Play Count Question

The play count on my ipod is different from the play count on my iTunes. How do I make iTunes sync play count with my iPod.
It always updated the count on my shuffle, but doesnt with my 5th gen

yes i am but i also had manual update on my shuffle and it still updated play count..
so it needs to be on auto update then?

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Why doesn't the play count thing show how many times I've played the song? I listened to my songs until they end and yet when I check it on itunes, it doesn't change. How can I make it to record how many times I've played a song?

Bill,
Interesting that yours doesn't work, but I just tested it and mine definitely keeps track of playcount on the iPod and transfers that with the sync.
I checked the playcount on a song, played it once on my iPod, then synced. Sure enough, the play count in iTunes was incremented by one.

Rating - Play count totals question ...

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I'd like to transfer the Rating & Play count totals to another computer (that has hopefully the same play list).
How do I do this?
Thanks.

As you probably know, the rating and playcount are not stored in the song file itself; they are stored in the library and will be lost if you move the songs separately from the entire library.
So, to preserve them, first consolidate your library (if it isn't already) using the command File > Library > Organize Library... > Consolidate Files, and then copy the entire iTunes folder to the new machine.

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Hello, everybody. It's been a rough night.
I currently own a G4 iMac and I just got a brand new Macbook. The Macbook is very nice, it's extremely speedy and I am sure I will grow to love it. We've got just one hurdle to get through together: the organization of my music in iTunes. Now, I've had the iMac for five years, and not long after I got it adding music to it became something of an importance, it was my music player. Over the past five years I've not only added thousands of songs, but meticulously and very specifically organized them into playlists based on the number of spins they have and when they were added. To a lot of people I know this sort of thing isn't a huge deal, but for me this organization became, and I kid you not, a huge, huge part of my life.
So I get the new Macbook, fire it up and use Migration Assistant, (with the iMac in Target Disk Mode), to move my data over. When it's done I open the iTunes and am greeted with... nothing. Well, okay, all of my music is there, that's nice, (it's what iTunes is for, etc etc), but NONE of my play count or date added information remains. I weep inside.
Being that this is my first new computer in five years, (a long time!), you might be able to tell that I was hesitant about upgrading. Before getting my Macbook I asked experts at the Apple Store if this method would work, and even received assurance from several people online that everything would be preserved. So, I did my homework, but my Macs and I both apparently failed the test. Here's where we are now:
1. The iMac, (running Tiger), still has iTunes on it, with all the information, nothing seems to have changed on that end.
2. The Macbook has a hard drive full of music with no playlist, play count or date added data.
3. I do own an iPod where I backed up the music before the move. I know that the data information on playlists, play count and date added is on the iPod. I do not dare plug it in to the new machine for fear of the unknown.
Which brings me here, is there some way, any way of rectifying this? Here is what I would like:
1. For the Macbook iTunes to look EXACTLY like the iMac's does.
2. For it to work with both my old iPods without question.
This has been long, and I fear that some may pass it over as something too much of an banality to be needed help with. But like some collect shoes or hats, I collect music. It's a lovely collection and it's a large part of who I am. I could start all over, but that's sort of like saying the world could start over if it by chance happened to forget how to turn. It would take a lot of effort, and there would be some (more) tears, but I could move on. But I really, really don't want to. I just want things to be the way they were. I'd very much like to have this information present, and I thank you all for your time.

ADDED:
Now that I look at it, appears that nothing except for my applications transferred over. My old computer is listed in the Hard Drive, but I can't access any of the folders because I don't have that "level of privileges" or whatever, (odd, considering they're both my computers, do they need to be hooked up for this?). I don't really need for my old applications to be there, (Hello, iWork '06 Demo!), so can I just go and erase them, or am I better just starting all over again?

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After updating to iTunes 6.0.1.3 I was forced to also update my iPod firmware to 2005-09-23. Since then, the last played, play count and ratings fields associated with music tracks no longer updates when I re-synch my 3G iPod. Ive tested with ripped AAC, ripped MP3, older (FairPlay 1) purchased music as well as new (FairPlay 2) tracks. No matter what Ive tried, the dates, counts and raings remain frozen in their pre-update state.
However, these fields are updated for Podcast tracks!
I also ran a test with my Shuffle. Music file play counts are updated as usual. I do notice that the Last Played field within iTunes is updated with the date and time of re-sync. Has it always been this way? I havent paid attention to this since I first purchased my Shuffle but I thought it only updated play count, not Last Played.
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Found the problem. After my iPod didn't update after purchasing new songs, I checked my iPod options. For some reason my iTunes iPod Options changed from "Automaticaly update ..." to "Manually manage ...". Once I set this back to automatic everything updated fine.
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My wife and I have been using the same Apple ID for iTunes for years, but only I have been on iTunes Match. Lately, our libraries have diverged enough that it's hard to keep track. I thought I'd just set up iTunes Match on her computer and then we could each see the Amazon.com songs we buy, CDs we rip, etc. The big question has been how iTunes Match would handle playlists, ratings, and play counts...
Question 1: I believe I solved the playlist question by creating a playlist folder on each computer with our first name and then dragging our playlists into it. Testing just on my side, iTunes Match correctly uploaded the folder with all my playlists, so I assume adding her Mac would mean we'd have each other's folders and could just keep the folder that applies to us expanded. Is this correct?
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1. Yes, this should work well for you.
2. If it is the same song you're rating, then iTM will use the latest rating. When her library is added if there are any dups they will be seen as the most recent. However it should be a simple matter to change the ratings. Once both libraries get added you can see how things work and come to agreement on what works best for you.

