Linking songs in shuffle

Is there a way to link two or more individual songs together so that they will always play in sequence on a shuffle?

I dunno, I was wanting the opposite.
For instance, I will have one artist that kind of does slow songs. When I am working out, that artist will come up and I get another slow one from that same artist. Well, I'm working out, I want something faster.
So I hit the next button and sometimes another song from that same slow artist starts. But not all the time.
Anyway I don't want the same artist to come up twice, sometimes it does that in its shuffle algorithm.
And I definitely know I have the switch on the back set to shuffle.

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Linking songs in shuffle mode

I am very new to the i-tunes/i-pod environment. I hope my question has a very simples answer:
1) Is there a way to link two or more individual songs together (in I-tunes) so that they will always play in sequence on a shuffle?
2) Does the trick work on the i-pod as well (I have a 5th generation, 40MB ipod)?
THANKS!!!
Rogerio

The only way you could do that would be if you joined the tracks as you were ripping them from a CD so that they would be one track. Given that you already have the tracks, no.
If you want to put in a suggestion to Apple:
www.apple.com/feedback

Linking songs in itunes to be played one after another, even in shuffle

Hey guys I've been looking around for an answer to this question and still no luck. I dont think its possible but Ill ask anyway. Im trying to link songs togther so that they will always be played one after the other even during shuffle mode. For example, some songs are always meant to played one after the other, such as "We Will Rock You>We Are the Champions" by Queen, or "Golden Slumbers>Carry That Weight>The End" by The Beatles. Anyone know if this is possible somehow? I can make them play gaplessly but that only does anything if shuffle is off.

The answer is to *Join CD Tracks* before you import them into your library.
When you insert a CD into your disc drive and it shows up in iTunes (for importing) highlight the tracks (which need to be adjacent of course) and select *Advanced/Join CD Tracks.* You can join all three Beatles tracks. Once they are joined, then you can import them into the library. So you will have to import these tracks again (and remove the originals, if you wish).
Note that you cannot join them after importation.
Phil

Grouping Songs in Shuffle mode?

Does anyone know if there's a way to "link" or group songs together so when in shuffle mode they play one after another? I have some songs that are multiple parts and are saved as multiple files(like many classical pieces are), but I don't ever want to here just a single part or section when in shuffle mode.
Len

Further to Len's post, can anyone give me some tips on exactly how to rip and link songs or parts of songs to create one track that can then be shuffled on iPod (I have the same problem as Len). Can this be done in iTunes, or do I need some other software? Can you recommend any, if that's the case?
Isn't it a bit odd that iTunes has the ability to shuffle groupings but the iPod doesnt?
Thanks
Kiwi

Linking songs

I have song files in my library that are separated, but which in fact should be linked with other song files, such as Queen's We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions. Are there ways to link such tracks or append the file to another?

I'd like to be able to do this, too. I have a lot of live albums in which the artist's introductory remarks are a separate track from the song being introduced. It's pretty frustrating to hear the intro and not get the song. ;-0
I can imagine this working like this: select the tunes to be linked, then right click for a context menu and select a new "link songs" option.
From then on the two tracks are treated as one for the purposes of shuffle play.

Linking songs together

i was wondering if there was a way to link songs together so when playing music in shuffle mode i can set certain songs to play together before moving on to another random song. basically how can i make 2 or 3 songs play as if they were 1 song. for example, Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall Pt1" "The Happiest Days of our Lives" & "Another Brick in the Wall Pt2" is sort of a trilogy of songs that should be played in their respective order one after the other. However when playing in shuffle mode, it will randomly select songs and never plays them in order or one after the other. How can i make it so iTunes thinks the three songs are actually just one, and therefore always plays them together and in order. I have other songs that i'd like to do this with as well. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance, GL

With iTunes you can only do this while ripping from a CD. (See the option in the "Advanced" menu.) For existing files you'd have to use some other application.
Alexander.

Linking Songs in I-tunes

Is there a way to link songs in I-tunes so that one song will always play after the other regardless of shuffle settings? Or, is there an ability to simply combine two songs. My specific problem is that I have two songs (Parabol and Parabola by Tool), the first of which is an intro for the other. I would like to create a playlist with these songs and be able to listen on random, but always have these two songs play together.
Thanks,
Ryan

OK, I figured out how to do it:
I haven't found a fancy GUI or anything for it. You'll have to use the command prompt!
1. Download FAAD2 and extract the exe to a folder.
2. Download mp4creator and extract the exe to the same folder as above.
3. Copy your original AAC files to the same folder
4. Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder.
5. Type this command to extract the raw AAC from "input1.m4a" :<pre>faad -a input1-raw.m4a input1.m4a</pre>
6. Repeat step 5 for the other track: <pre>faad -a input2-raw.m4a input2.m4a</pre>
7. Join the two files together with "copy":<pre>copy /b input1-raw.m4a input2-raw.m4a input-joined.m4a</pre>
8. Now make a file playable in iTunes:<pre>mp4creator60.exe -create=input-joined.m4a output-joined.m4a</pre>
Now you can import "output-joined.m4a" into iTunes. NOTE: the joined file will not have any tags; you will have to add them in iTunes or another tagging program.

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I'm pretty sure I did not install an update prior to this starting. Since the problem began, however, I uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled to see if that would solve the problem and it did not.
I typically play songs, on shuffle, from my main library. When I open iTunes shuffle is automatically selected and I click on the play button to choose a random song. Since this past thursday when I click the play button nothing happens. I have to manually choose a song to play. Once the song has ended iTunes does not choose another song (if on shuffle) nor does it play the proceeding song on the list (if on normal play). In order to play another song I have to choose another. Once that song ends I have to select another and so on.
I have checked the settings and I don't see anything that could be effecting the way iTunes plays the songs.

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Is there any way that i can play songs in shuffle without having to check them? I have only the songs i want on my ipod checked but i want to shuffle through all the songs on my itunes when im at my computer. Is there a way i can do this?

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Any help will be appreciated?
Thanks pkripper
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Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I'd suggest trying the steps in our iPad assistant first:
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Try:
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Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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- Restore from backup. See:
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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
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- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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