Shuffle Playlist Problems

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).

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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."

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!

WOOOOHOOOO Thanks Itunes 7.3 Shuffle Playlists finally work right....:-)

Thanks Apple for fixing the playlist problems with the Ipod Shuffle 2G... It finally stays in the order you want them sorted... I am a happy camper now...

My shuffle+iTunes(7.1 & 7.2) faithfully updated
playcounts every time I plugged my shuffle into the
dock when when itunes was running. No more...
Mine stopped while still on iTunes 7.2 - the upgrade to 7.3 didn't fix it, but it didn't cause it either.
I've also restored iPod Shuffle v1.0.2 to the iPod, no luck.
2x800 G4 Quicksilver Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Shuffle playlist will skip every song in the playlist.

If shuffle is checked before attempting to play a song, the whole playlist will be skipped, song by song, although the list does re-arrange itself as a shuffle playlist. If I play a song and then check shuffle, the song will continue to play thorough, but all subsequent songs will be skipped. It will play the last possible song when that point is reached. I have not found a single comment about this particular problem online, and I have been searching for days. I am using a Mac mini as a music server and running OS 10.6.8. The version of iTunes on that computer is 10.5.2. I have no plans to update iTunes on this computer. I have repaired permissions and run DiskWarrior. No songs have "skip shuffle" checked.
I also have a new iMac running Mavericks with iTunes 12.0.1, and playlists have no problem shuffling on that machine, nor do they have problems on my iPhone, iPad or iPod.

Ginger,
Make sure that all the songs have a checkmark. iTunes will not automatically advance to an unchecked song.
If you do not see the checkboxes, go to Preferences > General and enable Show List Checkboxes.

80GB Video iPod - Shuffling playlist?

I have 2 iPods,
8GB nano shuffles tracks inside a playlist by default.
I'm still having trouble figuring out how to shuffle "playlist" on 80GB video iPod.
Please help.
<edited by host>

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]
Thank you.

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!

Hi. Can anyone tell me if this is now normal behavior, or is this something no-one else has seen?

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...?
Cheers.
\Christian.

How can I see my shuffled playlist? It used to arrange in shuffled order in the window. now it just jumps ramdomly to songs. I want to be able to see ahead and behind easily, like before.

How can I see my shuffled playlist? It used to arrange in shuffled order in the window. now it just jumps ramdomly to songs. I want to be able to see ahead and behind easily, like before.

David Hurwitz wrote:
How can I see my shuffled playlist? It used to arrange in shuffled order in the window. now it just jumps ramdomly to songs. I want to be able to see ahead and behind easily, like before.
It does not look like this is possible with iTunes 11 (or 11.0.1).

HeIp Ipod Shuffle "Playlist" no longer appear in itunes when disconnected.

I got a new laptop and was forced to load up the latest version of itunes, which for me has worked fine. I connected my first gen. shuffle and married it to my new computer. But on my old computer/version of itunes i was able to keep the "shuffle's playlist" on itunes at all times so it was easy to tweak my songs and then whenever i charged my ipod all the songs would update. now it seems i cannot keep the playlist contents of my shuffle on itunes and have to update the shuffle manually while its connected which takes much more time. Where is the setting to change this so i can see the shuffle playlist all the time?
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It appears from many other posts that the " Keep This iPod in the Source List" function isn't included in iTunes 7 unfortunately. You can leave your feedback on it's absence at this link: Apple Product Feedback
You can check out a workaround at this link which may help out for now: Create ready-to-sync playlists for Shuffles in iTunes 7

Smart Playlist Problems (Since Ver 5)

I have come across a problem, which I believe started when I installed Version 5.
I have many SMART playlists set up that are really for my iPod usage. They are set to pick certain tracks that have not been heard in xxx amount of days, and usually set to a certain number of songs, or a particular amount of time.
The ones I use most often:
SLEEP MUSIC - a playlist of random songs not played in the last 5 days limited to 90 minutes. I listen to this when I go to bed.
WORK MUSIC - a playlist of 100 random songs not played in the last 5 days. I play this through my inMotion dock at work.
Previously, all the smart playlists worked fine. When the songs were played, the playlist would update on the iPod and the next time I would enter that playlist on the iPod, the tracks would be different.
It still works this way as long as I don't connect my iPod to my PC and sync with iTunes. If I do, it always resets the iPod playlists to the songs that appear in the iTunes library. I rarely use these playlists on the PC, so they almost always stay the same.
It seems like in previous versions, iPod would update the iTunes library and the smart playlists would also be updated in iTunes, so that the iPod versions of the playlists would continue to be random. But now, if the playlist is different on the iPod, it will not transfer over to iTunes. Instead, the iTunes playlist is copied back over to my iPod, and I keep getting the same playlists over and over.
This is a major annoyance, as I usually sync my iPod every day since I am constantly updating my library.
I've also noticed that when I synch my iPod, it is copying over songs that are already there, and it always seems to be copying songs I recently played in the iTunes library.
I know that if the tag info is changed, or I add album art to a track, it will be copied over to the iPod again, but I am not making any changes to these tracks, just playing them in iTunes. I don't know if this is related to the smart playlist problem or not.
I thought about unchecking LIVE UPDATE on those playlists that cause a problem, but that doesn't work, as now I'd ALWAYS have the same playlist.
So, my next thought is to use the "Only update selected playlists" option in the preferences to exclude those playlists that have this problem. If I do this, will new music I add still be copied over to my iPod?
Has anyone else encountered these problems?
FYI - I have not updated to the latest iPod update because of smart playlist problems people were having. I have version 1.1 on my 60GB photo. Would updating perhaps fix this problem?
My bottom-line thought on this is that iTunes updates the iPod, but the iPod no longer updates the iTunes library as it previously did. My reasons for thinking this are 1) The playlist problems I am having as stated above, and 2) I notice when I change the ratings on the iPod, they are not changed in iTunes. I am going to do a test and change the rating on a track on the iPod, then I will synch my iPod to see if the track is updated in iTunes, or the file is copied back to the iPod with the old rating.

