Q: "played is 0" podcasts not deleting ipod
For several years I have had a Smart Playlist on my iPod classic of all my podcasts which has worked fine with a "played is 0" condition so they are wiped from the playlist after being listened to.
After the latest update this condition does not now work - the podcasts are not deleted from the playlist. Because I am somewhat of a podcast addict (I download about 700 every 4 months), it's now very difficult to track which ones I have listened to or not, which is very frustrating. Does anyone know what is now the problem?
iPod classic, Windows 10
Posted on Sep 27, 2016 12:48 PM
I download one particular podcast onto iTunes with no problem but it has never appeared on my iPod.
The other rule is Plays is 0, so make sure it has never been played. Or intentionally make its play count 1 by playing the last few seconds of it, then set it back to unplayed. Also, make sure the entry of "podcast" for Genre does not have a space before or after the word.
Since you have determined that this smart playlist does not act "smart" on your iPod, you may want to go back to the "standard" version of playlist, which does not require Genre to be exactly "podcast" (like your current version).
That way, if a podcast producer decides to use a Genre like "News" (or does not enter a Genre), you won't have the manually update it for every episode. Its Media Kind is always set to Podcast for everything that appears as a podcast in iTunes (Genre can be anything or blank).
Posted on Oct 13, 2016 3:21 PM


