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[Closed] yes yet another numpty iPod question

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hi all,
there is probably any easy answer to this but easy answers never come easy to me so...

I have a playlist of songs on my iPod.. I want to keep that but delete the songs from the general library so they don't come up on random play.

I've tried "deselecting" the songs from iTunes when I sync but by doing that it also deselects the playlist.

thanks for any tips.


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 9:41 am
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You need another play list with all the songs except the ones in the other play list and use that.


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 9:43 am
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are there no limits on size of playlist then?


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 9:45 am
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[i]are there no limits on size of playlist then? [/i]

I've never thought about it, but I don't think so.


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 10:05 am
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To allow my ipod to work on my ICE in car system I created a playlist containing all of my songs, that's 4000+. Seems to work OK.


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 10:08 am
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thanks samuri.. that seems to confirm it.... I'll just have to create one mahoosive playlist.


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 10:10 am
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You won't be able to acheive what you have asked for though.
Random play of your "library" is just that. Songs from your "library"
shuffled.
A playlist is also a selection of songs from your library.

The only way to exclude songs from your library is to remove them from your iPod and thus removing from the playlist.


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 10:15 am
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but I can random play the playlist no? .. and the playlist as suggested above would be all songs duplicated from the library minus those offending songs ( I don't have my iPod with me just at the 'mo )


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 10:17 am
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[i]but I can random play the playlist..? [/i]

Yep


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 10:33 am
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ta


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 10:34 am
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There is another way:

Click on songs, right click (or alt/apple i): Get Info: Options Tab: Select Skip when shuffling

Does what it says on the box.
HTH,
Damion.


 
Posted : 07/12/2009 10:50 am