reason iTunes should be skipping like it does, but the fact remains, it is. Especially when I type or if I open new tabs in Firefox. This editor has no idea how to fix it. I'm glad he helped others, but he certainly doesn't have all the answers. Thanks for nothin, Bob.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sounds like you missed some of the great suggestions in the reader comments. Did you try some of the iTunes settings tweaks mentioned there?

My PC is an E6600 Core 2 Duo, 4GB of memory, and a Sound Blaster X-Fi. iTunes still skips when using Firefox (opening tabs, refreshing JavaScript heavy pages). Only iTunes though.

iTunes also uses 5% CPU for playing MP3s? The problem is not the OS, the problem is iTunes and crap Apple coding. My 486 could play MP3s with that much CPU usage when using the old WinAmp, and WMP has no such problem.

my itunes skips when i listen to radio stations through it. it just started yesterday. help or suggestions?

thanks much.

Thanks for the info! This has made listening to itunes so much more enjoyable while I am web surfing!

Music skipping, especially when it's happening with only certain songs, and skips always at the same location on playback, could also be a sign of a bad AAC file that was being delivered by iTunes Store.

I had one such problem recently with music I had purchased and did not play back correctly (songs would skip at the same spot every time). I contacted Apple, was given a refund, and told they would investigate the files and that I should try downloading the material again in a few weeks.

Thanks for the great info. However, most of these suggested fixes seem to be for Windows. What about Mac? I opened Quicktime in OS and there don't seem to be options to change the synthesizer default or enable safe mode. I'm using OS 10.4 and iTunes v7.

In addition to skipping songs during the burn, I'm also getting the occasional random song truncating. Muy annoying. Love my Mac but am very disappointed in Apple SW lately.

Good call. Saved me from going insane.