Create Auto Shuffled Playlist?

I've just bought an iPod Shuffle (3G) and love it, and I like how when I tell it to sync my entire music library (60GB) it automatically picks 4GB of music at random and adds it to a shuffled playlist which it then syncs. Unfortunately, I deleted the 'auto shuffled' playlist when adding some other playlists I'd created. Now I want to fill up the remaining space with songs picked at random - is there any way to have iTunes re-create one of these auto shuffled playlists? Or do I just have to grab a selection from my library and drag it across?

Select tracks, use CTRL-I to Get. Info., on Options tab set Media Kind to Audiobook, create a blank playlist, drag the tracks in.
See Audiobooks on iPods for more suggestions on managing audiobooks.
tt2

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Auto Create Shuffled Playlist?

I've just bought an iPod Shuffle (3G) and love it, and I like how when I tell it to sync my entire music library (60GB) it automatically picks 4GB of music at random and adds it to a shuffled playlist which it then syncs. Unfortunately, I deleted the 'auto shuffled' playlist when adding some other playlists I'd created. Now I want to fill up the remaining space with songs picked at random - is there any way to have iTunes re-create one of these auto shuffled playlists? Or do I just have to grab a selection from my library and drag it across?

iTunes has taken to building playlists (and starting to play them) from any .m3u files it finds while importing media folders. It isn't clear yet whether this behavior is supposed to be a new "feature" or has been accidentally introduced, but importing folders that contain .m3u files may not give the results you are used to.
iTunes Folder Watch would work well if your current workflow is to have iTunes scan the media folder for new files, since it only adds the file types you want it to. However if you are specifically adding individual folders then, at least for now, you probably need to remove or edit the extention of .m3u files before importing.
On the other hand, if you don't need the playlist files then throw them away. Use the search tool in Windows Explorer to find files of the form *.m3u in your media folders, select them all with Ctrl-A and then delete.
tt2

Is it no longer possible to create shuffled playlists in iTunes 11?

I've just upgraded to iTunes 11, and I find that it appears I can no longer create a shuffled playlist. (Or have I missed something?)
In the previous versions of iTunes, as long as I had songs in a playlist sorted by number, I could click on the shuffle button against a playlist in the sidebar and all the songs in the list would be shuffled up randomly. I could then sync to my iPod and the songs in the playlist would play in the order they appeared -as shuffled- in the song view list in iTunes.
But that no longer seems to happen. There are some shuffle icons scattered about the new version, (at the top of the list view by the title and in the play panel at the top), but clicking them doesn't seem to re-order the list of songs at all; they remain in order in the list.
I'm confused...

