No more playing similar tracks! Another lost feature!

In iTunes8 I can no longer find how to play tracks at random, making iTunes choose tracks that are similar to the one previously played (and adjusting how similar I want that to be).
Where has this gone?

Interesting - yours is the first post I’ve read that links this issue to deep sleep. Can you confirm that this is perfectly reproducible? IOW does it happen only after the iPod has gone into deep sleep and every time its gone into deep sleep?
Unfortunately that isn’t the case with my 4G iPod. Since receiving a Nano as a gift this winter, my 4G gets to deep sleep regularly but it wakes up and plays my purchased tracks. I just confirmed that. However, every couple of months I too have been forced to connect it to my computer, play a track in iTunes, and then sync again.
I tend to set up my iPod with playlists and then not sync it for quite a while and since getting the Nano the period between syncs has tended to get even longer. I figured the iPod had a time based ‘kill’ switch that if you don’t connect the iPod and sync before that time passes the purchased songs stop playing.

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I note the age of your message and am wondering whether there is a newer thread on this. I can't find
it.
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Sorry for not being clearer.
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http://www.dvdstudiopro.co.uk/tutorials/play-all-3/
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N-series Music Player plays album tracks in alphab...

This bug is still in the N85 firmware (V 30.019). So the firmware has now been updated twice, with the error still in it.
However, I have found a workaround, that is easy to use and does not require too much work. It's a bit on the geeky side, I'm afraid, but not that difficult.
The Problem
I have found that N85 (and presumably many other N-series devices as well) cannot correctly read and play music albums, but instead plays the tracks in alphabetical order. The same occurs no matter how you transfer the audio to the device. Even thought the Music Player cannot read the tags in the MP3 files, but it does handle M3U playlists correctly.
Background
[A short explanation for those of you who don't know what M3U playlists are. They were originally developed to be used with the computer music player WinAmp, but have since become a rather common little tool. Playlist is basically a text file, with a name like michael_jackson_thriller.m3u, that lists the contents of a music album (or indeed any other collection of music that you like) and describes the sequence of music files to be played. It sort of tells the music player application what you want to hear and in what order.
When you double click an M3U playlist in your computer, your music player software will open and play the music files in that playlist, automatically. In other words, a playlist does not contain any music, but instructions about where to find them in your computer's or device's memory. You can use playlists in your Nokia N-series phone's music player as well.]
The Solution
Always include an M3U file with each album that you transfer to your phone. Then, instead of the album open the corresponding playlist and hey presto! it plays correctly. As an added bonus, you get noticeably shorter gaps between tracks, which is especially nice when you play mixed music (like DJ sets or classical music). Please note that you can't use PLS files (another common playlist format).
What you want to do is get a helper application to your computer that can easily (or even automatically) create playlists, and then transfer them to your device's Music folder in mass media mode. The simply update your Music Library in your phone and go to Playlists in the Music Player.
I have found the following (Windows) applications particularly useful.
Oddgravity Playlist Creator
A compact tool that creates playlists automatically. I usually select one folder (one album), let the app create the playlist in the same folder, and than just drag (copy) the folder to my phone's mass memory. The whole thing takes something like 60 seconds.
iTunes Export
A tool that turns your iTunes playlists into M3U playlists. Can be fully automated.
Medieval CUE Splitter
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PS Otherwise I think that Carthage should be destroyed, and that Nokia really should fix that bug!
tommi_p

NO .
E series have the basic features of NOKIA'S music player while hi-end Nseries phones have extra software wise better performance and some of them have better audio chip.
Why is this?
Just to distinguish it is an ESeries phone and that is a Nseries?

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