Ocassionaly, and currently more frequent, I will be listening to a song in iTunes when the audio will completley dropout. The song will still be continuing to play, but no audio. It will come back on again in about 5-10 secs or I can pause and play and it will be fine. Why is this happening and what is the problem?
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iTunes Audio Dropout
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I've been having the same problem recently, and so have several other people I know. My first thought was that my speakers were going bad, but then it happened on my iPod too. I called Apple about 2 weeks ago, and after speaking to several people, I got a manager who said, "We are aware of the issue, and it will be addressed in the form of a software update in a few weeks."
I don't know if he meant an OS update, or an iTunes update, or an iPod OS update. I guess we'll just have to wait and see....
I don't know if he meant an OS update, or an iTunes update, or an iPod OS update. I guess we'll just have to wait and see....
Me too!
This problem happens to me everyday! Whenever I'm at my desk, I'm always listening to iTunes while I do my homework and the audio drops out a few times a day.
My remedy is pausing the song and the resume it. I didn't know this problem was on the iPod too. Very strange.
This problem happens to me everyday! Whenever I'm at my desk, I'm always listening to iTunes while I do my homework and the audio drops out a few times a day.
My remedy is pausing the song and the resume it. I didn't know this problem was on the iPod too. Very strange.
whilst were on the topic of iTunes oddities, ive also had this problem, but i have another strange thing:
It seems that iTunes cant handle the output of sertain sounds, and audio clipping happens if i have the preamp any higher that -6db. this happens with almost EVERY song with piano in it. when piano plays the audio almost always clips. anyone else have this problem? im on a 1ghz 15"PB. some other people should try playing any Piano song [preferably with the piano soloing] and tell me what they experience.
It seems that iTunes cant handle the output of sertain sounds, and audio clipping happens if i have the preamp any higher that -6db. this happens with almost EVERY song with piano in it. when piano plays the audio almost always clips. anyone else have this problem? im on a 1ghz 15"PB. some other people should try playing any Piano song [preferably with the piano soloing] and tell me what they experience.
Amelie Soundtrack
There's a lot of piano on the Amelie Soundtrack, I have noticed a bit on my Sawtooth but more on my girlfriends eMac. The strange thing is it happens when I play the original CD through the eMac too. It must be something to do with the digital amplifiers in these things.
There's a lot of piano on the Amelie Soundtrack, I have noticed a bit on my Sawtooth but more on my girlfriends eMac. The strange thing is it happens when I play the original CD through the eMac too. It must be something to do with the digital amplifiers in these things.
Well it's good to know that other people have been having this problem too. iTunes has only stopped playing on me a couple of times, but I was concerned that a hardware component (like my sound card) was dying. Maybe iTunes 4 will come out on Monday and the problem will be solved.
I don't know about the rest of you, but iTunes 4 and iPod Software 1.3 have fixed my audio dropout problems.
My AAC encoded files sound great, and it's nice being able to listen to them without hearing a 10 second dropout gap. Nice work addressing this issue, Apple!
My AAC encoded files sound great, and it's nice being able to listen to them without hearing a 10 second dropout gap. Nice work addressing this issue, Apple!