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I have an iPod nano that I use in my baby's nursery for her lullaby music. I thought it would be cool to use the Audioscrobbler program from www.last.fm to track her "listening habits" from this very early age and be able to see years down the road what she has listened to over time.
The thing is, I originally synced the iPod with mp3 files from my installation of iTunes. I also have my own Last.fm profile that already syncs with iTunes files played on this profile. I realized that if I sync her Nano with this same instance of iTunes, it will combine all of her Play Counts with my own history. I don't want to confuse the Last.fm "scrobbler" system tray program with which play counts should be scrobbled.
I know I could create another profile for her on this same computer, but I thought it might be even easier to just sync it with iTunes on my laptop (which doesn't have any iPods associated with it yet.) Either way, it will not be the exact same installation of iTunes that the Nano was originally synced with. HOWEVER, my mp3 files are on a shared network-attached storage hard drive, so all of the iTunes installations (on both the desktop and laptop) would be reading the exact same files.
SO - the jist of my questions is this:
1.) If my iTunes library reads from M:/My Music/ (NAS drive), will the Nano see a different installation of iTunes as the same library?
2.) If I sync her Nano with a different installation of iTunes, will it record the Play Counts of what she has already listened to? * This is my most important question. I don't care if it erases the files on the Nano, because I will just sync them again. I just want to make sure it records in iTunes the current Play Count stored on her Nano right now, so I can sync it with her Last.fm profile.
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Katrina, Thanks for the link.
Ahhh... yes, current playcounts ARE kind of important. I've been holding out on syncing it since March because I was trying to figure this out and get information on the best way to do it. That's 7+/- hours of music per night X 4 months! Is there a way to read what the playcounts currently are on the iPod itself right now? If all else fails, I could manually adjust them in the empty XML file, right?
I think if I can get the iTunes on my laptop to read and record the playcounts from the iPod, then I can sync the Last.fm process to read it later. I can use their new "import history" feature to import the playcounts. I just need to make sure that I can get iTunes to record them instead of wiping the iPod.
I've read up on manually managing the iPod... would that help any?
Since my music files are on a shared network drive, can I copy either of those two metadata files (iTunes Music Library.xml and/or iTunes Library.itl) from my desktop to my laptop and then hand modify the XML code to change all playcounts to zero and then sync the iPod? Will that fake the laptop out to believe it was the original computer that the iPod was first synced with?
And no on the operating systems My desktop is Vista Home Premium and the laptop is XP Home.
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Recover music from ipod without losing ratings and play counts

hey Guys, I just changed my laptop which I use to sync my ipod. I understand that if I change the setting to manual update I will be able to see my song without losing them, and that if I show hidden files I can actually copy the music back on my computer.
My question is wheter if I do the overstated procedure, will I be able to see the play count and ratings that I had on my ipod in itunes? Please help, I put a lot of work in that

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Guys I am still seeking for a solution for this, please somebody help me

Hollow/Outlined Stars and Play Count (Plays) Updating behavior explained.

