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Why does iTunes do this with my unchecked songs>

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EGGO

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Reached the threshold of my iPod, all 60 gigs of it. So I uncheck songs I wouldn't listen to on the thing but I'd still love to hear on my home setup.

The problem is that when iTunes is done playing a checked song, it skips the unchecked songs automatically and goes right to the next checked music. Is there a way to keep it from doing this?
 
Put the songs that you want on your iPod in a playlist, sync the playlist. Check all the boxes so you can have the best of both worlds.
 
Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Put the songs that you want on your iPod in a playlist, sync the playlist. Check all the boxes so you can have the best of both worlds.
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QFT, when I first manually synced my iPod I spent days sorting my songs and finding the ones I wanted on it. I had to format my iPod down the road and since I didn't make a playlist in iTunes for my iPod I was basically SOL and had to start over. Playlists for iPod's make things SO much easier and will allow you to not have to just thru hoops when you listen to your music locally.
 
The playlist is a good idea, but it also limits you to one playlist on your iPod when you sync. (boo, playlists ftw). I would try syncing your iPod with a different computer (you can play DRM stuff from iTunes on up to 3 computers I believe) or syncing iTunes in a different user account on your computer (transfer via iPod/flash drive), so you can have your iPod music in one user account and the whole library in another. This would let you keep your playlists if they're important to you. It would be a pain in the ass to switch back and forth, but how often do you sync your iPod anyway?
 
Originally posted by: Pieceofmind
The playlist is a good idea, but it also limits you to one playlist on your iPod when you sync. (boo, playlists ftw). I would try syncing your iPod with a different computer (you can play DRM stuff from iTunes on up to 3 computers I believe) or syncing iTunes in a different user account on your computer (transfer via iPod/flash drive), so you can have your iPod music in one user account and the whole library in another. This would let you keep your playlists if they're important to you. It would be a pain in the ass to switch back and forth, but how often do you sync your iPod anyway?
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I ran this test about 3 years ago... Lets say you have 100 songs, and 20 playlists. Each playlist has 30 songs, so there is quite a bit of overlap. iTunes is intelligent enough to know that just because Song 27 is in 15 playlists doesn't mean that it has to be synced 15 times. So, the OP creates one master playlist, heck, it could even be a smart playlist that auto grabs 55 random GB of songs everytime the ipod syncs. Then, the other playlists will be dependant upon that one.
 
Originally posted by: TheStu
Originally posted by: Pieceofmind
The playlist is a good idea, but it also limits you to one playlist on your iPod when you sync. (boo, playlists ftw). I would try syncing your iPod with a different computer (you can play DRM stuff from iTunes on up to 3 computers I believe) or syncing iTunes in a different user account on your computer (transfer via iPod/flash drive), so you can have your iPod music in one user account and the whole library in another. This would let you keep your playlists if they're important to you. It would be a pain in the ass to switch back and forth, but how often do you sync your iPod anyway?
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I ran this test about 3 years ago... Lets say you have 100 songs, and 20 playlists. Each playlist has 30 songs, so there is quite a bit of overlap. iTunes is intelligent enough to know that just because Song 27 is in 15 playlists doesn't mean that it has to be synced 15 times. So, the OP creates one master playlist, heck, it could even be a smart playlist that auto grabs 55 random GB of songs everytime the ipod syncs. Then, the other playlists will be dependant upon that one.
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that's exactly what I do. one playlist to drag stuff over when I want it.. and a few others that are very specific on what I want to listen to. No duplicates, no worries. The only issue I see is worrying about space if you get to too many playlists that include a lot more than the "master playlist." But you can get around that by building playlists from the master playlist instead of your library.
 
I can't keep everything to one playlist. In fact, I have 44 and I use them, trust me it's not excessive. It's not about what's synced and not synced on the iPod, it's about how iTunes skips what's not syncing to it when I play it on the computer. Unless that's what it really is all about.
 
Originally posted by: EGGO
I can't keep everything to one playlist. In fact, I have 44 and I use them, trust me it's not excessive. It's not about what's synced and not synced on the iPod, it's about how iTunes skips what's not syncing to it when I play it on the computer. Unless that's what it really is all about.
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In the iPod management section, you tell it what playlists to sync. And then you don't have to worry about the checkboxes.
 
Originally posted by: EGGO
I can't keep everything to one playlist. In fact, I have 44 and I use them, trust me it's not excessive. It's not about what's synced and not synced on the iPod, it's about how iTunes skips what's not syncing to it when I play it on the computer. Unless that's what it really is all about.
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yeah, we weren't telling you not to use playlists, more of using playlists to manage your syncing as opposed to check boxes which will muck up normal playback. but glad to see it worked out.
 
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