Re: Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)
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. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)
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
Re: Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)
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
Re: Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)
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 -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
Re: Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)
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. -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org 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?
