best iPod that has the LEAST repeating while on shuffle
#1
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best iPod that has the LEAST repeating while on shuffle
I used to have the iPod Shuffle, and that used to repeat songs too often for my liking.
I now have the Creative Zen, and that, too, repeats songs too often.
When I say "repeats songs," I mean that, out of 1000 songs, it may play the same song within a 5-hour period.
I would like a device that, once in Shuffle-mode, will NOT repeat a song it has already played. Or the next best thing.
I now have the Creative Zen, and that, too, repeats songs too often.
When I say "repeats songs," I mean that, out of 1000 songs, it may play the same song within a 5-hour period.
I would like a device that, once in Shuffle-mode, will NOT repeat a song it has already played. Or the next best thing.
#2
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Re: best iPod that has the LEAST repeating while on shuffle
That's interesting. At various times over the last few years I've owned an 3rd Gen iPod, a 4th gen iPod video, an iPod mini and 2 iPhones and with all of them I use the shuffle feature all the time and I've never had repeating songs. It would play out all the songs randomly, just once. It would repeat the playlist (in a different random order) if I had repeat on.
I use playlists on my iPods though. Maybe if you put your music in a playlist you'll have better results?
I use playlists on my iPods though. Maybe if you put your music in a playlist you'll have better results?
#3
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Re: best iPod that has the LEAST repeating while on shuffle
3rd gen nano has never repeated a song out of nearly 2,000, unless i have to hook to pc and then it resets, but no hook plays whole list on shuffle only once.
#4
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Re: best iPod that has the LEAST repeating while on shuffle
When you put iTunes or an iPod on "shuffle", it creates a random playlist, but I'm fairly sure (don't own one) that the actual iPod Shuffle (the one you shake) grabs a random song each time, rather than just advancing to the next song in a ramdomly arranged playlist.
When they made the shaking function available for the iPod touch, that's how it worked, and I often got repeats. Stopped using that function for that reason.
When they made the shaking function available for the iPod touch, that's how it worked, and I often got repeats. Stopped using that function for that reason.
#5
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Re: best iPod that has the LEAST repeating while on shuffle
do you think the playlist resets itself when you press the Fast Forward button?
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Re: best iPod that has the LEAST repeating while on shuffle
I once shuffled an artist that had the most tracks on my ipod, simply to listen to every track by that artist. I never once heard a repeat.