Can you play podcasts one at a time on 6th gen iPod Nano?

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Can you play podcasts one at a time on 6th gen iPod Nano?

I've seen this question asked a few times, but I wanted to throw in my two cents.

My 4th gen Classic and my 1st gen Nano both would allow me to play one podcast episode at a time. This was useful if I had several episodes of one podcast and fell asleep listening to one, the iPod wouldn't continue playing the other episodes, it would just stop playing at the end of the episode I was listening to.

The 6th gen Nano I just got will automatically play the next podcast episode when the one you are listening to is finished. I perfer the old behavior of my 1st gen Nano. Is there any way to change the behavior of the 6th gen without using smart playlists or the sleep timer (I think those are kind of clunky work arounds)?

If not, then I would like to make a feature request. The button on the left of the podcast play screen that toggles between "play one after another then stop", "play same episode over and over", and "play all episodes over and over" should have one more setting: "play this episode and then stop".

It sounds like a pretty easy feature to add. What does everyone else think? Do you want this too?

iPod nano, Windows 7

Posted on Jan 26, 2012 4:47 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 27, 2012 12:14 AM in response to c4mb0t

I looked for this feature when I changed from my now-dead Classic 160 to 6th generation Nano, but I never got a good answer. Personally, I'd rather have a setting to allow this, rather than using the sleep/wake button, because I use that for play/pause. In the old Classic, you would choose to shuffle albums if you wanted continuous play from one track to the next, and you would turn shuffle off to stop at the end of a podcast (or maybe it was the other way around—I can't remember off hand). That's not as clear as a "continue or stop" control (which would be great), but at least it worked. I don't know if that's something they can add with a software update, but it would make for a better user experience.

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planb77

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Jan 27, 2012 7:55 AM in response to c4mb0t

Leave your feedback/request using this link.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodnano.html

B-rock

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Answer 3

Mar 1, 2012 5:57 PM in response to c4mb0t

I'm with you., c4mb0t. I dare not fall asleep to the BBC's Desert Island Discs anymore because I have a stack of unplayed episodes.

But where's the podcast play screen with the toggle buttons? I would have thought in Settings, but - even though I have the podcast icon on the home screen, obviously - Settings doesn't include a podcasts section on my 6th gen nano.

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Answer 4

Aug 27, 2013 8:53 AM in response to c4mb0t

I think this is a great idea. My Nano 7th was bought specifically to play one podcast at a time from a group. It won't do it and I'm very disappointed as a result. My iPod Classic does it - surely the Nano ought to?.

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