?? how to play one song only without auto advance

Is there any way to get itunes to play single song without automatically advancingf to the next song in the play list.
hp media center Windows XP

Yes just uncheck them,
If you have an iPod tho, you will want to make sure "Only Update Checked Songs" is UNCHECKED in the preferences

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Newbie can't figure out how to play one song only.

So I just got up and running with my new iPod 80GB Video. I ripped 3 CDS of tunes to mp3's with iTunes and loaded them into the iPod and it plays but I can't figure out how to just play a single song, it always continues to the next song alphabetically. I've looked in the online manuals and couldn't find where you set "single" instead of "play all". I'm in Songs menu, not Artists or Albums. Please help.

The iPod isn't designed to work like this, and I think the only workaround is to create a playlist with one song in it.

How to Play One Song Without Repeat?

I am a new Ipod user, with an 80 GB video version. (I don't think it's one of the latest new models, but the second to last generation. Is that "fifth generation"?)I updated it with the latest firmware, just a few days ago.
I have used other MP3 players before though. In most respects I find the Ipod superior to the other MP3 players I have used. However, there is one setting, that I have made before on other MP3 players, for instance my old Creative Muvo 4GB (a few years old), which I cannot figure out how to set on my Ipod.
How does one set the Ipod to play one song, without going on to the next one, and without repeating that one? The default (of course) is to play all the songs in the album or playlist, going on to the next one, when the current song is finished. Looking in Settings, I find one can set "Repeat" to repeat the whole playlist or album when one comes to the end of it, or set it to repeat the same song.
But---what if one wants to play one song, and then have the Ipod stop (or at least pause), and not automatically go on to the next song, or repeat the same song? Is it possible to set that? I cannot see how. If there is a way to do that, please let me know.
Some might ask--why would one want to do that? True, for normal use, the default setting is the best one, going on to the next song, as when one listens to a CD. But, there are cases where one might want the Ipod to play one song and stop. I'll explain my reason for wanting to make that setting--I am an elementary school music teacher. In my concerts with the children this upcoming week, I will put the musical accompaniments for my choirs on the Ipod, and play them from it. When the choir is performing a song, at the end of the song, I don't want the Ipod to start playing the next song on the list. I want it to stop or pause at the end. It will be a hassle for me to have to manually stop it at the right moment, and I might miss it, and it will start playing the next song.
Any way to set it to play one song, and then stop? If so, please tell me.
If not, I would hope that Apple would add that capability to the next firmware upgrade. Do they read here for user's suggestions? Is there another place to make suggestions for improvement in the Ipod firmware?
Thank you for your input.

Thank you for the reply, Chris.
I thought of that idea, a separate playlist for each song. That would be fine, if I was only playing one song. But I want to have the list of songs ready to play, so was going to put them in a playlist together. I need to be able to get to the next song quickly, without a lot of messing around with the Ipod.
Is it possible to put playlists within playlists? Then, perhaps I could make an individual playlist for each song, and make a playlist with all those one-song playlists together. If that is possible, it probably still would make it too complicated to go to the next song, probably having to use the menu button to go back to the higher playlist, etc. I want to keep playback simple.
I may try your idea of creating a blank "song" to put between tracks. (Is there also no way currently otherwise, to put a certain amount of empty space in between tracks?)
Thanks also for the feedback link. I will send this concern to Apple, and hope they add that capability soon.

How can I set iTunes to play one song only.

i Want to play one song. And select the next to be played

Hello kenwgoff,
The following article covers how to modify track information, including the track number. There are also some helpful tips to organize your library based on your personal preferences:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Edit song and CD information
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12360
Change the order in which tracks on a CD play by changing the numbers in the Track Number fields.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
BobbyD

How to update one song only?

i have about 140 songs in my ipod shuffle, and i usually have new song to add. How to delete one song in ipod memory? i just can clear it (right-click),and the memory doesn't change anything???
and if i want to add just one or two songs? how can I?i tried and my ipod didn't update ...everytime i want to add new song, i have to restore my ipod,i think it's harmful but i have no idea.
anyone help me please? i don't want my ipod will die soon...
window Windows XP ipod shuffle 512M

Hi,
Check this link http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/6.0/en/799.html
If you have any more questions post back.
Santo

How to play one song then stop on iPhone?

iTunes playlist on my computer can play one song then stop because there is the uncheck all songs feature, but apparently iPhone doesn't have the same feature.
Need to play one song then have it stop instead of going to another song in the playlist. Creating 20+ single-song playlists is inefficient.
I know there is the Play on Cue app for $1.99 but why should I have to have another app on my phone do what iTunes on my computer already does built-in (play one song then stop)?

