iTunes Help

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 12-19-2008, 03:05 PM

Once upon a time I put together a playlist. I burned the playlist. The playlist burned in the order I chose the songs to play in.

The last two times I've burned a playlist I've created, the songs are reorganized by Artist name. Thus, screwing up my carefully crafted playlist.

Does anyone know if there is a way to preserve the order of ones selected songs, or am I but a leaf in iTunes wind?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Ghoulish Delight · 12-19-2008, 03:12 PM

Hmm. The only solution I can think of is not a good one. Go into the "Get info" for each track, and in the "sorting" tab, add sequential numbers to one of the unused fields. Then you can sort by that field. The problem of course is that only works if each track in the playlist will not be used in a different playlist some time in the future.

mousepod · 12-19-2008, 03:15 PM

Did you right-click (control-click) on the name of the playlist and select "copy to play order" first?

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 12-19-2008, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Did you right-click (control-click) on the name of the playlist and select "copy to play order" first?

No. No, I did not. I didn't have to do that before so didn't even think to check. I will give that a go. Thank you!

Snowflake · 02-18-2009, 03:25 PM

Okay, I cannot seem to get iTunes to recognize my old library of music. Soooo, I started importing some CDs and the import was i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-y s--l--o--w on a couple of discs.

Anyone have this problem? I am using the latest version of iTunes
(8.something) and yeah, I'm a PC and not a MAC.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-18-2009, 03:27 PM

What do you mean it wouldn't recognize your old library? Did it just not like the xml library file, or did it have a problem if you just pointed it at the old music?

Snowflake · 02-18-2009, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

What do you mean it wouldn't recognize your old library? Did it just not like the xml library file, or did it have a problem if you just pointed it at the old music?

I pointed iTunes to the old library on the drive and it's not recognizing it as an iTunes library.

innerSpaceman · 02-18-2009, 03:29 PM

My beef with iTunes playlists is that the songs overlap by a few seconds at the end of one/start of the next when I play them. There's a setting to prevent this, or select it. I change it. Works for two or three songs, then changes back of its own volition to overlap.

I don't bother playing any play lists I create with iTunes ... but must still create them so I can download them to devices that don't exhibit such misbehavior.

bewitched · 02-18-2009, 05:32 PM

IMO, each version of iTunes has become clunkier and more difficult to use. They don't want you to import your music. They want you to rebuy it through them.

My beef with them has always been a simple one: they can remember your purchase history for all sorts of things like unhelpful "recommendations", they are able to "helpfully" remember your purchase preferences (VISA, MC), they can store your library...but if your computer crashes or you buy a new one, they suddenly are unable to provide you with backup? pfft.

Furthermore, you can put your iPod on what, 5 computers? But if something happens to one of your 5 computers, you have no way to unauthorize that computer which means you cannot sync your iPod with a new computer.

Kevy Baby · 02-18-2009, 06:10 PM

Okay, I see the problem here:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowflake

...and yeah, I'm a PC and not a MAC.

(hee hee: couldn't resist)

12-19-2008, 03:05 PM	#1
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	iTunes Help Once upon a time I put together a playlist. I burned the playlist. The playlist burned in the order I chose the songs to play in. The last two times I've burned a playlist I've created, the songs are reorganized by Artist name. Thus, screwing up my carefully crafted playlist. Does anyone know if there is a way to preserve the order of ones selected songs, or am I but a leaf in iTunes wind? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
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12-19-2008, 03:12 PM	#2
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Hmm. The only solution I can think of is not a good one. Go into the "Get info" for each track, and in the "sorting" tab, add sequential numbers to one of the unused fields. Then you can sort by that field. The problem of course is that only works if each track in the playlist will not be used in a different playlist some time in the future. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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12-19-2008, 03:15 PM	#3
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Did you right-click (control-click) on the name of the playlist and select "copy to play order" first? __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Another iTunes question Okay, I cannot seem to get iTunes to recognize my old library of music. Soooo, I started importing some CDs and the import was i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-y s--l--o--w on a couple of discs. Anyone have this problem? I am using the latest version of iTunes (8.something) and yeah, I'm a PC and not a MAC. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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02-18-2009, 03:27 PM	#6
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	What do you mean it wouldn't recognize your old library? Did it just not like the xml library file, or did it have a problem if you just pointed it at the old music? __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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02-18-2009, 03:29 PM	#8
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	My beef with iTunes playlists is that the songs overlap by a few seconds at the end of one/start of the next when I play them. There's a setting to prevent this, or select it. I change it. Works for two or three songs, then changes back of its own volition to overlap. I don't bother playing any play lists I create with iTunes ... but must still create them so I can download them to devices that don't exhibit such misbehavior.
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02-18-2009, 05:32 PM	#9
bewitched 101% Yummy! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I know Kung Fu. Posts: 1,413	IMO, each version of iTunes has become clunkier and more difficult to use. They don't want you to import your music. They want you to rebuy it through them. My beef with them has always been a simple one: they can remember your purchase history for all sorts of things like unhelpful "recommendations", they are able to "helpfully" remember your purchase preferences (VISA, MC), they can store your library...but if your computer crashes or you buy a new one, they suddenly are unable to provide you with backup? pfft. Furthermore, you can put your iPod on what, 5 computers? But if something happens to one of your 5 computers, you have no way to unauthorize that computer which means you cannot sync your iPod with a new computer. __________________ ~Whitney Wondering about the future of Ellington Woodard's punk@ss sh!t.
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