iTunes 10 songs stop playing mid-song

I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else: ever since I upgraded to iTunes 10 songs will sometimes stop playing mid-song. I don't know if it's just my hard drive skipping and it started happening coincidentally after the release of 10 or if it's happening to others too.

Also, it still happens when iTunes 10 is the ONLY app running. I also tried restarting and have even rebuilt my directory with DiskWarrior.

I would try deleting the iTunes app, then redownloading it from Apple - iTunes - Everything you need to be entertained and see if that helps. If not, try deleting the plist for iTunes from your user library, found in the Preferences folder.

I had the same problem as soon as I upgraded to iTunes 10. Songs would freeze 12 seconds into the track, they would skip like an old lp and iTunes would launch by itself and start playing music even after I quit the program. After much research I gave-in and called apple care. After much deduction, what finally solved the problem was the following:
• quit itunes
• Go to your user finder > library > preferences
Drag the following 3 files to your desktop:
• com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist
• com.apple.iTunes.plist
• com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist

Restart your computer. Restart itunes. Hopefully it solved the problem. You can trash the 3 files you dragged to your desktop.

If it didn't work, trash your itunes folder and reinstall with a clean copy of itunes downloaded from Apple.

Good luck.

PS - I'm on an iMac running 10.6.4

Thanks for the suggestions. It seems to be running better now

interesting. i've been having this with video since upgrading to 10. I dont really play much audio from itunes , i usually just use my iphone for that, but my macbook for video podcasts, etc.

i wonder if it's the same issue. it will just give the spinning beachball for about 10 secs or so and then come back. very annoying. never happened before.