Music app in ios5 - no PlayAll button- usability impact

In the new ios5 music app (which was earlier ipod app), if you want to play songs by selected composer or genre, you cant listen to all the songs in one go. There's no PlayAll button. Is Apple going to fix this bug in an update? Truely speaking, this has forced me to move to alternate music listening options.

That happens with Genre or songs but ot with composer or Artists. The way around is to copy and create a playlist. But that is a duplication, an why should one do when I can filter by fields. How come Apple can be so dumb??

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Hello.
I've got what it seems to be an annoying bug from the new Music App/iPod in iOS5. It simply sorts my artists out of alphabetical order on the artist dashboard. I tried to use the option "group by album artist" on and off and it seems to have no effect on that issue.
I also found a way to fix it temporally, erasing all music data, and resyncing all the playlists/selected albums. But whenever I sync again to add a new album or playlist, it messes up with the alphabetical order again. Anyone with the same problem? Is there a bug fix, workaround?
I got some Screenshots of the problem taking place, attached below.

I have the same problem, I called apple about it. they recommended that I killed the music on the device and then remove the .itl file. after completing those steps to no avail decided to remove the music from the device and then reinstall itunes as this was the next step according to the apple technician. nada. I was replacing my laptop that I sync with anyway so I moved the music to my new pc and re-added all music to itunes. before syncing I /completly/ wiped my device! synced for the first time everything went well. added additional music and viola *Problem Happen*! I know this isnt really that big of an issue but c'mon I thought that updating to 5.01 last night would help but no joy there either! hopfully some of you have better luck than I did, I will be calling apple today I guess. BTW, does anyone know where the indexing for the artist lists happen? is it in itunes or on the device itself. that may help in determining where the problem is actually created.

Playing my music and sounds in the Music app in iOS5

I've loaded sounds and music that I've made onto my iPad via iTunes and they have played in the Music app quite happily in iOS4.
Now that I've updated to iOS5, only songs I've purchased in the iTunes store play, those sounds and music I have made will not play.
Is there a setting I should be aware of that will enable them to play?
It's annoying because it means I cannot use my iPad to play my sound work to directors...

It would help if you said exactly what steps you took to get your music from your old computer to your new one. Also where your music was located i.e. was it all in the iTunes Music folder or was it in other folders in My Music - this tends happen if you saved music outside iTunes.
The exclamation marks mean that iTunes can't find the tracks.
Note that one thing that can go wrong is that your account name is not exactly the same as it was on the old computer.
The default loction for iTunes music files is:
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Why has "get more episodes" disappeared from the Music App in iOS5

Since I upgrade to iOS5 I have noticed 2 "downsides" to the "iPod" replacement app "Music".
Firstly the "get more episodes" has disappearwed from the podcast pages as has the symbols as to which track is playing or is unplayed.
Apple please may we have these facilities back?
Rgds, Robin

I don't care for the changes to "music", formerly "ipod", app either. Even the icon color is a bit much compared to the old ipod icon.
I really miss the "get more episodes" and hope it will be back soon. It is a good feature, and one I used every day.
The format is harder to work with.
If one podcast is playing or loaded and paused, I don't seem to be able to activate a different podcast.
All but one or two of the podcast icons just show music note instead of podcast picture.
Button to switch back to list of podcast episodes seems to be gone as well.
Missing the played/unplayed as well.
There is no 30 second replay button on the broadcast as far as I can tell.
I seem to be getting all episodes listed on a podcast page, but not all of them are even loaded.
IOS5 didn't really improve the podcast format/experience, but has made it less user-friendly. IMO

Why didn't my album art show up in the music app in ios5?

After upgrading my iPhone 4 to iOS5, none of my album art got transferred to the phone. Any ideas how to fix this?

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I have now wiped all my music and am re-syncing yet again to see if it works.
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Audiobooks in ios5 Music App

Ok, so everyone has already complained that the new Music app in ios 5 is a shockingly poor replacement for the old iPod app, but my issue goes a little deeper.
When I try to play a non-audible audiobook in the Music app, it only plays the track I selected, it does not move on to the next track. Quite annoying if you have 3000 tracks of 2mins long per audiobook....
If I install the iPhone Audible app (come on Audible, when are you gonna support iPad users properly), it can access my non-audible audiobooks, but it screws up the chapters...
I am literally pulling my hair out at this point. The iPod app was solid, why change it for something which has significantly reduced functionality. Fair enough if Apple and Audible have made a deal for all audiobooks to be played through their app, but their app isn't perfect and hasn't been built around the iPad platform.
The Music app on ios5 is a major step backwards... Please fix it ASAP

