A few songs skip to next after playing about half

Some of the songs in my vast library of music won't play the whole song. It will just skip to the next song. If I start the song in itunes and then select a region after the portion where it always stops playing, it will then play. I also can play the song in the folder in Windows Explorer and it plays fine there too. So it's not the song file.

Some input. I always save the iTunes Music Folder when I make changes to my itunes such as making new playlists or adding songs. That way if anything ever goes wrong I can revert to those files (xml, library, genius, etc.)

So I think I have tracked it down somewhat to a bad XML file in the Music Library. If I delete the song from itunes that won't play, and then drag it back into itunes (or add it using File/add), it plays all the way through. Problem is, I lose play count and all the playlists. If I then close itunes and copy back the XML and Library file back into itunes folder (C: drive/My Music/itunes), I get the playlists and play count back. HOWEVER, now the file won't play properly. If I copy archived xml/lib files back from say a year ago, it also reverts to not playing correctly.

I'm not sure if this is related to my iPod rebooting itself on occasion (as I say that corrupt files (e.g. xml related?) may cause that to happen.

Anyone have some suggestions on how to keep play counts/playlists while also fixing the playback issue?

Thanks!

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