Shuffling within a playlist

Can you shuffle a single playlist within a group of playlists on the nano? For example, I have three unique playlists and I would like to have one shuffled while I listen to it without having the other two playlists shuffled in.

Todd,
If you go to SETTINGS > SHUFFLE and set it to SONGS, any playlist, album, whatever you play afterwards will play as shuffled. Is that what you're asking?

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Shuffle within a Playlist?

So when you set the control to shuffle, will it shuffle within the playlist selected, or just shuffle everything on the unit like the old shuffles do? As soon as someone gets one, or if an Apple moderator is monitoring this, let us know.
Thanks

Just watched part of the +Guided Tour+ again, because I'm now curious about the answer myself now.
At the part that explains how playlist selection works, the first playlist read by VoiceOver is the current playlist. The second playlist read by VoiceOver is "all music," which I assume means everything on the shuffle and not a playlist called +all music+. Then it reads off all the other playlists.
So the answer seems to be YES, to you original question. You can shuffle within any one playlist or shuffle with all of the music on the shuffle.

Can the Nano shuffle within one playlist only?

I have 4 playlists set-up on my Nano. One for the Gym. One for easy listening. One for Jazz and one for Christmas. I would like to be able to choose one of those playlists and have the Nano shuffle within that playlist only.
When I'm in the gym I don't Christmas music or easy listen to pop up. Unfortunately, when I select shuffle it shuffles all the songs on my Nano.
Is there a way to shuffle within only the playlist I've selected? Thanks.

That does not work for me.
You need to select the playlist and press Play.
Do not select Shuffle songs from the main menu.

Shake to shuffle within a playlist?

Hey i am wondering if anybody knows if it it possible to use the shake feature to shuffle to a different song in the current play list I am playing instead of the entire library of music on my Ipod?
Thanks for the help!

Well, I'm pretty sure you can't Shake to shuffle within a playlist, but you can go to settings, then click shuffle (until it says: Shuffle Songs) then you play the first song in your playlist and it shuffles the rest of your songs. Sorry if thats not what your looking for. Hope it helps if it is though.

Can you shuffle within a playlist?

Hi
I have an ipod nano (8gig) and itunes 7.x
I want to be able to shuffle songs within a playlist on my ipod. Is this possible please? If so, how?
Do I need to upgrade to itunes 8?

No response here. After some googling I've found it is possible although the apple menus are very unintuitive

How do i get a nano 6G to shuffle within a playlist for a nike+ run?

hi,
does anyone know what i need to do to get my nano 6G to shuffle songs within a playlist during a nike+ run?
the shuffle seems to work if i just play the playlist (if i tap on the shuffle at the top of the list). so what is the trick to doing that within a nike+ workout?
never had this problem with my 2nd gen or 4th gen nanos
from searching this forum, it seems to be a known problem, but i cant find any solutions.
help!
thanks in advance
OzinFrance

I too would like to know the answer to this!
I have a lot of music on my nano, and only want to play a certain selection when working out, and I would like this music to shuffle while using nike+, not play in alphabetical order.
Would be great to get a solution for this! Thanks!
-- embugge

Can I shuffle within a playlist?

I have many gigs of different kinds of music on my iPod touch. What are the limitations of shuffle?
I know iPod doesn't recognize folder 'categories' of music, like classical, jazz, etc. But am I able to shuffle (by shaking, I guess) within a given playlist? Or, will it automatically shuffle the whole library of music?
TIA,
Karen

I could not find any information in the Users Guide or in Apple-support site. Why try and find out.

ITunes 11.0 doesn't shuffle within playlists.

Ive just updated Itunes to 11.0 and I can no longer shuffle within a Playlist. ANy thoughts?
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Having the same problem they to check things better before putting it out Where is Jobs

Shuffling within playlist

Can someone please tell me if it is even possible to shuffle within a playlist or does is do it by itself someone please help

Go to settings/shuffle and set it to "songs".
Select any playlist and press play.
The songs within that playlist will be shuffled.

Nano - Shuffle within Playlist?

