IPod random songs using shuffle?

I have a 4GB iPod nano. I am wondering when you listen to songs using random "shuffle" does the iPod randomly search through all the songs each time it selects or does it first eliminate the songs already played? Thanks.

The shuffle setting does not skip the songs already play. So, you could get the same song twice in a row.

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Ipod touch 8gb using shuffle mode

Hi,
everytime i use the shuffle mode of the ipod touch 8gb latest software....all i get is them same songs played...it starts from roughly the same place each time and i hear the same songs....how do i get it to "shuffle" my music....all my songs have a played last date and 90% of them dont get played

See chapter 4 of the users guide
iPod touch User Guide (For iOS 5.0 Software)

Upgraded iPod firmware -- songs always shuffle now

This is very odd. I've had my Nano since they first hit the Apple Store shelves and never had a problem until now. However, I updated the firmware just yesterday and now all of the songs in albums and playlists shuffle, even though shuffle is turned off. This is driving me nuts -- has anyone else had this happen?
Does anyone know of a way to turn this off?
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However, I updated the firmware just yesterday and now all of the songs in albums and playlists shuffle, even though shuffle is turned off.
just doublechecking. is that the shuffle setting in your settings menu that is set to off?
if so, does toggling back and forth through songs, albums, and off a few times (ending with off) help with the unwanted shuffling?

I put iPod on "songs, shuffle" but the shuffle isn't random! Same artist repeats often, same songs repeat before other songs are played. With over 2000 songs on the iPod, I shouldn't be getting repeats very often. Anybody else?

I put iPod on "songs, shuffle" but the shuffle isn't random! Same artist repeats often, same songs repeat before other songs are played. With over 2000 songs on the iPod, I shouldn't be getting repeats very often. Anybody else?

Shuffle is not perfect. What you are experiencing is normal.

Sync random songs on non-shuffle player

Hello, sorry if this question has been asked before but I can't seem to find it in search. Is there a way to sync random songs like what is done with an iPod shuffle, but on a different device? I would like my smart phone to serve as sort of an iPod shuffle (I have a shuffle but the storage on my SD card is much larger). I have a massive library and not enough storage on my smart phone to hold it all, so I'd like iTunes to choose randomly which songs get synchronized like it does for the shuffle. Windows Media Player has a "shuffle" option in the Sync options, I'm looking for something like this in iTunes but I can't seem to find it. I don't want to resort to using WMP.
I'm using iTunes Agent to do the synchronizing on my device.

It should not be a problem. The Purchased AAC files have the same audio coding as do any AAC files. (The main difference is that they have your account information embedded in them, but as you correctly note they are not protected or locked.) Since your other player supports AAC, they will most likely play.
In the unlikely event of an incompatibility, yes you can convert the Purchased AAC to another format. It will cause a small amount of audio degradation, but not much since you are working at 256 kb/s.
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IPod nano issue with shuffle function--includes unchecked songs

When I use "shuffle" on my Nano, it is including songs that I have deselected from my music library in iTunes (i.e. songs I don't want loaded to my Nano).
Anyone know why this is happening? I thought unchecked songs weren't transferred to the device, yet I can play them on it?
Is this a glitch or known error?
Thanks for any help you can provide....

Check the following:
- Is the iPod full?
- Is the iPod set to update automatically?
- Is the iPods update behavior restricted to a certain number of playlists?
- Rightclick the iPod in the sourcelist, hit update.
- If nothing else works, try reformatting the iPod with the latest Updater

Extra songs synchronized to iPod randomly

For some reason, when I sync my ipod 5.5G using iTunes 7.4.2 on Mac OS, randomly about an extra 300 songs are sync'd besides the actual new material in my library. This doesn't happen every time, but it's quite frequent. I thought this might have to do with my having added album art to some tracks, but I haven't been doing that for awhile and the songs shown being retransferred aren't ones I've modified or played for awhile. I have about 7,400 mostly MP3-format songs in my library and have a full, automatic sync set up.
Any ideas what causes this? Has anyone else experienced it?

