Rating Songs While Playing Genius Mixes?

I love the Genius Mix feature of iTunes. But I also like to rate my music for making smart playlists. How do you rate songs while you're playing Genius Mixes. There is no stars to click when you mouse of the the mix folder. Any ideas?
Thanks

Thanks, Garbeth, that works.
Apple - really? Why can't I just have a LIST VIEW of genius mixes again? Just becuase this works doesn't mean it isn't totally combersome and frustrating.
Sometimes a list really IS the best answer. I have to click someplace to see if I've already rated a song while using Genius to randomly play my music? Is the goal to discourage our using Genuis? If so, it's working. And I really sort of liked it...

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Can I limit the number of songs in a genius mix (not a playlist)?

I would like to limit the number of songs in a Genius Mix (not a Genius playlist). Is this possible in any way, including on iPhone or iPad? If so, how?
I've seen some earlier answers, but they apply to earlier versions of iTunes. I'm using 10.2.2.

slab46 wrote:
Some of us don't have a boatload of free space on our iPods, and limiting the number of songs in the Genius Mix would allow us to synch the lists to the iPod and carry them around.
You can already do this...
A Genius mix is limited to how many songs in the selected playlist fit the Genius mix profile.
A Genius playlist is limited to 25, 50, 75 or 100 songs.
A Genius playlist is a limited Genius mix.

My Apple TV Won't Play Genius Mixes

When I pull up the Genius Mixes I see the nine squares of four album covers and the various "genres" of the mixes, but when I hit play the message "Apple TV Cannot Play The Current Song". This happens for all of the mixes. I have tried updating Genius and syncing the Apple TV again but that doesn't work. I have started and restarted iTunes and Apple TV to no avail. All of my music lives on my Apple TV. Can anyone help?
I am running the latest version of Apple TV (3.0.1) and iTunes (9.0.2 (25)).

Same issue here. I can see them, just can't play them. I JUST bought my AppleTV yesterday and much to my chagrin everything except the Genius mixes plays fine. I had a perfectly functioning WDTVLive with a 320GB usb drive sitting in the same spot only hours before setting up the AppleTV. All I really had to do with that one was take all the music and dump it into one folder to fix what I didn't like about it, but ever the stickler for organization of my media files... Makes me want to go change my mind about the AppleTV and go back to BB and get back the WDTVLive I returned.

How can I see a list of the songs in a genius mix?

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Thanks for any help.

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charlie

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You will need to move the music from his computer to hers, then sync. You can use the backup copy that should always be maintained to move the music over.
Since the ipod touch will sync with one computer at a time, when you sync to another computer, it will first erase the content from the ipod, then replace with content from the new computer.

Songs are pausing several times(pausing every few seconds in a song) while playing in iTunes in mac what to do??

while playing a song in itunes on my mac each song pauses atleast twice or thrice in a minute. what to do please guide.

first the mac started acting slow and eventually the itunes started pausing.
This does not look like an iTunes problem. I'll ask the hosts to move this to the Lion forum.
Check, if the problem is system wide or only happens when working from your user account. Try to use iTunes logged in as a different user. Do you get a better performance?
What model of Mac are you using? How much RAM does the mac have?
Have a look at the second half of this document, if anything applies to your situation:
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Hello, got an Ipod mini 4gb. while playing music i start to get breaks in sound or no sound all. I thought it might be the headphones however I have 3 of them and I have the same issue.
The battery is another. I have charged the Ipod for more than 24 hrs, reset the ipod. The battery life is around 2 hours at max before I get the Low Battery indicator warning.
Any suggestions?
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Hi salahipod, and Welcome to Discussions!
Regarding the headphone issue, it could be one of two things. First, it could be a problem with the song files themselves, especially if the issue happens with the same song(s). If you suspect it only happens to songs from a certain CD, for example, try deleting and re-importing the troublesome CD(s). Second, it could be an issue with the headphone jack itself. Inspect the jack for damage, like something lodged in it or perhaps something that looks bent. Insert headphones - do they go in all the way? Do they seem loose, like there is extra wiggle room in the jack? If there appears to be a hardware issue with the iPod, it would be worthwhile to send it in to Apple if you are still under warranty.
Regarding the battery, it sounds like it is reaching the end of its useful life. You may wish to look into having it replaced. If you are out of warranty, Apple will do this for $59 plus shipping. Third party companies also do this service, and many offer do-it-yourself kits. If you are interested in more information, please email me, as we are not allowed to discuss these options on the forums. My email address is in my profile - click my name to the left.
Kyle-

Reading comments of the songs while playing on your iPod!

