How do I create albums for my iPod?

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How do I create albums for my iPod?

Okay, I've posted a thread before but now I am still stuck...nothing new there!

I wish to keep my files all tidy within my iPod, like a good owner should, however it ain't working out...I'll explain............

.............I have created a new folder; let's call it 'music of today'.

I'll now create a playlist within 'music of today', I'll call that 'Jem' - all music by Jem is now being transfered from my library into the playlist folder called 'Jem'.

I now want to transfer 'Jem' onto my iPod. I'll transfer my folder, with my playlist attached, to my connected iPod. Its now finished transfering. I have now viewed my iPod in this order:

music> Album > ...........Oh? No title only the listed music from my playlist. I was expecting my album title: Jem !!??

I wipe the iPod clear and instead of transfering the folder I simply just transfer my playlist....but the same thing is happening.

How do I get my playlist onto my iPod so that it is well organised and the album show the name of the album rather than just the playlist.

I am really, truly stuck since I believe I have tried various methods but my iPod doesn't want to show the album name - what am I doing wrong. I have checked out the apple site and the manual but it really doesn't go into too much depth where this is concerned. :o)

Thanks.

Posted on Jan 9, 2006 9:43 AM

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Answer 1

Leu Author

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Jan 10, 2006 5:08 AM in response to Leu

Hello?

Don't nobody want to help me.....p...p...pleeease? Anyone?

:os << quivering lip.

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Katrina S.

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Jan 10, 2006 9:33 AM in response to Leu

I don't think you can make an "album" named Jem.

The actual music tracks have the real album name in the music file, in the ID3 tag.

So the playlist "Jem" is what you need to start playing on your iPod, for those songs.

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Leu Author

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Jan 10, 2006 9:40 AM in response to Katrina S.

I don't think you can make an "album" named Jem.

The actual music tracks have the real album name in
the music file, in the ID3 tag.

So the playlist "Jem" is what you need to start
playing on your iPod, for those songs.

Hey thanks for your response.

If I copy the album, Jem, into a playlist and then copy it to my iPod the album still lists the tracks and not the title of the album Jem - the track listing will also appear in songs, playlist and artists, surely this isn't right?

I thought, such as album > click > lists the album title (Jem or whatever album was copied over) and > click again would feature the album tracks/playlist....but this isn't happening.

I have tried various ways of copying an album into my iPod yet the same thing occurs over and over regardless of the method that I use...............its very frustrating.

I hope you or anyone can advise further, thanks.

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Katrina S.

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Jan 10, 2006 10:02 AM in response to Leu

Not sure I understand your question!

What are your iPod options for updating? Is it set to only update selected playlists, and Jem is not selected?

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Jan 10, 2006 10:43 AM in response to Leu

.............I have created a new folder; let's call
it 'music of today'.

I'll now create a playlist within 'music of today',
I'll call that 'Jem' - all music by Jem is now being
transfered from my library into the playlist folder
called 'Jem'.

I now want to transfer 'Jem' onto my iPod. I'll
transfer my folder, with my playlist attached, to my
connected iPod. Its now finished transfering. I have
now viewed my iPod in this order:

music> Album > ...........Oh? No title only the
listed music from my playlist. I was expecting my
album title: Jem !!??

I wipe the iPod clear and instead of transfering the
folder I simply just transfer my playlist....but the
same thing is happening.

How do I get my playlist onto my iPod so that it is
well organised and the album show the name of the
album rather than just the playlist.

I am really, truly stuck since I believe I have tried
various methods but my iPod doesn't want to show the
album name - what am I doing wrong. I have checked
out the apple site and the manual but it really
doesn't go into too much depth where this is
concerned. :o)

Thanks.

Are you using iTunes??

To create a PLAYLIST, you do not need to create a FOLDER first. If you want to create a plylist called 'Jem' you just need to click the add playlist button within iTunes and name it Jem.

But maybe I'm just misunderstanding you and that's exactly what you are doing.

Within iTunes you can just make a playlist called Jem and put all your music by Jem in there. Help me to understand you...

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Answer 6

Jan 10, 2006 10:50 AM in response to Leu

surely you can just go to playlists on your ipod and play the playlist 'jem' from there. It's just like an album but it is a playlist, if you really want it as an album, then i suggest that you change the name of all your 'jem' albums to 'jem'. Hope this helps.

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