"Creating 20+ single-song playlists is inefficient." Please read next time.

Play one song only? How to?

How can get iTunes to play just one song then stop? It wants to go to the next song, then the next.

Uncheck all the songs in the library or the playlist you are using. Unchecked songs will be skipped when playing songs from the library or a selection. They will only play when individually clicked on. Just be aware though that unchecking does other things so you might not want to keep the library unchecked all the time:
Smart Playlists have an option that unchecked songs won't appear.
Unchecked songs will not be burned to CD.
The iPod has an option to only update checked songs

My iphone has started playing one song only under shuffle. How do I reset it so it plays an entire album? thanks

music help needed please

This is the fix.......very simple
Turn off repeat.
This is covered in the manual.
iPhone User Guide (For iOS 5.0 Software)
Play the song, tap the screen, tap the repeat icon (Top Left of screen, two arrows in a circle) until it is white = off.

How to play one song at a time?

I have never had this problem with any of my previous iPod's however I just got a new 32GB Touch after Christmas and I can not figure out how to do this. When I go into my music section and select my artist then album and then a specific song off that album I would like it to stop playing after the song I picked. After the song is done playing that I selected it starts playing the next track. I would prefer it if that only happened if I selected the "Play Album/All" option. I have never had this problem with my other iPods. Hopefully someone knows what I am doing wrong.
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If you don't find a app to do this, there is always:
a- Use the On The Go playlist and just put one song in it, or
b- Tag all the music on the iPod as "Skip When Shuffling" and play a song in shuffle mode. When the song completes, the iPod will stop playing.
I realize that (b) is not a very good solution, but if you don't normally use shuffle mode it might work for you.

ITunes won't play one song only on my new album it keeps asking me to verify my computer just for that one song. Anyone know what's up?

I have just used iTunes for the first time. I bought an album from the i store. It downloaded to my PC. I can play all the tunes except one. For that one it keeps asking my to verify my computer even though it is already verified. It plays all the other 13 tunes on the album, so I don't understand what is wrong with that particular one. Any ideas?

See here: iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
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I tunes only plays one song at a time

just recently my itunes started playing only one song at a time. it stops playing after one song and does not go through the rest of the playlist. any ideas??

Hi,
In the bottom left corner of the iTunes window you will see 4 symbols starting with +
Click on the 3rd symbol and you can select whether to play one song - repeat play - continuous etc.
I suspect yours is set to play one song only.
Regards

HT1349 When listening to songs on my itunes acct (without ipod attached), I can only play one song at a time. It doesn't automatically play next song on list. It happens with all playlists. It only started happening when I downloaded the latest itunes upd

When listening to songs on my itunes acct (without ipod attached), I can only play one song at a time. It doesn't automatically play next song on list. It happens with all playlists. It only started happening when I downloaded the latest itunes update.

Are all songs checked in your playlist?

ITunes will only play one song. I have to hit play to start a new song. I have the shuffle on and I am in a playlist. I am running Windows 7. How do I correct this to randomly play music, by itself?

iTunes will only play one song. I have to hit play to start a new song. I have the shuffle on and I am in a playlist. I am running Windows 7. How do I correct this to randomly play music, by itself?

That's consistent with all the tickboxes to the left of the tracks (in Song view) being unchecked.
Go into Song view and Ctrl-click one of the empty boxes to do a "global recheck".
If you can't see the tickboxes, head into your General preferences tab and select "Show list tickboxes" as per the following screenshot (it's for an earlier version of iTunes, but the boxes are in roughly the same place in the recent versions 11.x):

Only Plays One Song at a Time ???

I'm trying to listen to albums in my library but iTunes will only play one song at a time, very annoying to have to down arrow and click play after every song. How can I make iTunes play through my library without stopping?
I'm using iTunes 10.1 (54) and YES all the songs are checked.
Thanks~

<SOLVED>
I disabled the Ping drop-down from the Terminal with:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown -bool TRUE
and viola! Now my library plays without stopping after just one song. Not sure why this fixed my problem but it did? I guess it's just another reason to get rid of Ping!

I use i-tunes for backing tracks with an acoustic band...how can I get a playlist to play one song at a time and not go to the next one until I manually select it?

I use i-tunes for backing tracks. How can I set up a play list to play only one song at a time and not go to the next one until I manually select it?
Thanks

Uncheck all the songs in the playlist. iTunes will then play one song and stop.
Regards.

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