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Feek
19-01-2008, 23:04
It was pointed out to me earlier that the new version of iTunes (7.6) works with Vista x64, thanks Alex!

So I grabbed it and installed it with no problem. I imported my music library from my VM installation of iTunes and all is good.

I decided that perhaps I should use it as my primary music player now that my library is all organised within it but I've come across a problem.

I don't sync all my music to my iPod. As a result, the music list looks a bit like this with some albums with check marks next to them and some without.

http://www.ukrm.org/feek/itunes.jpg

If I click to play the top album there without the checks, the first track plays and then it skips to the next album. This is rubbish, I want to play the first one, I've clicked it.

Is there a way I can persuade it to play a whole album and not skip to the next one which is checked? As far as I know, I only check them because I want them synched to my iPod, is that not right? If I have to select and deselect stuff just to play it then that's crap.
LeperousDust
20-01-2008, 16:13
Wait a god damn minute, i've got the same problem now, i'm sure it NEVER used to do this, i've got a playlist in iTunes and i've just noticed its skipping all my unticked songs... This may be a bug in 7.6 i guess? I can't see *any* settings that turn this "feature" on or off anyway...
Mark
20-01-2008, 16:17
At least one of my MP3 players (non-iPod) does the same thing, so it's not necessarily just an iTunes thing. Granted, very annoying it most certainly is.
LeperousDust
20-01-2008, 17:56
OK I've been told this is how iTunes has always worked, and there isn't any way around it, round 1 to iTunes then. This is the first major problem i've come across, sucks. I suppose i could buy a bigger iPod and check all my songs right? :D That or manually manage my iPod which is crap because that was the good thing about iTunes!
Feek
20-01-2008, 18:46
Urgh.

How does "manually manage" work? I see it's the checkbox that says "Manually manage music and videos" but have never used that.
LeperousDust
20-01-2008, 20:02
I think it's drag and drop basically and delete what you don't want manally. It's definately not ideal... My bigger iPod joke is probably the best way around this since iTunes only likes to play whats actually on your iPod (i think this is such a stupid design...)