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ITunes continuously cutting off ends of songs while playing

Whenever I play music on iTunes on my macbook, the song always finishes before the actual end. The start and stop time have not been changed for any of the songs. It never finishes in the same spot and it will also count that as a 'play' of the song even though it hasn't been played through fully. This is frustrating me and I have no idea how to fix it.

I have not had a major problem with this, only two of my songs have done this, but what I do to fix it is go into itunes and right click on the song and click get info. On the options tab just check the stop time box and the problem should be fixed. It doesn't keep the problem from happening again, but it is a way to fix one song... hope that helps

Trying to have a break between each song while playing music in iTunes

Hi there
When Playing music in iTunes the songs run without any break - that is something like 5 seconds before the current song playing is supposed to finish, the next one already starts to play. I hope to have a break between the songs - only when the current song reaches an end, the next one begins. Is there a way to do that? I would appreciate your help.
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Zak

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How to play genius mix through roku 2?

I have an ipod touch and a Roku 2xs that I have connected to a stereo. The Roku shows playlists I have made but does not show the genius playlists. How can I have the Roku recognize the genius playlists?

You could do this in more than one way. If you have a split keyboard, then both parts of the keyboard could be set to a different MIDI number. This makes it easy to assign one part to the organ & the other to the strings.
If you work without a split keyboard, you could set up some transformers to filter the incoming note pitches. e.g. transformer A would select notes below a given pitch and remove all other pitches. Transformer B would select notes above a given pitch & also remove all other pitches.
One possible cable layout for this:
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Download songs while playing (Match)

Hi!
I've all media library stored on Cloud via Match, and I've recently formatted my iMac.
I was wondering if it is possible to automatically download songs during playback. I mean it would be great if iTunes automatically download songs from Cloud and copy in to your local library folder without press the [Download] button.
Do you know if there is any option for that?
Thank you.

Bob_Johnson wrote:
I recently signed up for iTunes Match, and matched all of my songs from iTunes. But now every time I play a song on the iPad it has to download it to the device. This is strange because the whole point of using iTunes Match for me is to save space on the iPad.
Then you signed up for the wrong reason. In order to play a song, it must be on your iPad/iPod/iPhone.
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Why are there duplicates of songs in my library w/ the title 'Track 1, 2, 3 etc.' ?

hatesbadprogramming wrote:
Why are there duplicates of songs in my library w/ the title 'Track 1, 2, 3 etc.' ?
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Itunes unexpectedly quits when i rate songs while they are playing.

basically. Itunes unexpectedly quits whenever i am listening to a song and then i rate it, i havent tried everything, but it also quits when i tried to edit the artist of a song while playing it. also, everytime i open itunes it goes to a certain playlist. how can i make it stop doing that, or change it to automatically open with the playlist of my choice?
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I tried deleting them and redownloading them but its not working.
Try deleting and redownloading again, this time with simultaneous downloads disabled.
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Can't get album view in genius mixes to work right

Hi - I'm not sure what is going on but I can't see the list or cover view while in Genius mixes. Also, some of the album covers are showing up and some not. But - I can't see what the mix is as the list won't show up and that makes the Genius mix not worth using if I can't even see what Itunes is selecting for me.
I tried looking in the view menu but no help.

I can't see the list or cover view while in Genius mixes.
You don't get list view or cover view with the mixes. You can always submit this as a request to Apple at:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Also, some of the album covers are showing up and some not.
Are you talking about in iTunes? When you select that individual song in the main "music" section and pull up "Get info", do you see the artwork in the artwork tab?
Or is it ok in iTunes and is the problem just on your mobile device? If so, which one.
I can't see what the mix is as the list won't show up and that makes the Genius mix not worth using if I can't even see what Itunes is selecting for me.
You can pull it up in DJ if you want, and that gives you a glimpse of what's in there, but only a max of a 100 songs. But, frankly, it sounds like the lack of visibility into genius mixes are sufficiently annoying for you that you might want to consider not using it. Use plain old genius playlists (select song, hit , save it as a playlist): That behaves more like it sounds like you want.

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