How to play just one song?

How can I get my iPod to play just one musical piece--to not automatically go on and play every song after it continuously? I listen to classical and symphonies can be 40-60 minutes long. I would like it to stop after one so I can then choose another. Can I set it to stop after each selection?

What happens if you go into the artist or album lis and juts pick the one album it is on? I am fairly sure that when you play an album, it plays everything in the album and then stops.
So if your symphony is a single album, you should be able to pick the album and play it that way (vs. going in and searching for the song in the big song list).
Patrick

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How to play just one song at a time

I have been looking around in iTunes to see how in the heck I can tell it to only play one song at a time when I double click a song in my library (and not the next song). Anybody have any idea if this is even possible? Am I overlooking something?

If you don't use the checkboxes for any other purpose then ctrl+click any checkbox to check/uncheck all visible items. If all items are unchecked iTunes will play any track you double-click on and then stop. As and when you want to listen to an album or a playlist straight through you can make use of the Up Next feature which plays all tracks added to it regardless of checked status.
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How can I get my iPad to play just one song from my playlist and then stop automatically?

I am a music teacher and I use the iPod on my iPad to play songs in class. I have a long playlist of songs to choose from in each class, and I want to play just one song at a time. I want to be able to start one song from my playlist and then walk away from my iPad and have it stop automatically when that song is over. (I know how to make it repeat the same song over and over, but tha'ts not what I need. I also know how to push "pause," but I don't want to have to walk away from the children to do it.) How can I make it play one song from a playlist at a time?

I don't believe that there is a way to do that except, perhaps, creating a separate Playlist for each song.
Suggestions for features to Apple at: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

How do I play just one song?

I have a lot of Classical music. I imported whole pieces and joined them so they appear as one song.
If I chose any song in a playlist it will play that one and when it is finished it will go to the next.
I would like to play one song and then have iTunes stop. Is this possible, or do I have to create a playlist with just the one song?
iTunes 8.1

Unchecking songs can create other issues down the road. Easier method is this: select the song and use Command + Shift + N. This create a new playlist with the single song. (The playlist will also appear in your Source list...so if you don't want to keep it, make sure to delete it later.)
You could also control-click the song and choose Show in Finder, then play from there. There may be other methods which are easier, these are just ones that I know of.

Who wants to play just one song?

Does anyone know why I can only play one song in iTunes now? It doesn't matter which playlist, or in the main library, it plays one song and then stops!!!
Shuffle doesn't matter, repeat doesn't work, just when I needed iTunes the most it acts like its windows software!

Do you have check marks in the box to the left of your songs' name? If not, itunes will ignore each song unless you select it by clicking on it.
To check all songs in your music library or a playlist, hold down the "command" key while clicking the check box..

Playing just one song

New to this so please excude me! iTunes was behaving very well until earlier today when it started playing just the highlighted track and not continuing through the rest of my library as before. Any ideas on how I can get back to the 'runthrough' mode?
Cheers, rachiet.

Have the tracks become unchecked? iTunes will skip unchecked tracks, so if they're all unchecked, iTunes will play one and then stop. If this is indeed the case, re-checkmark the tracks - control-click on any checkbox on a Windows system will select or unselect them all - and you should then have continuous playback.

N96 - how to play only one podcast/song

N96 - how to get music play that can stop after playing one podcast.
Option 1
Please If someone, human or machine, could tell me how I can just play one podcast out of 10 and get the music play to stop.
I try to add a single podcast to a playlist, but failed, it only showed my songs.
Option 2
Could some one suggest a replace music play that works and is free.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I have 10 mp3 files, podcasts from http://www.twit.tv/FLOSS, on my n96.
How do I play just one mp3 file with the N96 "Music Player" with out the next file playing after the first is finished?
+++++ Solution +++++
I just found a solution, opening the file from "File manager" is the go.
Message Edited by seb42 on 09-Jan-2009 11:13 PM
Message Edited by seb42 on 09-Jan-2009 11:14 PM

How do I change the start/stop time for multiple songs not just one song at a time?

How do I chnage the start/stop time for multiple songs not just one song at a time?

I don't think you can in iTunes.
Multiple editing in Get Info does not offer an option to change start/stop times.

