Fixing iTunes' truncated tracks
Reader Mike Barlow, after reading my recent When You’re Stone Out of Luck, had a head scratcher of his own. He writes:
The stone out of luck article resonates. I may have a new one: iTunes truncates—with no seeming reason or rhyme—the last 15 seconds of tracks and jumps to the next track. I don’t have crossfade on and it seems more prevalent on ripped CD tracks I own. I have not subscribed to iTunes Match.
While you may indeed be stone out of luck, there are a few things you can do to try to pinpoint where the problem lies. The first thing to do is to select one of these shortened tracks and choose File > Show in Finder. A Finder window will open and the track highlighted. Now press the Spacebar to preview the track. Drag the playhead to the end to determine if the entire track is really there. (It probably is.)
You have now determined that the problem isn’t with the track but rather with iTunes. This saves you the trouble of re-ripping the thing.
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