Well, if it resyncs the one track each time and if you have the patience to stare at the notification area all the way through the sync you might just spot iTunes saying Syncronsing <track name>.
Otherwise the show duplicates feature will list all track names that occur more than once. Not that useful since the same title can be used for many different songs but it will cut down the number of albums you need to scan through. In an album ordered list, any album showing 2 tracks would be a candidtate for further checking.
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My ipod click skips to random songs after playing 10 seconds of a song

my ipod click skips to random songs after playing 10 seconds of a song and it won't reset either, can anyone help?
ipod click Windows 2000

There are three possible causes of skipping music after playing a bit of the song:
1) the music on your computer is munged
2) the music was munged as it transferred to your iPod
3) the iPod is 'confused'
Listen to a couple songs on your computer - the same ones that are skipping on your iPod. Are they okay? Scratch problem 1 - otherwise you have some reripping to do, assuming you haven't backed them up.
Next, reset your iPod. If the music is still skipping then the fastest fix is to use your restore/upgrade software to restore the iPod. This will erase the music and re-install the iPod's operating system which will take care of possible problems 2 and 3.
If the iPod isn't resetting - first make sure you are following the reset instructions for your iPod. There are different methods for different generations. Also, sometimes it is best to reset with the iPod plugged in. Finally, make sure you don't have the hold button set.

My iPod hang when I skip the song in shuffle mode

I always use shuffle songs and skip to find the song I wanted. I have used it for 11 months and this month my iPod hang oftenly. I send it to apple care in Thailand. They take 4 days and call me to get my iPod back. They said "There is no problem with my iPod". After I play it in the same way for a while, it hang again.
I have called my local support. They told me that iPod is not designed to use like that. We cannot use shuffle songs and skip the song oftenly. I do not think the iPod do not support this. I used it for 11 months and have no problem. When I have the problem, they say I cannot use like this.
Is there anyone find this problem? In shuffle songs mode, using skip oftenly. I would like to double check this problem before send it to apple again.
Thanks.

Hi tokepi,
I'm having exactly the same problem, and after upgrading to the latest iTunes Version it has gotten worse.
I'm trying to find the software to reformat the hard drive of the iPod as my suspicion is that the hard drive has errors on it, hence why the songs hang or skip to the next track.
Unfortunately I've been unable to find the utilities to reformat the drive, but I guess that Apple must have the ability to do it, or replace the drive.
Make sure you keep all communications with Apple as your iPoad should still be under 12 months warranty, and so if defective they should replace it free of charge.
Good luck and let me know if they get it fixed!

When itouch is moved, it makes a jingle noise and moves to a random song. Makes it impossible to use during exercize. Anything I can do?

While listening to music on itouch, if it is moved other than very gently, it makes a ringing - jingle noise and goes to a random song. This makes it impossible to use during any kind of exercize. I tried restoring my itouch, and am having the same problem. Is there anything else I can do? Thanks!

Go to Settings>Music and turn off 'Shake to Shuffle'.

Ipod icon wont appear on lower right hand side to transfer songs to shuffle

why is it that the ipod icon wont appear on the lower right hand side of itunes to transfer songs to shuffle?
the icon for the ipod shuffle is there but i dont have the icon that transfers the songs to the shuffle 512mb. how do i get my songs on there?

How did you wind up without a User's Guide? Or avoid finding out that you can download a complete copy of it from the Support spaces at Apple?
The little icon you're describing is the one for iPod Preferences and has nothing at all to do with transferring songs. It won't show up, however, unless and until the iPS is mounted and visible by iTunes. Not seeing it appear there means your Shuffle isn't mounted.
As for the rest, sorry .... don't have a clue what you might mean. Using vague terms like '...this thing ...' and ' .... on there ...' doesn't really do much but lead to more questions which, in any event, I'm not asking.
Get a copy of the User's Guide, read it, then post back (if you still need to) with specific questions.

