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Title: Itunes / ipod question
Post by: RayB on December 11, 2009, 06:02:02 pm: Let's say I just throw a bunch of files onto my ipod and hit shuffle, but I DON'T want it to play a few tracks in particular, how do I do that without throwing everything else into a playlist?
Title: Re: Itunes / ipod question
Post by: Bobulus on December 11, 2009, 08:52:34 pm: Right click the song and select 'Get Info'.

Go to the Options tab.

Check the 'Skip when shuffling' box.
Title: Re: Itunes / ipod question
Post by: wp34 on December 14, 2009, 11:44:51 am: Quote from: Bobulus on December 11, 2009, 08:52:34 pm
Right click the song and select 'Get Info'.

Go to the Options tab.

Check the 'Skip when shuffling' box.
Awesome! :cheers:

I never noticed that option. I quit using "shuffle" once I started ripping audio books.
Title: Re: Itunes / ipod question
Post by: Ginsu Victim on December 14, 2009, 11:54:00 am: Oh, cool.....didn't know that. Thanks!
Title: Re: Itunes / ipod question
Post by: Bobulus on December 14, 2009, 06:37:48 pm: Quote from: wp34 on December 14, 2009, 11:44:51 am
I never noticed that option. I quit using "shuffle" once I started ripping audio books.

Yeah, 'Skip when shuffling' and 'Remember playback position' are the two options that make audiobooks on an ipod smooth sailing. Especially if you use a program to stitch all the small mp3s from a ripped audiobook into a single itunes audiobook file with chapter marks in it.
Title: Re: Itunes / ipod question
Post by: RayB on December 15, 2009, 02:54:45 pm: Thanks! Great to know this. I wish Podcasts had this option on by default.
Title: Re: Itunes / ipod question
Post by: Bobulus on December 15, 2009, 06:45:55 pm: Quote from: RayB on December 15, 2009, 02:54:45 pm
Thanks! Great to know this. I wish Podcasts had this option on by default.

They do for me?

If I do a 'Get Info' on a podcast (as in, one that iTunes is downloading because I subscribed to a feed), both 'Remember position' and 'Skip when shuffling' are checked and the boxes are greyed out so I can't uncheck them.

Not sure why they wouldn't be for you. Are you running a really old copy of iTunes or anything?
Title: Re: Itunes / ipod question
Post by: RayB on December 18, 2009, 09:45:58 pm: Turns out it's old MP3s of a radio show I uploaded to the device, rather than put on their via the official "Podcast" channel.