Reagrding tracks being copied over again, I've seen another post in iPod Lounge where that person indicated the same thing. He stated that the play count was not being updated between the iPod and iTunes, but that the tracks were being copied over again. This sounds like a good explanation of this problem.
I have now noticed many of the tracks which I know I have played in the past show a "0" play count. Are the play counts kept in the iTunes library files (iTunes.xml and iTunes.itl)?
I always save the library files, so that when I reinstall iTunes I can just copy these 2 files back to their proper locations and I have my entire library intact - playlists and all. My music library is on a different drive.
Anyway, I KNOW I have played these tracks on the iPod, and yet they show unplayed on iTunes. This is probably another symptom of the re-copying tracks problem.

HOW DO I CREATE A 30GB SHUFFLE PLAYLIST FROM ITUNES LIBRARY TO FILL MY IPOD

is it possible to generate a playlist lets call it, that is like a shuffle playlist but able to fill an ipod? where would i find the command like, " fill ipod randomly from itunes library"? wouldn't it be great !! just hook up the pod and have it filled with random songs from your library. every day you could have a new playlist, but a really big and different one.
g4 power mac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Just create a new Smart playlist.
Limit it to 27.5GB at Random.
Also, set it to My rating is not One Star.
Rate songs you do not want on the iPod to One star.
Connect the iPod & select it as the Source.
Go to the Music tab and set to Sync only this playlist.
To change the music, select this playlist in iTunes.
Select all songs and press Delete. It will fill up again at random.

Where can i find the shuffle playlist?

Hi, currently i am using iTunes 9.0.2, before i update to this version, when i play shuffle, i can see a playlist mix with all shuffle songs (which i know whats next shuffle song, and if i dont like it i can simply click shuffle and it will update a new list of shuffle songs), may i know if they cancel the shuffle playlist view in version 9? Thanks.

The old "Party Shuffle" has been replaced with the "iTunes DJ".
Here's more about that: http://www.macworld.com/article/139720/2009/03/itunesdj.html

Creative MediaSource Playlist problems!!

(Creative MediaSource Playlist problems!!i Hello!? I am having a huge problem trying to add music to my playlist that I created using MediaSource (I have a 30GB Zen Vision M)
I'll create the playlist, but it is only saving the last track(s) I added to it.... for example:
I add "Human Touch", "Walk of Life" and "Sultans of Swing" at the same time
Those three songs show up on the playlist
Then I'll add "What's love got to do with it" by itself
Playlist now only contains "What's love got to do with it"
I should note that I recently had to perform a system recovery (since my computer crashed but I didn't lose any data). I have the latest firmware for my Zen Vision M and the latest version of the Creative Media Source Version 3.30.35)? Any questions please ask!
Thanks!

, I would suggest using the Zen Media Explorer for your device to make & edit playlists. It is on the install disc. MediaSource is not that good. Of all the Creative software the Zen Media Explorer for each player is one I do use often for this reason.

Auto Create Shuffled Playlist?

I've just bought an iPod Shuffle (3G) and love it, and I like how when I tell it to sync my entire music library (60GB) it automatically picks 4GB of music at random and adds it to a shuffled playlist which it then syncs. Unfortunately, I deleted the 'auto shuffled' playlist when adding some other playlists I'd created. Now I want to fill up the remaining space with songs picked at random - is there any way to have iTunes re-create one of these auto shuffled playlists? Or do I just have to grab a selection from my library and drag it across?

iTunes has taken to building playlists (and starting to play them) from any .m3u files it finds while importing media folders. It isn't clear yet whether this behavior is supposed to be a new "feature" or has been accidentally introduced, but importing folders that contain .m3u files may not give the results you are used to.
iTunes Folder Watch would work well if your current workflow is to have iTunes scan the media folder for new files, since it only adds the file types you want it to. However if you are specifically adding individual folders then, at least for now, you probably need to remove or edit the extention of .m3u files before importing.
On the other hand, if you don't need the playlist files then throw them away. Use the search tool in Windows Explorer to find files of the form *.m3u in your media folders, select them all with Ctrl-A and then delete.
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