So fundamental to my use of iTunes and my iPod is the ability to transfer shuffled playlists over to my iPod, I have now managed to revert back to version 10.7.
It is by no means a straightforward thing to do, because Apple have made it difficult by apparently 'integrating iTunes within recent versions of OS X'. This in itself worries me, because it reeks of Microsoft policy...
Anyway, here's a guide to how to do it how I did. (Many thanks to other posters in other threads for the method; what I've tried to do here is provide a complete 'idiot's guide', which was what I really needed...)
First off, you will need a .dmg file of iTunes 10.7, which should still be available here:-
http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-7195.20120912.d3uzQ/iTunes10.7.dmg
Download it and put it on your desktop, but DO NOT launch it yet.
Now, delete iTunes 11. This cannot be done, in Mountain Lion at least, in the usual way. You have to do it with the Terminal app.
Launch the Terminal app, (in Applications>Utilities), and type in the following at the command prompt:-
sudo rm -rf /applications/itunes.app
... and press Return. (Note the spaces, which are important... it's a bit like using the old Windows DOS thing.)
I ran into a snag here straight away, because it prompted me for my password, which at the time was blank, and it wouldn’t accept no password. So I assigned myself a new user password, (System Prefs>Users & Groups>Change Password), and it worked after that.
Note: After typing the command, exactly as above, nothing appears to happen. But if you look in Applications you will see that iTunes is no longer there.
Next double-click on the iTunes 10.7.dmg file that was previously downloaded, and install it as you would any other software by double-clicking the resulting disc image on the desktop and following the prompts.
It was at this stage that I found that, although I could now launch iTunes, and it was definitely 10.7 I was launching, the error message 'Error -42408' appeared every time I did so. I could live with that if it just meant getting the message, but I wasn’t sure whether everything 'under the bonnet' would work correctly as long as this error message was being generated. So I continued...
Close iTunes, if it is still running.
Next re-launch Terminal and type the following:-
open /system/library/privateframeworks
...and press Return.
Typing the above command in Terminal opens a new Finder window called 'Privateframeworks'. (Apparently one can only open this folder via Terminal; it is not visible using just Finder itself.)
Having done that, follow the following steps, one at a time. (I tried restoring all five files at once, but I was denied permission for some reason, so I did them separately.) Apologies if this is too basic...
The steps:-
First locate, in the 'Privateframeworks' Finder window, the file called 'AirTrafficHost.framework' and highlight it.
Next launch Time Machine, and wait for it to sort itself out. The 'Privateframeworks' Finder window remains visible, of course, in Time Machine, and the highlighted file also remains highlighted.
Now look back in Time Machine for a restore point in which the 'date modified' field for the highlighted file was a date well before you, ahem...'updated' iTunes to version 11. (In my case I chose a date in September.)
Click on the 'Restore' button on the right-hand side of the Time Machine bottom bar.
When prompted, select the option to 'Replace' the existing version of the file with the one you are restoring. Also, enter your password when prompted, of course.
With the 'Privateframeworks' finder window still open on your desktop, locate the file within it called 'CoreFP.framework' and highlight it, launch Time Machine as before and restore that file the same way as the first.
Next, locate the file called 'DeviceLink.framework', highlight it and follow the same procedure with Time Machine to restore that.
Do the same thing with two more files in the 'Privateframeworks' finder window, called 'iTunesAccess.framework' and 'MobileDevice.framework'.
Close the 'Privateframeworks' finder window and quit Terminal. (I think I could have quit Terminal as soon as I'd opened the finder window though, to be honest.)
And after doing all that iTunes 10.7 should launch happily without the error message. Bliss...!

HOW DO I CREATE A 30GB SHUFFLE PLAYLIST FROM ITUNES LIBRARY TO FILL MY IPOD

is it possible to generate a playlist lets call it, that is like a shuffle playlist but able to fill an ipod? where would i find the command like, " fill ipod randomly from itunes library"? wouldn't it be great !! just hook up the pod and have it filled with random songs from your library. every day you could have a new playlist, but a really big and different one.
g4 power mac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Just create a new Smart playlist.
Limit it to 27.5GB at Random.
Also, set it to My rating is not One Star.
Rate songs you do not want on the iPod to One star.
Connect the iPod & select it as the Source.
Go to the Music tab and set to Sync only this playlist.
To change the music, select this playlist in iTunes.
Select all songs and press Delete. It will fill up again at random.