When I import some of my cd's they have multiple album images but have just one song from the cd because of a guest performer. How do I keep the cd from "blowing up" like this? eergh

When I import some of my cd's they have multiple album images but have just one song from the cd because of a guest performer. How do I keep the cd from "blowing up" like this? eergh

for purchases from the iTunes store do this:
connect your device and right-click or control-click it in the iTunes Source list, then choose transfer purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
for everything else check out this post by Zevoneer.

IPod 2G playing music with shuffle will only repeat just one song

When I start playing music on my iPod it will repeat just one song.

Do you have the repeat feature turned on? It is the racetrack-like icon on the left side of the screen below the scrubber bar. Tap the icon to cycle through the variuos modes (off, repeat play list, repeat one song). Thus is covered in chapter 4 (Music) of the Users Guide.
Apple - Support - Manuals

IPhone plays only one song at a time

After 2 weeks of the iPod feature of my iPhone working just perfectly, last night I discovered it will no longer go through a play list. No matter what I do, it plays only one song, repeatedly - either a song I choose or a song selected randomly by hitting Shuffle. Shuffle only chooses the first song randomly, after which that song plays over and over unless I manually choose another. I deleted my playlists this morning, rebooted iTunes, re-synced my playlists to the iPhone, same problem. Other than having to go through an entire Restore, are there any other options? This actually occurred out of the blue, NOT after a re-sync with the computer, therefore NOT caused by the iTunes update to 7.3.1.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

THANK YOU!!! I never would have found that myself because I don't even look at albums let alone play whole albums. My playlists are favorite songs from here and there and rarely more than one or two from any particular album. I don't know how that got changed since I have never looked at an album before, didn't know there were time and shuffle markers. I must have gone bump in the dark... so thank you again!

How do I make one song into two separate songs?

I have a song on my iTunes that I want to to split into two different songs, each with different names, and that can be played right after each other in the album. Is there an easy way to split up this song into two different parts, and if so, how? Thanks!

ccreatvwhit wrote:
How do I fade one song into another after only 1 minute or so of playing?
That is a common capability of DJ programs, but cannot be done with iTunes.

I usually have my music on shuffle but since playing just one album it now will not shuffle all. Shuffle and shuffle all do exactly the same with no differences. Seems to have happened after upgrade

I usually play my music on Shuffle all, but having played just one of my albums it will not now shuffle all. Shuffle and shuffle all do exactly the same thing - no change. Seems to have happened after upgrade. Please advise

There's a good guide here on how to roll back to 10.7 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4559563?tstart=0

HT5312 Ok look these solutions are super complicated and I tried all of them and they don't work I just wanna buy a song ok just one song and it won't let me cause I don't have my questions and a answer from a robot is not going to help me so a real pers

Ok look these solutions are super complicated and I tried all of them and they don't work I just wanna buy a song ok just one song and it won't let me cause I don't have my questions and a answer from a robot is not going to help me so a real person plz

There are no robots here. Everyone here is a "real person", a user just like you. How about telling us what the problem is that you are experiencing when you try to buy a song? If you mean that you have forgotten your security questions, go to:
https://appleid.apple.com/
Click "Manage My Account", sign in, and go to the Password and Security section. If you've forgotten your answers, there should be a link just under the security questions fields where you can have a reset email sent to your Rescue email address. If the link for the email doesn't appear, as can happen if you didn't set a rescue email address or (apparently) have a .Mac email address, see the user tip created by Kappy, another user here, on how to proceed:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4551
Regards.

When I try to burn music from my Playlist to a blank CD, the notification tells me that the list has too many minutes for the CD, even if I try to burn just one song. What's going on?

WHEN I TRY TO BURN MUSIC FROM MY PLAYLIST TO A BLANK CD, THE NOTIFICATION COMES UP AND TELLS ME I AM EXCEEDING THE NUMBER OF MINUTES THE CD WILL HOLD. THIS NOTIFICATION HAPPENS EVEN IF I TRY TO BURN JUST ONE SONG. WHAT'S GOING ON?

Katy, you are completely doing things in the wrong order. You can't burn songs if you can't even play them, and iTunes can't play them if it can't find them.
The exclamation point normally occurs if the song file, or one of its containing folders, has been moved, renamed or deleted. So if you encounter a track with an exclamation point, don't do anything else until you find the file. It is usually somewhere else on your hard drive, or else in the Recycle bin. Failing both of those, get it from your most recent backup.
After your restore it, make sure it can play. If it can play you can put it into a playlist. Then you can burn the playlist.

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