Double-Clicking to play a song puts it in a different order

Whenever I double-click on a song to play it, it moves that song down to the last song of that album. It does this in both my iTunes library and in the music on my iPod. So, it's reordering the songs in all of my music and I don't know how to change the settings so it won't change the order of the songs? And how do I get CDs back to their original order?

Sounds like you have somehow clicked on the *Date Played* column to sort everything.
Try clicking on the Album column header in itunes.
I don't know what's up with the ipod doing that.

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Since I've downloaded recent version of iTunes (10), I have to double click a song twice before it will play. One double click will only select the song, it won't start playing. It's very annoying, is this just a change to iTunes that I'm stuck with or is there some setting that can be changed?

Sounds like you have somehow clicked on the *Date Played* column to sort everything.
Try clicking on the Album column header in itunes.
I don't know what's up with the ipod doing that.

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Two new issues with my iTunes. When I click to play a song for some reason the album cover will start to multiply and I will have 3 or 4 duplicate album covers. This ISN'T an organizational issue. I am incredibly meticulate when it comes to organizing my iTunes, so incorrect album info is not the problem. Also recently I tried to play a song and it wouldn't load, even though it is in my library. So I removed the entire album from my library, and then added the whole album folder again, but the only song that will load is the one that wouldn't origionaly play. Now it won't add the album, even if I try to do it song by song. When I click to add, it just doesn't do a thing. The file directory and path is correct, and the files do exist on my computer because I can play them in windows media player.
Any help here would be very apprecieated.
Cheers,
Kurt

My best guess would be to reset the iPod by holding the home and power button for about 15 seconds or until Apple logo appears. No data will be lost in this reset.
Other than that, I do not know what the cause could be.
-Ethan7988

How to change to double click to play song

Somehow my itunes got changed that when I click on a song (single click) the song starts to play, I used to have to double click the song to play it. I want it changed back to where I have to double click the song to get it to play, is there a setting somewhere I can change?

There's a DecimalFormat class. And also Formattable interface. Classes implenting the latter can be formatted using a Formatter which employs the notation common in C and other languages.
String has a format() method that allows a formatted string to be produced, and there are numerous printf() methods in PrintWriter, Console etc
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Double click to play Music

I recently downloaded the 3.1.2 software I think. Before, I was able to press the home button twice to start playing music, if a playlist was already started, but paused. Now I can't, and it bugs me because I can't listen to my own music while using applications like games. Is there any other way to start playing music without going to the music section? ie. can I play my own music while playing a game.

{quote:title=Freespace535 wrote:}
Thanks, this helps. But still it doesn't quite work. Now when I double click it, it does go to the music section, but away from the app. I can start the music first, but it turns off when the app starts. {quote}
Okay, so just a quick update on things. Judging by what you said, if the music stops when the app starts, that may sometimes mean that the app doesn't support you playing music in the background. However, if you use the music app before hand and you're on a selected album/playlist (I recommend making a playlist so you don't have to change songs) and you pause, then you can probably open up the app, double click the home button in the app (that brings up a box that has the play/rewind/fast forward and song titles in it, plus 2 buttons at the bottom: one says Close, the other says Music. The Close closes the dialog box and the Music opens the Music app) and you should be able to play your music. If it doesn't play, then the app doesn't support background music.
Try to go into the settings on the apps. Some of them let you turn off the sounds and then let you play your own music.
{quote:title=Freespace535 wrote:} I tried putting it to sleep while the app was on, but then if I pressed the home button twice it wouldn't let me start the music (the play button wouldn't come up). {quote}
Now, for playing music when the iPod is locked. Make sure that you press the home button twice in maybe half a second. Think of the home button as a mouse and you're trying to double click a folder to open it. If you double press the home button, it should work. I tend to double click at a normal, if not fast pace, but try it. Also make sure that, when you go into Settings >> General >> Home, the double click home is set to "iPod" and the slider switch for "iPod controls" is set to ON. If that doesn't work, then I'm not entirely sure what to say. I'll probably try fiddling around in the menus of my iPod a little bit more. Also, you don't have to be in the app to lock the iPod and use the controls that way. You can lock it before you start the app and then start the music.
Hope this works for you.

Double clic to play a song

I use itunes for several years. I began with PC and for 1 month I have a Mac.
To have a music in my playlist, it was necessary just double-click. But with the version itunes 8.0.1 of my iMac, I have to double-click several times before having the song.
Thank for your help to repair this bug.
Masterpact

thanks for your help,
but i always double click beside the name....but anything work... I have to do it several times.
You said " press the space bar " to play the song: I d oesn 't work either.
I have to press the "enter bouton " on the keyboard to play the song.
is it good?
Thanks

TS1424 When I click to play my songs in the library they will not play and show a circle with an exclamation point in the middle of it, what does that mean and how can I get them to play?

When I click to pay my songs in the library they will not play and it shows a circle with an exclamation point within it. What does that mean, how do I fix it, and how will it play my songs again? They used to play before on my Iphone4 with no problem, but since I upgraded to the Iphone4s there is an issue.

