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03-09-2007, 05:10 PM | #1 |
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iPod Random Mode problems... SOLVED!!
Yes, I can now have random mode on ALWAYS and my track skip buttons go to the next RANDOM track, not SEQUENTIAL!
Send $50 to my PayPal account and I'll send you the instructions! Just kidding It's only randomized each time you connect it to the computer, but meh, it's good enough for me. If you like listening to all of your music in shuffle mode, do the following in iTunes: 1) Make a new Smart Playlist called "Random" (or whatever you like). 2) De-select "Match." 3) Select "Limit," and with a value of 65535 items, and use "Random." 4) Set it live-updating. 5) Sync this playlist to your iPod. Now, when you choose that playlist in your car, EVERY song, EVERY time will be played in random order. Track forward/back buttons technically will take you to the next sequential track, but since they're all out of order.. I'm happy now.
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03-09-2007, 05:36 PM | #2 |
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It just ocurred to me that if you want a little more randomness.. you can always manually enable the Random mode on iDrive, too.
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03-09-2007, 06:30 PM | #3 |
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Excellent approach.
Of course, I would call my Playlist Zufällige Wiedergabe but otherwise I will follow your simple instructions.
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03-09-2007, 09:51 PM | #5 |
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Works great!
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What's your Pay Pal account number, I'll send you the $50...lol. Hey.. another question about random mode on idrive. When I use this it does not seem to keep the randomness... it reverts to sequential after 1 or 2 songs. Have you found this?
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03-10-2007, 08:01 AM | #7 |
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It's random until you press FWD or REV.
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03-10-2007, 08:20 AM | #8 |
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Very nice idea! You see Jonathan, this is what we call "Yankee inginuity"!
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I've never heard of a Southerner being referred to as a Yankee.
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Florida is not part of the south.
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Don't consider the metro areas of Florida or what you see while at Disneyworld indicative of Florida. Trust me, the banjos are playing all day and all night there!
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I haven't actually tried yet, but to re-randomize I'd presume you'd delete the playlist and re-create it. Quote:
To answer your question, I'm not really sure if the order changes if you add/remove tracks from iTunes. I would presume it does.
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Thats great, thanks.
Just one question. Since I created the new random playlist I cannot see the other playlists on the i drive but they are still on the ipod. Any ideas? |
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03-12-2007, 05:01 PM | #16 |
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One thing about jingai00's excellent solution. You have to play a track (briefly) in the list and then select random.
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Thx for the tip jingai. I'm going to try it this weekend.
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I have exactly the same problem. My iDrive only shows the first playlist in the list.. I have no idea why, unfortunately.
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03-13-2007, 09:13 AM | #20 |
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Mine di show all playlists until I loaded this smar playlist. Perhaps that is the reason. I am going the delete the smart playlist and see if they all return...
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03-13-2007, 11:50 AM | #21 |
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Just for the record, my non-IDrive Logic7 displays the Smart Playlist along with normal playlists. It shows up in alphabetical order with all the playlists.
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Which is a shame, since I'm not making playlists for 10,000 songs by hand lol
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