Ipod Classic occasionally skips during random songs

Hi people, hope you can help. I've tried searching for this problem in other threads but can't find my specific problem.
I got an Ipod Classic 120GB for Xmas. I have used iTunes to download music onto it. It plays ok for several tracks, then randomly it'll get partway through a track and suddenly skip to the next one. Where my problem appears to be different,is that it's not the same songs, the next time the track that skipped will play properly! I've reset the Ipod, re loaded everything using either computer in the household, and the problem still exists.
We took it back to Curry's. It was left with them to listen to, when we went back they agreed it was doing this. As it was over the 28 day period they sent it back to Apple. They have now returned it to me saying their tests did not find anything wrong, but they have put the latest software on it.
We brought it home, and you guessed it, exactly the same problem.
Anyone have any ideas?

Different people have different issues.
1. Some people have songs that "skip" but the song keeps playing -- there's just a gap or pause in the song.
2. Some people have songs that end abruptly but another attempt to play the song works fine.
3. Then there's my problem, in which the song ends abruptly before it's supposed to and it does it every time.
I don't know about 1 or 2, but I believe I've figured out what's going on with problem no. 3 and how to fix the broken songs. Read on.
During a mass transfer/sync of songs, iTunes "infects" about 5% of my songs with gaps in the data. The tags embedded in the file tell the iPod that Song X lasts x:xx, but when it reaches that glitch iTunes put in the data stream, the song suddenly ends and the next one begins playing (or the end-of-playlist menu comes up of it was the last song in the list). If I go back to the beginning of the a broken song, it will end at the same point. If I press the select button and scrub past the point where the song suddenly cuts off (about 30 or more seconds past the break), it will play the remainder of the song, so that data does exist on the hard drive. Also, the songs play perfectly FROM MY HARD DRIVE using iTunes or QuickTime. But the clone iTunes put on the iPod has some genetic drift, as any attempt to play that file from the IPOD's hard drive (via manually managing music and using iTunes to play the song) will result in the same abrupt end as experienced when playing through the iPod.
The fix is to delete the faulty file from the iPod and have iTunes put a fresh copy on. THERE IS NO QUICK, EASY SOLUTION. Identify the songs which end early on the iPod and uncheck them (You can't manually manage music, and you have to sync only checked songs and videos). Then sync the iPod. Then check the songs again and sync the iPod again. iTunes will put those songs back on the iPod.
Actually, it's fairly quick to fix the broken songs, but identifying the broken songs is time-consuming. I last had iTunes transfer my entire library (14.2 GB) on 4/6/2009, and I'm still going through to identify the songs iTunes failed to transfer properly. I'll need about another month.
I've reported this problem to Apple. [I recommend you do the same|http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html].

Ipod Randomly Pausing Songs

hi all,
Just before i went on holiday i bought the isound 2.1 sound dock system, and also updated my ipod touch to 1.1.5 update
Since then, my ipod randomly pauses songs, regardless of the screen being on / off, the lock feature being on / off, using the dock speakers, 3.5 jack speakers, or earphones
im really hoping its down to a firmware issue but i have no idea.
Any suggestions?

The iPod will pause if you pull the earbud jack out - this is a feature. Unfortunately sometimes a set of earbuds will have a jack this is just a bit loose and this will fool the iPod into pausing. Try using a different pair of buds. If the problem continues with a different set of earbuds, give Apple a call.

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iTunes and Apple's devices work as an ecosystem. iTunes is designed to sync with Apple's products, not anyone else's. You'll need your songs in a format compatable with the Samsung phone and to use the software transfer program supplied/recommended. It is essentially not an Apple/iTunes problem. You may have better luck finding the information you need on Samsung's forums.
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HT1933 I bought six songs using my itunes gift card in February but I cannot play the songs or downlaod them to my ipod because I get an error saying the original file could not be found. I have used the gift card previously with no issue. How do I fix

I bought six songs using my itunes gift card in February but I cannot play the songs or downlaod them to my ipod because I get an error saying the original file could not be found. I have used the gift card previously with no issue. How do I fix it?

Have you moved or deleted those tracks on your computer (the gift card has got nothing to do with it) ?
You might be able to re-download them via the Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store home page on your computer's iTunes (re-downloading isn't possible in all countries) - if those songs appear there then delete the entries from your iTunes library (where you are clicking on them to play them and gettinf the 'original file' error), and they should then get a cloud symbol against them for re-downloading.
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