Does Your Ipod.....

[She Is Raging]

Seem to "prefer" certain albums? Artist? etc...

It just seems like when I put mine on shuffle - it goes back and forth between like five albums/artists, and ignores the other 500 on there. Drives me crazy!!!

 

[I'm Ready]

I know exactly what your talking about

Shuffle seems to cycle through the same songs over and over again

 

[Schmeg]

Yes!

Mine goes through "moods," too...its most frequent moods are U2 and REM, which I don't really mind, but it ignores some of the other artists I have on there whose songs I'm not as familiar with.

 

[redkat]

yes and my itunes seems to do the same thing.


i have a lot of versions of Bad but i don't normally want to hear them all in a row

 

[the rockin edge]

in itunes there's a setting: "Smart Shuffle" that lets you pick how likely you are to hear consecutive songs by the same artist

dunno how it works, i don't use shuffle much

 

[She Is Raging]

in itunes there's a setting: "Smart Shuffle" that lets you pick how likely you are to hear consecutive songs by the same artist

dunno how it works, i don't use shuffle much

I cant find it

 

[redkat]

ok mr.smartypants

i can't find it.. maybe i have to update my itunes but i'm afraid. nothing good comes of my messing with itunes

 

[the rockin edge]

in my itunes (which may be different cause i have a mac) it is under: Preferences; Playback

ok mr.smartypants

 

[MrBrau1]

in my itunes (which may be different cause i have a mac) it is under: Preferences; Playback

Smart, smart man.

Everything is better on a Mac.

 

[got_edge]

I cant find it

Smart shuffling
Whether you're in need of a steady flow of music for a party or you just want to hear random songs from your library, the obvious solution is to set iTunes to shuffle. Smart Shuffle, added to iTunes in a recent version, adds some control to this feature by allowing you to designate how likely you are to hear multiple songs in a row by the same artist or from the same album. To set up Smart Shuffle, simply go to iTunes > Preferences, then hit the Playback tab. Below the cross-fade controls, you'll find a Smart Shuffle slider that lets you adjust this feature's settings. You can further control this feature by setting it to randomize songs, albums, or groupings by clicking the appropriate radio button.

 

[the rockin edge]

Smart, smart man.

Everything is better on a Mac.

yep

 

[redkat]

k i found it but i am again listening to Bad

i'm not complaining it's a good song but I heard another version just 4 songs ago.

I have 9783 songs on my itunes it can't be shuffling much

oops nevermind it's no longer on shuffle

 

[the rockin edge]

it's no longer on shuffle

maybe that's your problem

 

[Carek1230]

I haven't noticed this while using the Shuffle option on my iPod but I am going to keep an open ear just in case.

 

[She Is Raging]

I just found smart shuffle, thanks for the info

 

[U2@NYC]

Why do they need a 'smart shuffle' if shuffle is supposed to be random?

 

[She Is Raging]

good point!

 

[the rockin edge]

Why do they need a 'smart shuffle' if shuffle is supposed to be random?

well i'm guessing the people with complaints about it playing the same artist mean an artist that are a large % of their itunes library?

so if that's true and it is truly random then every song would have an equal chance of being played and if you have twice as much U2 (for example) then any other artist then it would have twice the chance of being played.

where as smart shuffle is not completely random, making it play more artists.

 

[Canadiens1131]

Smart Shuffle's functionality doesn't seem to carry over to the iPod's shuffle function.

 

[IWasBored]

sometimes my ipod talks to me.

 

[Total U2 Nut]

^ Nice.

Whenever my iPods on shuffle it always seems to play my Elvis stuff more than anything else, it really pisses me off. My batteries crapped up too, I'll charge it all night then listen to it for three hours and the battery'll be dead again. In a nutshell, iPods piss me off.

 

[GibsonGirl]

sometimes my ipod talks to me.

Mine does the Macarena if you ask it nicely.

 

[Total U2 Nut]

Mine does the Macarena if you ask it nicely.

Oh dear.

 

[IWasBored]

my ipod has a sense of humor, too.

 

[GibsonGirl]

My iPod was just playing along.

 

[IWasBored]

My iPod was just playing along.

your ipod wasn't the ipod i was worried about.

 

[Lila64]

sometimes my ipod talks to me.

does it see dead people too?