Re: Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 18/10/2005, at 3:21 PM, Adam Yap wrote:


Hey all,

I've been puzzling this for a while, trying to look for a solution  
and I thought I'd ask the group. I have a pretty large music  
collection, too large to fit onto my 4gb iPod.


What I like to do is create smart playlists which put random tracks  
onto the iPod. However, I find that this puts random tracks, not  
full albums, which is my preferred way of listening. Does anyone  
know of a way to put random albums in a playlist as opposed to tracks?


I'm thinking AppleScript but can't find anything.

Cheers,

Adam



Read the iTunes Help about the Shuffle feature. In recent versions of  
the iPod software, Shuffle does different things whether you have  
selected artists, albums, songs or playlists.


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Re: Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)

[Greg Sharp]

I think the easiest way is to use a Sound Editing Application to join the
separate MP3 tracks into one track. You may even be able to do this in
Quicktime (if you have Pro version). Depending on the App you use you may be
able to do it natively to the MP3's however many Apps may require you to
convert your MP3's to AIFF's before joining tracks and then reimport into
iTunes.

I do it in reverse where I rip an old Album (Vinyl) as a single AIFF to my
hard disk. Occasionally I import this single AIFF into iTunes & it appears
as a single MP3 track around 40 minutes in length. Normally though I split
the AIFF into individual tracks and then import as individual MP3 tracks.
The reverse of this as mentioned in the first paragraph should work for what
you want to do however.


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On 18/10/05 7:19 PM, "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 18/10/2005, at 3:21 PM, Adam Yap wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I've been puzzling this for a while, trying to look for a solution and
> I thought I'd ask the group. I have a pretty large music collection,
> too large to fit onto my 4gb iPod.
> 
> What I like to do is create smart playlists which put random tracks
> onto the iPod. However, I find that this puts random tracks, not full
> albums, which is my preferred way of listening. Does anyone know of a
> way to put random albums in a playlist as opposed to tracks?

Re: Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)

[Shay Telfer]

Hey all,

I've been puzzling this for a while, trying to look for a solution 
and I thought I'd ask the group. I have a pretty large music 
collection, too large to fit onto my 4gb iPod.


What I like to do is create smart playlists which put random tracks 
onto the iPod. However, I find that this puts random tracks, not 
full albums, which is my preferred way of listening. Does anyone 
know of a way to put random albums in a playlist as opposed to 
tracks?


I'm thinking AppleScript but can't find anything.

Cheers,

Adam


With the latest version of iTunes you can set "Smart Shuffle' to 
Songs, Albums or Groupings, I'm not sure if this'll do what you want.


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)

[Andrew]

On 18/10/2005, at 3:21 PM, Adam Yap wrote:

Hey all,

I've been puzzling this for a while, trying to look for a solution and 
I thought I'd ask the group. I have a pretty large music collection, 
too large to fit onto my 4gb iPod.


What I like to do is create smart playlists which put random tracks 
onto the iPod. However, I find that this puts random tracks, not full 
albums, which is my preferred way of listening. Does anyone know of a 
way to put random albums in a playlist as opposed to tracks?




Hi Adam
Why not drag and drop whole albums into playlists. Do it quickly 
without paying too much attention to what they are and you will forget 
what's on it. You could always use "Shuffle Albums" option on the iPod 
itself. Hope this helps.

Andrew

Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)

[Adam Yap]

Hey all,

I've been puzzling this for a while, trying to look for a solution  
and I thought I'd ask the group. I have a pretty large music  
collection, too large to fit onto my 4gb iPod.


What I like to do is create smart playlists which put random tracks  
onto the iPod. However, I find that this puts random tracks, not full  
albums, which is my preferred way of listening. Does anyone know of a  
way to put random albums in a playlist as opposed to tracks?


I'm thinking AppleScript but can't find anything.

Cheers,

Adam