In shuffle mode, playing a multi-part song.

In shuffle mode, I have some "songs" that are really parts of one long song. How can I play this song correctly in shuffle mode?

How would ANY player know that a single song file is part of a larger song?
The only way is, if there's a tag built into the song, which I haven't seen yet.
Your best bet, if you don't want to re-rip the entire track, is to simply use a 3rd party app and join the songs together. Unfortunately, unless the original rips were spot on the beginnings and ends, you're going to have to fidget with it to get them to sound seamless. However, some rips will prevent that, no matter what you do, short of re-ripping the entire song.

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Keping multi-part songs together in Shuffle mode

Songs consisting of more parts and therefore files are interrupted suddenly when you use the shuffle mode to play parts or all of your library/collection. Is there a way to solve this, e.g. in iTunes or bij melting the song parts together.
Or is there another program with which you can do this?
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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?
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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.
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My iPod shuffle 4th gen would just stop playing, and I had to turn it off, wait 10 secs and the turn it back on.
Then it would get stuck at the same place.
I Even exchanged the iPod for a new one since I had just bought it.
re-synced my playlist and same issue!
did a restore as described above - same issue.
Solution in my case:
one of the songs in my playlist seems was "corrupt". Even trying to play the song in iTunes on the PC did not work, kept getting the message "This computer is not authorized ....", even though the computer is authorized.
So somehow that song being on the shuffle crashes it.
After I removed that song from the playlist and synced again, the problem was resolved!
So try to play all the songs that you want to sync to your shuffle on your computer, maybe you have one song that was not downloaded properly or is otherwise corrupt.
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My Shuffle begins every other song or so at a point part way through the song. This just started happening recently. I reset and reformatted the Shuffle, but the same thing keeps happening. It's quite annyoying.
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Is there a way to make the shuffle mode play all songs before repeating?

Too often, the shuffle songs mode seems to lock into a few artists and albums, and all too often plays songs I heard yesterday (or very recently). I have a large library. Is there a way to make iTunes and/or my iPod shuffle songs to a degree that I get to hear all songs before they are repeated?

Yes — don't stop the music. Both iTunes and iPods will shuffle your entire library (or playlist), playing each song exactly once before stopping. If you sync your iPod or navigate to another playlist, shuffle will get re-shuffled; if you leave it paused in the middle of shuffling, the shuffle will continue when you start it up again.
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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.

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were recorded concurrently while the Ipod is in
shuffle mode? Example: Van Halen's "Eruption" going
into "You Really Got Me", or the Beatles-Abbey Road
medley with "Sun King""Mean Mr. Mustard""Polythene
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