Even when I shuffle a playlist, the same song keeps repeating.

Tap on the album art and make sure the circular repeat arrow isn't blue with a little one next to it.
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How do i get my music off repeat. the same song keeps repeating.

I am having difficulty getting my ipod touch off repeat. It just keep repeating the same song. I tried shuffle and it just goes to the next song and keeps repeating that song.
does anyone have a solution for this dilemma? James Jr.

Turn off the repeat control. If you touch the screen in album view this control will be to the left side of the scrubber bar.

I bought songs on my laptop which synced to my iphone and iPad. But I can't find them on itunes library on my home computer. However, when I click download for the same song it says it has already been purchased. How do I find it on home computer?

I bought songs on my laptop which synced to my iphone and iPad. But I can't find them on itunes library on my home computer. However, when I click download for the same song it says it has already been purchased. How do I find it on home computer?

Is your "home computer" the same as your laptop or are these two different machines?

TS2771 when playing tunes, same song keeps repeating

When playing tunes, same song keeps repeating and does not move on to next song. Is there a repeat button somewhere/? When I turn shuffle on and off and it makes no difference.

On the left side of the music playing screen right below the scrubber bars it the repeat control. It is the arrowed racetrack icon. Tap the icon until it is white.
See the users guide
iPod touch User Guide (For iOS 5.0 Software)

Why does the same song keep replaying on my iPhone?

My music on my iPhone replays the same song over and over until I tap the forward button, even though i have it set to shuffle songs. What do I need to do to have it automatically advance to the next song? (It only started having this problem about a week ago; before then it worked properly.)

Did you check to make sure the Repeat button wasn't turned on? To do this, while the song is playing tap the screen (cover art) to reveal the additional controls (see image below). Then tap the Repeat button until it turns white (white is off, blue is on).

In shuffle mode, same song keeps repeating

Since updating to firmware 1.1.4, everytime I play the iPod in shuffle mode, it repeats the same song over and over. I have to forward to the next song. I don't remember this happening prior to updating. Is anyone else having this issue?
Thanks!

While playing the song, turn your phone to portrait(that's upright) and tap the cover art(or whatever may be there). A new set of controls will appear below the existing controls(back, track info, album info). Of the new controls, make sure the control on the far left is not blue. If it is, tap until it goes white. That 'loop' represents track repeat.

Every time when I restart iTunes, always the same songs "gathering gapless playback"...

Every time when I restart iTunes (latest version on iMac Snow Leopard), I have always "gathering information for gapless playback" and that with always the same 181 songs....
What am I doing wrong???
Please help

JPHP,
It works...
After couple of hours, I've changed all mp3 files to new one and delete the "bad" ones...
Now still "gapless playback information" but only for 4 songs that it shows up and immediately is gone... no time enough to see it...
If some one can tell me where i can find a log or something else, please tell me...
Thx JPHP... For me it solved my problem...

HT1451 I seem to goofed up somewhere.If I try to play several songs in a playlist,the same same song keeps playing again and again.I also notice that there is a ! mark next to the serial no of the song in the playlist.I don't recall seeing this sign befor

I have been using I Tunes Playlists for some time.
Recently, I was creating some new playlists, and seem to have goofed up somewhere.When I open an existing playlist,and when I try to play each of the songs in the playlist,the same song plays,even though I scroll down to the next song.I also notice that,there is a ! sign next to the serial nos of each song.How can I remove this sign ?I suspect that this is the problem.
Thanks

The exlamation mark happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
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Why does my music player on my iPhone 4 always revert back to the same song when in shuffle mode even tho I have played multiple songs since that first song was played.very frustrated

Why does my music player on my iPhone 4 always revert back to the same song when in shuffle mode even tho I have played multiple songs since that first song was played.very frustrated

SHuffle does not play songs in a truly random fashion. Like all computer related random generators the sequence is pseudo-random

When playing music on my iPhone 4S, it keeps repeating the same song, even though it is set at Shuffle.

When playing music on my iPhone 4S, it keeps repeating the same song, even though it is set at Shuffle.

Make sure you don't have Repeat turned on. While the song is playing, tap the screen (cover art) if necessary to bring up the extended music controls (see image below). Then tap the Repeat button until it turns white (which is off).