Tip for creating auto-updating Smart Playlists for iPod

Short Answer:
Don't use Smart Playlists that use rules with nested playlists which aren't completely on iPod.
Long Answer:
If you're like me and use nested Smart Playlists, make sure that any Smart Playlist you want to have auto-update on the iPod doesn't use a rule which uses as a criteria a playlist that isn't fully present on iPod (exclamation point next to the Smart Playlist in iTunes when connecting iPod to your Mac).
For example, I have Smart Playlists to exclude certain tracks in other Smart Playlists (Streams, Spoken Word,tracks under 1 minute, etc.). These are tracks that I usually want to exclude in other Smart Playlists but don't want to add those rules each and every time.
The problem is that iPod looks to see if that 'excludes' playlist is present, which obviously it isn't because by it's nature it's designed to exclude tracks. If a nested playlist isn't present it seems the auto-update will not work.
My solution was to create a new Smart Playlist specifically for the iPod, which contained all the rules of my "master exclude" Smart Playlist and any other I wanted specifically for the iPod.
My beef with Apple here is that I can't duplicate a Smart Playlist, which is possible in iPhoto. Being able to do that would make things much easier.
I have since gone about creating 'excludes' playlists so that the playlist itself excludes tracks; previously I was creating a Smart PLaylist that contained (included) all the tracks I wanted to exclude, then using that as a rule (Playlist is not 'Excludes') in other playlists. The second method worked fine on iTunes, since all the tracks are present, but it creates problems on iPod.

I've posted a better version of this thread in the "Using the iPod with color display" forum.
APPLE DISCUSSION ADMINS: Please delete this thread. Thanks!

Itunes Auto-Creates Duplicates of Playlists

Hello, I'm having a problem with my iTunes / iPod. Every time I connect my iPod, iTunes automatically creates new Smart Playlists named "Audiobooks", "Movies", "Music", and "TV Shows" on my iPod. This is getting really annoying since I have to manually delete them each time. But the worst part is that last time I plugged it in, I didn't delete the playlists since I was in a rush. Now, when I just plugged my iPod in, it created an ADDITIONAL set of smart playlists, meaning that now there's "Audiobooks", "Audiobooks", "Movies", "Movies", "Music", "Music", "TV Shows", and "TV Shows". How do I stop iTunes from doing this?

Now I downloaded a tool to delete them all with one klick. It always stucks because it counts more then 69.000 Playlists.
iTunes Match really needs to get optimised!

After creating a new playlist, song is added to the playlist multiple times

I have an iPhone 5, and created a new playlist. When I start the playlist, no matter what song I click on, it defaults to the first song in the playlist, and adds about 20 "ghost" copies of the song. I'm running iOS 6.1.4.

Well I fixed it. Opened the playlist, shuffled the song, played a song, unshuffled the playlist, and now it's normal. Weird

HeIp Ipod Shuffle "Playlist" no longer appear in itunes when disconnected.

I got a new laptop and was forced to load up the latest version of itunes, which for me has worked fine. I connected my first gen. shuffle and married it to my new computer. But on my old computer/version of itunes i was able to keep the "shuffle's playlist" on itunes at all times so it was easy to tweak my songs and then whenever i charged my ipod all the songs would update. now it seems i cannot keep the playlist contents of my shuffle on itunes and have to update the shuffle manually while its connected which takes much more time. Where is the setting to change this so i can see the shuffle playlist all the time?
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It appears from many other posts that the " Keep This iPod in the Source List" function isn't included in iTunes 7 unfortunately. You can leave your feedback on it's absence at this link: Apple Product Feedback
You can check out a workaround at this link which may help out for now: Create ready-to-sync playlists for Shuffles in iTunes 7

How do I put a shuffled playlist on my Nano?

I want to fill my 4Gb Nano with random songs from one of my playlists. How do I do that? It will only fill as much as it can, and fills from the bands alphebetically, leaving out all bands from R-Z. I know with my wife's shuffle, you can choose to pick a selection from a playlist.....

In Tunes, you can create a Smart Playlist(File>New Smart Playlist). This will allow you to create a playlist with random songs. Then, connect you iPod and in the "Music" tab, select only the playlist you just created to be synced.
stealth..

How to create subdirectories in playlist, ipod classic

I am not familiar how to create subdirectories in Playlists in iPod Classic. Of course I have to user iTues software but I don't know how to create. Please guide me if anybody knows how to create subdirectories.
I want like this (like windows how subdirectories are look)
Classical
Dindufa
Zazimba
Thank you,
grb

To expand on that further, putting playlists within folders and/or folders within folders creates multiple levels of playlist organization. However, this only works in auto-sync mode, so if you manually manage your Classic the folder structure will not transfer over.

