in the music app (which was named ipod before the update for the IOS 5) I want to play all songs for a certain artist that have different albums, but I dont know how.
hope someone can help me 🙂
iPad 2, iOS 5
Ok. This is my clever solution for the weekend.
As you have figured out, if you try to play all songs from an artist, it stops after each album. Bummer.
So create a new playlist. Search on the artist name, and select all. Poof you now have an instant play list that you can play. The side advangae is you can then remove some of the songs you really dont want to hear, like the christmas album....
Ok. This is my clever solution for the weekend.
As you have figured out, if you try to play all songs from an artist, it stops after each album. Bummer.
So create a new playlist. Search on the artist name, and select all. Poof you now have an instant play list that you can play. The side advangae is you can then remove some of the songs you really dont want to hear, like the christmas album....
is there any way I can play all songs directly form the artist without creating a new playlist??
No. It would make a lot of sense for them to simply add a play all button, but they didnt. At least they have not yet. I made a new play list (to test) in under half a minute, so it is not a big deal.
Send them your suggestion
Click songs and in the search window put the artist name.
Duh. It is always the easy answer.
JinKL - That works to get all the songs by an artist listed, but you still can't play all the songs. On my iPhone 3GS, when I choose an artist, I get the option to play All Songs. I used to have that on my iPad2, but now I don't. Any ideas how to make this work without creating a playlist?
Seems to me that by choosing an artist, you should be able to play all the songs without creating a playlist. That, to me, would be redundant. I don't understand why Apply would remove this feature.
Blubayou
Make sure you do the artist search from the "Songs" section not the "Artist" section on your ipad2
the result is just the same as the "Play All" feature on the iPhone.
I agree with you that you should have the option directly in the Artist section but its not there and this option gives the exact same result
Actually, JinKL, doing a search from "Songs" is harder to do and does not give the exact same result. It's harder to do because I have to key an artist's name rather than pick one from a list. The results aren't the same for several reasons. If you key an artist name that matches a song, you get that song, too. OK, that doesn't happen THAT much, but it does happen. And if I key a partial name, say "Morrison" for "Van Morrison", I get all the songs on "Morrison Hotel" by the Doors.
"All Songs" should be added to the iPad music player. While they're at it, they should add column titles and allow allow sorting on the column values.
JinKL, This works great for me. Thanks for the suggestion. This has been bugging me for a long time. I'm glad I searched and found this thread.
How can I play all songs from an artist in the ipad 2, with the new IOS 5?