I couldn't find the answers to these questions so I did a bit of experimentation and am posting my conclusions.
First, regarding those hollow/outlined stars that show up and seemingly can't be changed: I noticed all my recent NPR podcasts were downloaded with three automatically-assigned hollow stars which really messed up my playlists and organization. Clicking on these things wouldn't get rid of them (unless I added my own, normal (solid) star ratings). I discovered that these hollow stars are actually "album" ratings that are calculated based on average "track" ratings and then projected onto all future tracks (the ones I just downloaded). I also discovered that I could remove them (at least from individual tracks).
To do so, display all your podcasts in the Album List view (instead of the normal list, grid, or cover flow views). On the left, where the albums show up, you'll see the album's rating. Click on this to change the rating to the unrated (no stars) status. If you've rated any of the individual tracks on the album, hollow stars may immediately reappear on the album itself, indicating an average of those ratings, but all the hollow stars that were previously projected onto individual tracks should disappear.
Second, regarding play count updating (the little blue dots and the "Plays" column in itunes). A podcast is considered unplayed (solid blue dot) until you've listened past the first 10 seconds of the track. So, if you have an hour long track, and you listen to the first 10 seconds then stop, the track will be marked as partially played (half a blue dot). Even if you start the track somewhere in the middle and only listen to it for two seconds (so long as the place you start listening is after the first 10 seconds of the track), it will be marked as partially played.
If you have the "remember playback position" box checked in your preferences, that position will not be remembered during those first 10 seconds. So if you listen to 9 seconds, then stop, then go back to the track later, playback will start at the beginning of the track.
I believe this behavior is designed so you can listen to the first 10 seconds of a podcast to decide if that's the one you're looking for, or one you want to listen to, and if you decide against it, iTunes will not modify that track and instead consider it "unplayed".
Now, concerning play counts updating (the blue dot disappearing). This occurs quite simply when you've listened past the last 2 minutes of the podcast. For example, if you listen to 57 minutes and 59 seconds of an hour-long podcast, then stop, the play count will not update and the blue dot will not disappear (instead remaining half a blue dot), because there are three minutes left on the track. However, if you listen for 58 minutes and then stop, the play count will increase incrementally (say from 0 to 1) and the little blue dot will disappear.
So, if you decide to quit listening to a podcast early, but you still have ten minutes left, and you want iTunes to register that it has been played, you must fast-forward to any point within the last two minutes of the track for play count to register.
Hope all this info is helpful.

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I then upgraded iTunes on my Mac that hosts the iTunes library and it's now on 12.01 as well - but the problem is still there.
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This again happened to me for a couple of week and all of a sudden my phone decided to go through the 'Trust This Computer' question... and once I clicked 'Yes' it started to remember my last played song.
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Transferring Play Count

So it seems as if the play count is not changed in the metadata of AAC files, at least from what I could see using the command line tool mdls.
So the question is: where is this playcount info kept? And if there is a file somewhere, I'd love to be able to transfer (actually sync) this file between two computers that I play music on. That way the play count will always be updated properly.
Not that this is really a huge deal but it's a great decision maker for a large library!
Apologies if this question has been answered; I was unable to find a solution posted.

I found the answer for anyone who might also be curious. Or at least the precursor to an answer. I believe it is housed in the XML file in the ~/Music/iTunes/ folder. That has all kinds of wonderful information. User beware - probably you should be careful of editing it - I don't know how finicky iTunes is when it is manually modified.

ITunes account doesn't show the song play count

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Hey DC71955,
Great question, it sounds like the "Plays" column is not selected. We simply need to turn it back on.
In iTunes 11, click the "View" menu and choose "Show View Options". Located under "Stats" is the "Plays" option.
Apple - Find Out How - Music - iTunes
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/music/itunes.html#tips-viewoptions
Thanks,
Matt M.

Podcast play count reset when syncing multiple devices

I have noticed some odd behavior since upgrading iTunes to version 10. My wife and I each have an iPhone, iPad, and an iPod nano. I have several playlists that I sync to each of my devices. The problem comes when I play some podcasts on one device, and other podcasts on another device. I sync one device, the play count updates. I sync one of the other devices, and the play count updates on some songs, but is deleted on others. I can tell which tracks have been reset because they still have a Last Played Date. It appears that the device with the most advanced time overwrites the play count in the library.
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this behavior?
Doc

After much faffing, I have finally found out what to do. I've been stupid. Or maybe the whole sync thing isn't clear or intuitive, but probably I've been stupid.
I'm posting this because I couldn't find a definitive answer anywhere and because lots of people had similar questions to me.
The following settings work as I would expect them to. That is:
1. I have all my iTunes content on my iPod touch (not just some tracks, but all 8186 of them)
2. When I rate a track on the iPod, I expect that rating to copy into iTunes when I sync
3. I don't expect all 8186 songs to be wiped from my iPod and replaced again every time I sync; i.e. I only want any new ratings/artwork/tracks in iTunes to be duplicated on my iPod
So, here are my settings which work for me, at least:
1. In *iTunes Preferences*, on the Devices tab, *Prevent iPods and iPhones from syncing automatically* is unchecked
2. When the iPod is connected to my Mac, when clicking the iPod in the sidebar;
a) on the Summary tab, *Open iTunes when this iPod is attached* is unchecked
(I'm not sure if this makes a difference, but I usually already have iTunes open when connecting the iPod)
b) on the Music tab, *Sync Music:* and *Entire music library* are checked
3. I then click Sync at the bottom of that tab and, lo and behold, everything syncs properly.
Prior to this, I did have to go through that tedious process of having everything removed from the iPod and replaced, but it seems that that was a one-off chore and now things seem OK.
If you're syncing Apps, Calendar, Contacts, etc. too, then those settings can be checked in the Applications and Info tabs and that seems to function properly as well.
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