Create an audiobook playlist

Hi. I ripped some Spanish lessons from CD, and now I want to:
-change the tracks to "audiobook" rather than "music"; and
-create an audiobook playlist.
I don't want the audiobook tracks shuffling through with music.
Thanks for your help.
M

Select tracks, use CTRL-I to Get. Info., on Options tab set Media Kind to Audiobook, create a blank playlist, drag the tracks in.
See Audiobooks on iPods for more suggestions on managing audiobooks.
tt2

Multiple Party Shuffle playlists???

Is there a way to create multiple party shuffle playlists?? I would like to have a party shuffle for 3 or 4 different genres of music
If its not already possible, would anybody agree that this would be a good feature??

well, ive done that already.. But you see, Im setting up a internet radio station using automator to change playlists automaticly.. So I want a few different party shuffle playlists already set up so i can just trigger those at a sheduled time.
Maybe there is a way to switch the party shuffle input playlist within automator??

Shuffle/Playlist Problem

My father and I downloaded three holiday albums from iTunes to his account a few days ago. We created a "Christmas" Playlist on his iPod, transferred the songs from the three new albums into the playlist. We also went to "Get Info" on each song from the three new albums, and from the "Options tab" selected, "skip when shuffling" checkbox. (We did this because he did not want the holiday songs playing when his did his regular everyday listening to music). We then synced the updates to his music library to his iPod.
The problem we encountered: When we went to the Christmas Playlist we created (which had about 50 songs in it from the three new albums just purchased), and pressed play, the iPod would only play the first song listed in the playlist. It would say, "1 of 1" instead of "1 of 50." (Even though all 50 songs were in the playlist). The only way to get the iPod to play ALL the songs was to go back to "Get info" from each song and deselect the "skip when shuffling" checkbox. When we did this, then the iPod would show "1 of 50" and would play all 50 songs. The problem is--he does not want the holiday songs to play when hit selects "Shuffle" when he listens to his regular everyday music.
I have never encountered this problem before. Does ayone have a recommendation? Thanks.

Thanks planb and the fiend. Between your two responses, I get the solution now. I have send my father the solution (from the iPod, go to Settings and turn off Shuffle).
Thanks again!

80GB Video iPod - Shuffling playlist?

I have 2 iPods,
8GB nano shuffles tracks inside a playlist by default.
I'm still having trouble figuring out how to shuffle "playlist" on 80GB video iPod.
Please help.
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Hello.
I have found a temporary work around the iPod playlists not recognizing videos. I too think this a really big problem. I just did not realize just how bit it was!
I use mine to pass thew time whil I workout at the Gym.
This is my temeporary soulution util apple fixes the problem.
I used a video editing software Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 because I am just descovering QuickTime.
I have copied my desired videos into the Adobe program.
I then export the one video made up of many videos using MPEG4.
I Then use the quick Time Player Pro to convert the MPEG4 video to iPod.
I then Sync my iPod to my computer.
I create the lenght of the video time I desire for my workout which is between 45 minutes to one hour.
I have created various videos.
This is in no way as good as the playlist but it is certainly much better than the present sintuation.
PS: I hope Apple fixes this problem soon!
If anyone needs some help with this you can email me at [email protected]
Thank you.

Shuffling playlist songs

I recently created a new playlist of my holiday songs. For some reason I am unable to get the songs in that particular playlist to shuffle in either itunes or on my ipod classic. I even recreated it as a smart playlist and they still won't shuffle. I can get the songs in my other playlists to shuffle (both itune created lists and my lists). I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Hello adlibb58,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
To shuffle a playlist:
Go to Settings -> Shuffle and select to shuffle "By songs" Then choose a song from the playlist and you should be good to go.
If the other playlists are working as normal, make sure you are following the exact steps as you did for them to try and shuffle the songs in your holiday playlist.
B-rock

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