Shuffle/Playlist Problem. Help!

I'm having problems with the shuffle on my iphone. My playlist keeps playing the lastest album I downloaded from itunes. I've tried some of the suggestions but nothing has worked thus far. Please help!

Right-click the Playlist name, and choose "Copy to Play Order."

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I am currently on my second ipod shuffle, and I am having a strange problem. Every time I turn the shuffle on, it restarts from the beginning of the playlist, instead of continuing from where it last played. What could cause this problem, and what could fix it (tried reset utility).

I am currently on my second ipod shuffle, and I am having a strange problem. Every time I turn the shuffle on, it restarts from the beginning of the playlist, instead of continuing from where it last played. What could cause this problem, and what could fix it (tried reset utility).

Shuffle/Playlist Problem

My father and I downloaded three holiday albums from iTunes to his account a few days ago. We created a "Christmas" Playlist on his iPod, transferred the songs from the three new albums into the playlist. We also went to "Get Info" on each song from the three new albums, and from the "Options tab" selected, "skip when shuffling" checkbox. (We did this because he did not want the holiday songs playing when his did his regular everyday listening to music). We then synced the updates to his music library to his iPod.
The problem we encountered: When we went to the Christmas Playlist we created (which had about 50 songs in it from the three new albums just purchased), and pressed play, the iPod would only play the first song listed in the playlist. It would say, "1 of 1" instead of "1 of 50." (Even though all 50 songs were in the playlist). The only way to get the iPod to play ALL the songs was to go back to "Get info" from each song and deselect the "skip when shuffling" checkbox. When we did this, then the iPod would show "1 of 50" and would play all 50 songs. The problem is--he does not want the holiday songs to play when hit selects "Shuffle" when he listens to his regular everyday music.
I have never encountered this problem before. Does ayone have a recommendation? Thanks.

Thanks planb and the fiend. Between your two responses, I get the solution now. I have send my father the solution (from the iPod, go to Settings and turn off Shuffle).
Thanks again!

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Can someone help me figure out how to get my Shuffle to play my playlists in the order I want? I know I have the button set correctly but it always plays my lists in reverse order. I thought of changing it on my computer but then all my other IPODs get affected because they play them correctly!! What am I missing here? It is a brand new Shuffle.

Michele,
It took me over an hour of research and effort but heres the two step process.
1( (and im not totally sure its necessary but do it anyways) Go under "Music" on your shuffle (hint, its between your device name and playlist)
Music > Settings> Deselect "Choose Items Randomly"
Most instructions ive found stop here, but wait...its doesnt freaking work! Ahh!
2) Either under music or your playlist there is a column with a check mark and a check mark for each song.
Check mark column > deselect every individual song > double check your playlist and music tab.
Done! and Done!

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few days ago my iPod shuffle suddenly stopped playing. In the first place I thought it was a battery. But after over a 8hrs of charging, restoring software etc. it looks like that: after sliding the button into one of the two play modes only the battery led lights up green, but the bigger led in the front doesn't give any sign of life.
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Okay, so I just got an iPod Nano 4th Generation and I know nothing.
I had a number of music and other audio files in my iTunes Library, all together in the main playlist as I didn't know how to make separate playlists.
When I plugged my iPod in, I thought it might let me select which tunes I wanted from the Library playlist by checking them, BUT NO, it just sucked every bit of audio (that it understood) onto the iPod whether I wanted it there or not.
Then, I thought I would be smart (never try to outsmart a machine!) I thought I would create a separate playlist for the audio I DIDN'T want on my iPod, and leave what I DID want in my iTunes Library. I managed to create a playlist, and got some of the tunes from the Library to the new Playlist, although there was some audio (phone messages and other files which were not tunes) it didn't seem to like and although it was in the iTunes Library would not transfer to the new playlist.
Then, it played a DIRTY ROTTEN TRICK on me. I had a tune I wanted in the new playlist but NOT the Library or iPod, so I deleted it from the iTunes Library and IT TOOK IT OFF THE NEW PLAYLIST, TOO! Now, what's the point of having separate playlists, if you can't have some things in one, and some in another?
Meanwhile, the best way (really, since there are not many tunes on it) I see of getting the unwanted audio off my iPod is just to Refresh--since I tried the instructions (as far as I could make them out) for deleting individual tunes, and it didn't work, so to heck with it--trouble is, now the iPod copy of the one tune is the only copy I have! So is there a way I can:
1. Get this audio OFF MY iPOD, (since there doesn't seem to be a way to recover deleted audio in iTunes--is there?) into the iTunes playlist in which I want it in but NOT my main iTunes Library and
2. Get the other audio out of my main library to the new Playlist
so I can at least start all over? Also, once I get things on the iPod the way I want (ha) can I put tunes already on the iPod into another Playlist and delete them from the main Library playlist, so it doesn't copy them all over the next time I try to put something on my iPod? Thanks for any helpful suggestions!

if I don't want it on the iPod I delete it straight out of the library
Then you don't need to tick *Sync only checked items*.
I'd like to keep the albums as playlists, you know, in case anything happens to this iPod or I get another.
Don't know what this means. If you get another iPod, just plug it in whether you have playlists or not.
You don't need to keep individual playlists for each album. iTunes menu View -> Show browser to see each individual Genre, Artist and Album.
You don't need ANY playlist to put everything onto the iPod.
Just select the iPod in iTunes, click the Music tab and select *Sync all music and playlists*.
And you can use iTunes without the iPod.