I've had my Nano for a couple of days now and absolutely love it, anyway I do have one question I'm sure someone will be able to answer...
Is it possible to shuffle songs within a certain playlist?
I know you can shuffle by song or album which is fine but ideally I'd want to have say a playlist dedicated to easy listening/for music for the gym or whatever and be able to randomise the songs within that playlist only.
It doesn't look possible at the moment but I'd thought I'd post just incase anyone knows otherwise!
Cheers

Hi Mitzi,
To shuffle within a playlist, try the following:
- In 'Settings', select 'Shuffle' and you'll see that you can set it to 'Off', 'Songs' and 'Albums'
- Change Shuffle to 'Songs'
- Go to any playlist and select a song
- When the song is playing, you will see the shuffle icon above the song name
- The nano will stay in that playlist and shuffle the songs
Have fun! (I sure am!)
Regards,
David

How do you shuffle within a selected playlist?

That's all I need to know. We're trying to manage 2 iPods from one Itunes account on one laptop and my wife hates most of my music. This makes her shuffle of all songs not very good.

wpp764s wrote:
That section only discusses how to shuffle within entire playlist and by albums, which I already know. *I'm trying to figure out how to shuffle within a selected playlist. It isn't discussed within the manual.*
Have you tried doing the following in your *selected playlist?*
*Setting iPod nano to Shuffle Songs*
You can set iPod nano to play songs, albums, or your entire library in random order.
+To set iPod nano to shuffle and play all your songs:+
Choose Shuffle Songs from the iPod nano main menu.
iPod nano begins playing songs from your entire music library in random order,
skipping audiobooks and podcasts.
+To set iPod nano to always shuffle songs or albums:+
1 Choose Settings from the iPod nano main menu.
2 Set Shuffle to either Songs or Albums.
When you set iPod nano to shuffle songs, iPod nano shuffles songs within whatever list
(for example, album or playlist) you choose to play.
When you set iPod nano to shuffle albums, it plays all the songs on an album in order,
and then randomly selects another album and plays through it in order.
You can also set iPod nano to shuffle songs directly from the Now Playing screen.
+To set iPod nano to shuffle songs from the Now Playing screen:+
1 From the Now Playing screen, press the Center button until the shuffle slider appears.
2 Use the Click Wheel to set iPod nano to shuffle songs or albums.
You can skip ahead to a random song by shaking iPod nano.
+To shuffle songs while a song is playing or paused:+
Shake iPod nano from side to side. A new song starts to play.

Zen Xtra 30 Gig - No longer possible to shuffle within playlists after latest firmware upd

Not sure if anyone else has had this problem. After surviving the Windows Media Player /firmware update nightmare, my Zen Xtra 30 gig now will not shuffle within a playlist. Instead, when I select a playlist in shuffle mode, it shuffles through ALL the playlists. Any idea how to fix this?Thanks!

Same here! Are they going to fix this, or is there a workaround? I was thinking about killing it and going back to the older software...

How do I shuffle within a play list

If I have multiple playlists, how do I select a single playlist so that the songs shuffle within that playlist. It seems when I select a playlist, the same sequence of songs get played.

On the iPod, go to SETTINGS > SHUFFLE and set it to SONGS.
Then, go back, hightlight the name of the playlist and press PLAY.
It will play just that playlist and it will be shuffled.
Cheers!
-Bryan

How can i set songs within a playlist, or an entire playlist, so that they are not included when using the shuffle function on IPOD Classic? Is this possible?

How can i set songs within a playlist, or an entire playlist, so that they are not included when using the shuffle function on IPOD Classic?
Is this possible?

You can set any song to Skip when shuffling.
In your iTunes Library, highlight the song and right-click/Get Info. On the Options tab is the Skip when shuffling box. Select that and then Sync the iPod with your Library.

Shuffle seems unable to shuffle songs within a playlist

suddenly now, I no longer have the option to shuffle songs within a playlist. I can shuffle all songs in the music library or shuffle albums within a playlist. I want to shuffle songs within a playlist.
Any suggestions?

Settings -> Shuffle - Songs.
Music -> Playlists, scroll to a playlist and press Play (not Select).

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