Playlist shuffle always plays the same few songs

I got a playlist that has roughly 250 songs. Everytime I connect my Ipod to charge it, then disconnect and start the playlist on shuffle mode, there's always a 20 to 30 songs playing first. If I close my Ipod and start the playlist again (still on it most of the time), it shows 1 of 250 and plays the same songs, but not in the same exact order (though sometimes it does for 2 or 3 songs). Just like if the shuffle was on "low" mode or something. It's still choose randomly some song here and there, but not that much since it the same few, ALL THE TIME for a while. The only way to get around this is to connect my Ipod to my computer again (it reset it somehow) or leave it open all the time so it knows wich song has been played (but that's terribly stupid). Is there any other way to go around that shuffling loop? I found myself skipping most of the time since I always hear the same few songs even though there's some songs in the playlist I've never ever played on the Ipod. Is there a way to set the "priority" (like play the most higher rated song first) or the "intensity" (from low to high) of the shuffle?
Got the last 7th gen. Ipod Nano.

On the iPod's Now Playing screen, there is a Shuffle button. The symbol looks like two arrows crossing. Is that set to ON?
I ask this because shuffing a playlist should NOT always put the same 20-30 songs at the top of the list. Shuffle means a randomly ordered list is created and played. If the original playlist is in a somewhat random playlist order to begin with, playing it in play-in-order mode may seem like it is shuffling, even though the iPod is playing the list in playlist order. And the same songs would be at the top of the list every time, because the iPod not shuffling the list.
Sorry if that's too basic, but I need to ask the obvious question first, and that question is, IS is the iPod actually set to shuffle songs?

Why does my iphone 3GS repeat the same song when I choose shuffle?

Why does my iphone 3GS repeat the same song when I choose shuffle? It just started doing it today. I rebooted the phone, I looked to see if th repeat icon was being chosen and I cant even find that anymore! Help!
Deb

You can find the Additional Audio Controls as described here, to check if "repeat song" is also activated.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPhone_User_Guide.pdf page 94
Additional Audio Controls
To display additional controls, tap the album artwork on the Now Playing screen.
The repeat, Genius, and shuffle controls appear along with the scrubber bar. You can see elapsed time, remaining time, and the song number. The song’s lyrics also appear, if you’ve added them to the song in iTunes.
Use the scrubber bar to skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the scrub rate from high-speed to fine by sliding your finger down as you drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

I have an Ipod Touch and when I activate the shuffle mode it keeps replaying the same song. How do I fix this problem?

have an Ipod Touch and when I activate the shuffle mode it keeps replaying the same song. How do I fix this problem?

While playing any song on your iPod, tap the artwork to bring up the scrubber bar and additional controls. On the left hand side is a option for repeat. You want to make sure this icon is white (meaning it is set to Off). If it isn't tap it either one or two times to change its current setting.
Any luck there?
By the way, this is the iPod Shuffle forum. Since you have an iPod Touch, you should have posted this in the iPod Touch forum.
B-rock

When my ipod is plugged into my computer music disappears, sometime it tries to upload songs, clears my playlists, and can't locate the songs files. All the same songs are in my Itunes library on my computer. What can i do?

When I plug my Ipod into my computer it shows all my songs on it as reloading onto the device,
and sometimes it can't locate the files or they are just gone. All my songs are in my Itunes library
on my computer, and I do have it in my settings not sync the Ipod with my computer so I can
manage the content myself. It has happened multiple times.
I have cleared my Ipod off as well as my computer, and put all the music back on without seeing
any improvement. And as of today when I tried again it shows some songs on there but with 3 copies
of the same song trying to upload onto my ipod. And have of my playlist where empty. I am getting
frustrated and don't know what to do. Help.

See these previous posts on dotted circles
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20813679#20813679
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20792130#20792130
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5524609?tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4643160?start=15&tstart=0

When I want to randomly play (shuffle) all my songs, it seems that the same songs are being played. I've got over 13,000 songs loaded - it seems to me that I shouldn't be getting any repeats.

When I want to randomly play (shuffle) all my songs, it seems that the same songs are being played. I've got over 13,000 songs loaded - it seems to me that I shouldn't be getting any repeats. I unrated all the songs, thinking this might affect how often a song gets picked to play. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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