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Every time I click to play a song in my music library, the one after plays instead of the one I chose

This issue occured a couple hours agp. Basically, every time i go to click a song in my music library, instead of playing the song that I chose, it plays the one after instead. This is getting extremely annoying and frustrating and I would really appreciate help.
Thank you.

My best guess would be to reset the iPod by holding the home and power button for about 15 seconds or until Apple logo appears. No data will be lost in this reset.
Other than that, I do not know what the cause could be.
-Ethan7988

When I try to burn a playlist onto a CD, the songs come out in a different order on the CD. What am I doing wrong?

When I burn a playlist to a CD, the songs come out in the wrong order. They appear to be in the order I want in the playlist. Any ideas what's wrong? I am using a dell laptop with Itunes for windons.

WOW. That's a new one...
Check out: https://discussions.apple.com/message/3972820#3972820
Something to do with having the shuffle button enabled.
Otherwise...
Are you sure you didn't accidentally hit the "Name" header before burning?
Does it actually PLAY in alpha order or are you looking at the disk in Windows explorer...?
If none of the above is true, the most likely possibiltiy is that the playlist is corrupt. (I've been using iTunes since V1- have over a hundred playlists and that's never happened) Anyway, there's no way to "fix" a CD once it's been burnt.
So... create a NEW playlist (you might even try with a couple different songs first just as a test) if that works, just copy desired songs to a new Playlist, and burn again.
If THAT doesn't work, it's possible your iTunes files (Library.itl / .xml) are corrupt. There's an article in the knowlegebase called something like "Recreate? or rebuild? your iTunes Library" that explains exactly where these files dwell, and how to reconstruct it.

Okay so I bought a song called Harlem by New Politics today off ITunes but when I clicked to play the song it said 'This computer is not authorised to play "Harlem".' So, I authorise it and I still can't play it! And no, it won't play on my IPod.

It comes up with this thing after authorisation, 'This computer is already authorised. Including this one, you have authorised 2 computers out of your available 5.' This is ******* me off. I want to play the music I freaking payed for.

Actually don't ******* worry about it. I DOWNLOADED IT ILLEGALLY YOU *****.

I am getting an exclamation mark when I try to play a song or drag a song

in ITUNES----after I double click to play a song, or try to drag a song to a different playlist,a box pops up telling me that the music could not be found, would you like to search for it? An Apple "expert" from phone support told me to delete all 15,000 songs and another expert didnt have a clue, and yet another one hung up on me. Does anyone have any ideas? I know my music didnt just disappear. Someone please help me. Would be forever indebted to them. Tired of talking to "experts" on the phone. Jeff

Shadow--hey thanks for the reply. No all the songs are in C drive on my computer. I do have an external drive as backup (Sync-Toy) but all my songs are on C. I was thinking of trying to delete ITUNES and Quiktime and reinstall. Do you think that would work? Jeff

I-tunes for windows, playlists only play one song

I've got a bunch of playlists and for some of them they work fine. But for some when I double click to play a song, it only plays that song. It never advances to the next song.
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Peter

Do all the songs have checkmarks next to them?

How coan I add a new song to now playing by double-click in Creative Medis Source

This is my problem. Can I change it somehow in settings?
I used to use PlayCenter or other Creative players
and it always worked like that by double-click
I was able to add a new song directly to ,,now playing list".
In MediaSource 5 when I double-click on a song
this softwere automaticly earase all the songs in ,,now playing".
So playings songs from f.e. C:\music.. by double-clicking
always delates all the list

"Don't you think that double click should play the track immediately rather than add the track to the Now Playing list?"
Thats not exactly what he is saying....when you double click a file it should play immediately AND add it to the playlist. I agree with what the original poster is saying...MediaSource 3 and all other previous versions did this...and now MediaSource changed it for the WORSE.

Wrong song plays when double clicked

When I double click a certain song in a playlist, a different song starts playing. If I triple click or highlight the song then double click, it plays the correct song. What is wrong, and how do I fix this?

I definitely have the same exact problem, also using Windows 8. Double clicking a song will sometimes start a different song playing. Also it occurs sometimes if the song is highlited and I press the enter key... a different song will start playing.
This doesn't happen all the time, in fact it's somewhat infrequent, however, it has happened enough times now that I'm determined to find a solution.
Me and OP can't possibly be the only two users experiencing this problem... Anyone??

ITunes will no longer play a song I bought

I bought some music a while back. Then I updated my OS from XP to XP Pro. Now, iTunes tells me that I am no longer licensed to play that song. I try to double click through on the song to re-license it. The iTunes store acts like it is working to license it then tells me that I am licensed to play it on 1 of 5 computers again.... and then gives me an error "Unknown error (-208). Please try again later"
Is there away around this? I could spend the $1 to download again but it is the principle...
Chris
Dell Inspiron Windows XP Pro

You get this message because iTunes can’t find the file. This can happen for a number of reasons:
The song file or a folder in its path was renamed
The song file or the folder it is in has been moved
The song file has been deleted
The device containing the song files e.g. external drive is not accessible or the drive letter has changed.
Do any of these aply to you?

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