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Hi bizzyboy,
I would first try going through the troubleshooting assistant for your iPod shuffle (4th generation):
iPod shuffle not appearing in iTunes
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodshuffle/assistant/itunes/
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I just gave my daughter my 8 year old daughter my shuffle and i created a new playlist on itunes 10. I transfered it over and it was great. I upgraded the iTunes software to 11.0 and made changes to her kid friendly playlist on MacBook and deleted the playlist on the shuffle and wen to transfer and I could not transfer. It was very easy to do on iTunes 10 and now I need some help in figuring it out. Thanks for you help.

I figured it out... i needed to click on the music tab and had to check sync music selected playlist..... came through for my baby girl... peace here and in middle east..

PLAYLIST PROBLEM: I did a playlist and after synchonising with my ipod, the order of the songs changed both in itunes and in the ipod. In itunes the order came alphabetically and in ipod randomly. I wanted that playlist for a party. HELP! THX

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Now I don't know what to do.
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Plug your iPod in and when it appears in iTunes, click on it from under Devices in the left hand pane. This brings you to the Summary tab. Locate and click on the Music tab. What configurations do you have made from under this tab? Is your iPod configured to sync those playlists?
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Hello.
I have found a temporary work around the iPod playlists not recognizing videos. I too think this a really big problem. I just did not realize just how bit it was!
I use mine to pass thew time whil I workout at the Gym.
This is my temeporary soulution util apple fixes the problem.
I used a video editing software Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 because I am just descovering QuickTime.
I have copied my desired videos into the Adobe program.
I then export the one video made up of many videos using MPEG4.
I Then use the quick Time Player Pro to convert the MPEG4 video to iPod.
I then Sync my iPod to my computer.
I create the lenght of the video time I desire for my workout which is between 45 minutes to one hour.
I have created various videos.
This is in no way as good as the playlist but it is certainly much better than the present sintuation.
PS: I hope Apple fixes this problem soon!
If anyone needs some help with this you can email me at [email protected]
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Required to "Copy to Play Order" for my non-shuffled playlists

Hi. My playlists synced to my iPhone are in Album order. Beginning about a month ago, adding a new album to a playlist results in the album going to the bottom of the playlist on my iPhone. It's correct on iTunes, but wrong on the iPhone. The workaround is to right-click on the playlist and select "Copy to Play Order" before syncing.
I've been using playlist-based syncing two or three times a day since I bought my nano in 2006, and have never had to do this before; the "Copy to Play Order" command is supposed to only be required when you want to use the sequence of a shuffled playlist on iPhone or iPod.
The only thing that happened around the time the problem started was that I permanently turned off iTunes Match. Creating fresh playlists didn't correct the problem.
Please help!

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Ford Voice Control & iPod playlist problems

Ford Voice Control & iPod playlist problems
I am having problems with the voice control system and my video ipod (5th gen) in a new Ford Focus Coupè-Convertible which also has Bluetooth phone conectivity ( works great with my iPhone 3G) as well as USB & Voice Control
This is all done through a Sony audio unit (model Sony 6CD DAB) which has a Six disc CD changer built in, as well as the usual FM & AM Radio bands as well as DAB Radio.
My problem relates to the voice control of my ipod and playlists.
Now some commands work just great For example if I say the following sequence ( which the unit repeats back to me at each stage) it works great:
"External Device"
"iPod"
"Play"
All works well as it starts playing whatever playlist the iPod was in prior to connection to the unit, or if no playlist had been selected it just plays the whole contents of the iPod. - It also works fine with the commands "Shuffle" or "Repeat".
But according to the user manual I am supposed to be able to play or select a specific playlist by voice command using the following syntax as quoted from the manual:
'...create playlists named with the structure "Ford<*>" where <*> is a number 1-10. For example "Ford7" without any spaces between "Ford" and the number.
So I made several playlist called
Ford1
Ford2
Ford3
and so on up to Ford10.
Now according to the voice commands list I should say the following phrases which like before, are repeated back to me by the system:
"External Device"
"iPod"
"Playlist"
Then the unit responds with
"Playlist Number Please"
Then according to the manual I should say the following:
But when I say either
'Ford1'
Or
'1'
Or any right up to 'Ford10' / '10'
It responds bystating that playlist number (X) not available.
I have also tried with the quotation marks ("") around the name eg "Ford1", but that has not worked either.
So I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this problem and knew a solution, or could tell me where I am going wrong.
Although my car is a UK model, I believe that this voice control system is available with Sony units in American cars as well.
Hope you can help as this is driving me nuts!
Thanks

Hi Drusus.
I also have a European Ford (Focus ST - 2009) with the same problem.
Have you found any solution to the problem, or know if its possible to contact Ford...?
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