Correcting the play count

Ok, you can tell I'm new at this, so I have a stupid question. I just added 3 songs from my computer to my library. I have noticed that the play count is not updating on these songs, is there a way to set it?

Play counts will increment after the song ENDS. So starting the song won't do it. To test, play a song all the way through or play it and slide the slider over the end and just let the last few seconds play. When it is done, it should increment.
Oh, and I am assuming you are talking about in iTunes or do you mean when you play it in the iPod?
Patrick

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     I have an iPod touch 5, the most recent iTunes update and the most recent iPod software (iOS 8.1) and am using windows 7, but I think the problem comes from the iPod because if i reset the plays and play a song through iTunes it will go to 1, but if i listened to it 3 times on my iPod when i sync it, it will then go to 4.
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Thanks, Sean.

If you haven't done so install iTunes on your computer. http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Follow the instructions here: iPhone and iPod touch: Unable to update or restore

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I have about 500 songs in my library that have played one time. Although a "last date played" date is noted, there is no number in the play count column. This only happens some times. Any reason for this, and can it be corrected? thx

Thanks, but the play count is not incrementing only on the very first play. All subsequent plays are fine. Meaning the play counts for these particular tracks are always one play short. I double-checked some of the tracks in question and I have not shortened, or stopped them early.

Has anybody fixed the play count issue?

Hey up, been having problems with play counts noy syncing and read about others with the same problems... Ive updated to iOS 5.1 and still the same issues. Rating are fine but thats about all!

It works, but it's still a bit quirky.
For me, it didn't work at all until this past Sunday (March 11) when iTunes on my Mac mysteriously turned turned Match off by itself. When I turned it on again (it went through the whole process of scanning and updating, but only took a couple of minutes), the play counts updated with the information from my phone. It's been working for me since then.
So if it's not working for you, I suggest making sure you have the most recent version of iTunes and turning iTunes Match off (in iTunes on your computer, not necessarily on your phone or IOS device), then turning it on again.
Sometimes it takes a long time for the information to show up. I think iTunes is still only periodically checking for changes, maybe once a day or when you log in to the iTunes store, etc. Sometimes the 1st song I play on the phone will be reflected on the Mac almost immediately, and the rest take a while longer to show up.
I don't track my play counts closely, I really don't care much about them, so I don't know if they are updating correctly. People in other discussions report seeing one play count as two and some other oddities - but I notice that things I play on my phone do show up (within a day or so) in my "recently played" playlist on the Mac.

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I was wondering if im the only one with this problem. Every time when i connect the ipod touch to my PC (currently still PC but getting a Mac on sunday), and than disconnecting it again, using it a while and connecting it again, the play count of some songs are completely wrong. For instance i listened to a song 4 times and suddenly the playcount shows like 253 or something. i dont sync the ipod touch with my pc library because i dont want to. is that the problem?
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i am having the exact same problem.
my ipod touch puts play counts up to over 1000 after listening a couple of times..
make sure music is just stopped, not just paused on a playlist, and you dont have it on repeat mode.
i have had to reset all of my play counts of every song (right click in itunes > reset play count)
i think i may take it back if this keeps happening.

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I'm currently shopping around for a head unit for my car. I was just hoping someone could tell me whether or not the iPod still keeps track of play count when connected through a USB cable to the car stereo. I'm only wondering because I wasn't sure if this situation is similar to hooking and iPod to an XBOX 360 through the USB cable (which doesn't keep track of play count). If someone could please tell me what models do and don't keep track of play count, I'd really like to know. I'm particularly interested in the Alpine iDA-X305 so if someone could let me know about that one specifically, I'd really appreciate it.
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Kenichi Watanabe wrote:
I don't think an car audio device would be smart enough to set up a connection that is like a computer's connection to an iPod. When I use my dumb docking speaker, the play count is kept for the next sync with my Mac.
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CONFIRMED WORK AROUND! The .m4v file gets created while encoding, but Adobe Media Encoder does not re-pack it back into the .mp4 unless you select the "Export Audio" in Adobe Premier export prior to queuing. If you don't want audio, mute the individual tracks and still export audio.
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Tango,
This is a user forum. To submit feedback to Apple, use the iTunes Feedback page:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
However, you will be interested to know that Forum member turingtest2 has created several scripts that do exactly what you want: consolidate by moving rather than copying, clean dead links, etc. The scripts are available here:
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I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the item that is not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the entry, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" link next to the item.
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I have been using an iPod 5th gen, it's syncs auto with my PC, that haves iTunes 6...
I recently got a notebook, iTunes 7, and I'm wondering, is there a way to maintain the playcount of both synched?
they have the exact same songs...
if I plug the iPod on the regular PC and then on the notebook, will it update both play count? will something happen due to the fact of: iTunes 6 and iTunes 7??

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Correcting the play count

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