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.

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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

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

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...

Shuffle within playlist?

Is it possible to shuffle songs just within a playlist? I have lots of other songs on Ipod, but wanted to just shuffle through one of my playlists.
Any help appreciated!
Thanks

Is it possible to shuffle songs just within a
playlist?
Yes.
I have lots of other songs on Ipod, but
wanted to just shuffle through one of my playlists.
Any help appreciated!
Thanks
Change your settings to shuffle by song then start playing
Regards,
Colin R.

Shuffling Songs Within Playlists

I have a 5th Gen. iPod (30gb)0. I need to know how to shuffle within playlists. I appreciate any help.
Thanks

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Go to settings-->shuffle and set it to songs.
Then go to music-->playlists. When the playlist you
want to shuffle is highlighted, hit play.
Merry Christmas
btabz
btabz: Thank you thank you thank you. I searched through most of the Apple tutorials for clarification on this issue; they sometimes are quite poorly written. You saved me a lot of headache.

My IPod no longer shuffles songs within playlists that are clearly set to shuffle. It is about 3/4 full so I thought of maybe compressing the files to get more space. Do you think that is the problem and if that might help?

My IPod no longer shuffles songs within playlists that are clearly set to shuffle. It is about 3/4 full so I thought of maybe compressing the files to get more space. Do you think that is the problem and if that might help?

Storage space on the iPod would not affect shuffled playlists or playlist shuffling, though substantially full iPods may wind up skipping songs on larger playlists after a while, and require a restart. As for compressing the files themselves, you can automatically re-encode files to a lower bitrate by checking the box on the summary page when your iPod is connected to your PC/Mac.
As for the shuffle problem, after restarting your iPod (hold the center button and Menu for a few seconds, until the Apple logo appears), make sure you're telling the iPod to shuffle the songs in a playlist by repeatedly clicking the center button until the Suffle Menu comes up, then scroll to the right to turn it on. From that song forward, the playlists' contents should be shuffled every time the playlist ends, or is accessed from a new song.
Shuffle does sometimes turn itself off, I've found, so double-check the setting is still on. Also, iPods shuffle by randomly assigning a playlist order for your songs, which is different from traditional shuffle (on, say, iTunes or Windows Media Player, where the new song is determined at random upon the current track ending. The iPod only chooses a random order of songs when you shuffle, to conserve battery life and queue up songs coming up on the playlist in the event of a shock).

Problem with shuffling tracks within playlists

I'm having trouble shuffling songs within playlists. I have an iPhone 5s with iOS 8.1.2.
If I open a playlist and press 'Shuffle' (or the Shuffle icon) above the first song, nothing happens--the playlist will not play, and I'm unable to play any of the individual songs within the playlist (the songs in the list will gray-out briefly when clicking on them).
If I start a playlist and try shuffling from the 'Now Playing' screen, only the current song will play. For example, I hit 'Shuffle'--"Shuffle All' is highlighted but '1 of 41' becomes '1 of 1.' If I then hit 'Shuffle All," '1 of 1' becomes '0 of 0.'
Thus far, the only way I can shuffle a playlist is to ask Siri to do it (and she doesn't always understand the playlist names).
Am I doing something wrong, or is there a bug here?
Thanks.

It seems to occur more frequently lately. You can still add songs by right-click < Add to Playlist, although this is not as convenient as drag-n-drop. Hopefully it will get fixed soon.

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 doesn't work within Playlists

I have just bought the new 8gb Nano, and i love it. But one thing is driving me mad. When i am playing songs within a playlist and then shake to shuffle, it goes back to my entire library of songs.
My questions are therefore:
Why doesn't it shuffle the playlist, when i shake?
Is this a bug?
Do Apple intend to do anything about this?

Use this link. They can't reply back to you but it says on the website that they read every comment:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodnano.html

Do IPOD'S (80GB) Shuffle feature work within playlists only?

OK forum, next question.
I'm thinking of buying a top spec IPOD ( my resistance has waned). The thing stopping me is:
If I create play lists for my different genres of music (80's, hip hop, jazz, rock etc) can I enable the shuffle feature just to shuffle those songs within the play list?
Or will it shuffle ALL the songs on the IPOD?
I am thinking of transferring my extensive CD collection to an IPOD and I want to be able to take it to parties etc and just shuffle one kind of music.
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Yes, you can shuffle specific playlists, or the entire library - whichever you please.
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-Bryan

How to avoid the same order in shuffle within a given playlist.

I know how to get the entire library to shuffle on the Nano. I [think I] have the Nano set to shuffle within a given playlist, but the order of the shuffling is always the same. I have tried turning off/on "shuffle songs" but the Nano maintains the same order within a given playlist.
Any suggestions?
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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.

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.

Shuffling within playlist

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