Hi Covuniracer,
When you play a non-audible audio book in the music app, is the book defined as an audiobook or just as music? Are the book files MP3's from CD or M4A's from CD or WMA or protected WMA? I'm asking because I have similar issues and I'm finding that the format of the original file seems to determine the eventual failure.
I have 3rd gen ipod touch 32Gb just upgraded to IOS5. Error symptoms are:
1) WMA/DRM transferred audio books:
a) Don't show up anwhere except in a play list. They show up in iTunes, but not anwhere on the ipod -- not as a book, not as music.
b) Track title are now 3-6 digit numbers. Album, Author, TRACK numbers, all missing.
Changing the setting (Devices, Summary Tab, reduce to 128kbps) has no effect.
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Updating the apps on the IPOD has no effect.
2) MP3 transferred from library audio books:
a) Show up as music and will play if I leave them there, but if I tell iTunes they are audio books, they show up in audio books on the iPOD but will not play. They play fine on iTunes and on my shuffle. Putting these into playlists has no effect on their behavior.
b) I can get the Music app to recognize and play an MP3 audiobook as an audiobook for a short while by doing the following:
First, get it playing as a music file. Pause it. Start ITUNES, plug in the IPOD and redfine the book as an audiobook. Then sync, exit, unplug the pod. The book will still play from where we left it. Back track to the ALBUMS page-- its blank now, nothing shows up. Go to Audio book. It now shows up as an audio book and will play. Now if I go back to Albums, the expected stuff shows up on it.
This only works for a little while. As soon as I switch to the 2nd track, none of the MP3 audiobooks "fixed" in this way will play anymore.
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Restoring and loading the iPOD as a new device had no effect.Updating the apps on the IPOD has no effect.
3) MP3 audio book ripped from CD seems to work fine. (SK Gunslinger)
4) M4a (ripped by earlier version of ITUNES) audio track seems to work fine.
Level 5 dance music shows up in Music, 64kbps AAC audio audio file. All the "fields" are good
Also: I move books to the pod by drag and drop only, I do no auto syncing.

Enhanced podcasts not working in iOS 5; new music app keeps crashing

I just updated to iOS5 and regularly view enhanced podcasts. after the update, I can no longer figure out how to view the enhanced version anymore. I get the sound, but the image does not change. Can anybody please help?
on top of this the new music app in iOS5 keeps crashing and I have to restart the iPad all the time.

Having the same issue except for the crashes. Everything seems to be working, just not the way it used to. The enhanced podcasts were great, the ones that I subscribed to changed the backgrounds often and linked to other sites and gave some great info. Now... Nothing!
I have been reading that everyone is having issues with podcasts and the button to get new episodes, or whatever it was called, and this may just be another glitch. I sure wish they could fix it. I listen to podcasts more that I ever listened to music.

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have the same problem, mine is now playing all at half speed, but only with podcasts! I normally play podcasts at 2x speed but the speed button has disappeared in iOS5, so - this is abviously a bug or the soft reads the old setting from somewhere - and there is no way resetting it - so I hope apple will fix this soon, I really play podcasts every day. and the iPhone is not loud enough and it's batteries aren't cool by design. so..
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Somebody know about a good music player app with the lyrics feature?

Well, at least they added multitasking gestures to the original iPad today (iOS 5.0.1). Fingers crossed they'll upgrade the Music App in the near future.

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Press Home Button quickly two times to get the background Apps to show in the bottom row. In this bottom row press and hold an Icon to get the red minus sign to show. Press the minus sign to delete them from memory, make sure that you especially remove the Music App from memory. Now go back to your Music App and see if it works OK.
Well the problem is more serious than I thought. Good luck with the Restore.

PlayBook froze upon launching Music app and won't start again

Hi,
My PlayBook (latest OS update) just stopped to respond, I was using Browser, and when I launched the Music app, the whole system stopped to respond, it stayed on the blue launching screen of the Music app, I pushed the power button and the screen went black, now it just won't start again, I tried to plug it to charge and to usb, all to no avail...
Long pressing the power button had no effect...
So I just don't know what to do, did this happened to anyody? Is there a way to reset the tablet?
Thanks, any suggestions will be welcome!
Julien
Web: smugrik.org Follow: @Smugrik
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

Well, my PlayBook finally rebooted and responds normally again...
I'm still wondering about the reason for such a crash, it is the first time such failure happens on my PB...
Julien
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Problems with changes in iOS5 Music app on iPad

With iOS 5, massive changes have been made to the Music app that makes it virtually unusable for listening to podcasts. Weirdly, these changes were not made on the iPhone version, which still works fine.
My problems are these:
1.     Music App no longer shows which episodes of a podcast have been fully played, partially played, or not played.
2.     The 30-second re-play button is gone.
3.     The 1X - 2X - ½X playback speed button is gone.
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Am I missing something? Is there a way to bring these features back? I've tried Apple Care and they didn't have a clue. And before someone suggests it, yes, I have submitted a comment to the feedback web page at Apple.
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Rolando

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After upgrading to IOS 7.0.2 I can't see the radio button in the music app on my iPad

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