iTunes 11 does not play selected song

Paul, in answer to your first question, have a look here.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread/4605891?tstart=0

Related problem: In ALBUM view, iTunes 11 would only play the initial song I selected then stop when normally I would expect it to continue to play sequentially through the album. The "Up Next" List would not populate. If I clicked on any track in the album the individual track would play then stop afterward. I recalled that I unchecked the songs of the album (which cannot be viewed in the ALBUM view). I switched to SONG view and checked the boxes and now iTunes will play the album properly. Strange - never ignored unchecked songs in previous versions.

"Strange - never ignored unchecked songs in previous versions".

Unchecked songs have ALWAYS been ignored.

The whole idea with checked/unchecked is that unchecked songs should NOT play. That is the one and only function of the field. The idea is that you can have the songs in your library so that an album is complete, but that they will not play if the album is selected to be played. BUT, even if a song is unchecked, double-clicking that one song WILL play it, the logic being that you really, really DO want to play it this once.

In ALBUMS, ARTIST, unchecked items are shown as greyed out.

So ... the "problem" you describe is actually the correct and expected behaviour.

If in ALBUMS you choose to play an Album

A. By selecting it and clicking the Play or Shuffle next to the name

B. By double-clicking on a song

The double-clicked song will ALWAYS play, checked or unchecked

What happens next will follow the logic of A. above.

@kilma Yes, the behaviour you describe is what we expect. But, it is not working that way in all instances.

The bottom line is that selection/check mark behavior are a bit more complicated:

• When ripping CDs, only those tracks that are checked will be imported.
• When playing CDs, only those tracks that are checked will be played.
• Smart playlists offer a Match Only Checked Items option—only those items that are checked will be added to a smart playlist if this option is checked.
• When syncing an iOS device, you’ll find a Sync Only Checked Songs And Videos option.

This is taken from an excellent description fomr Mac World:http://www.macworld.com/article/1166469/ask_the_itunes_guy_itunes_tips_and_trick s.html

I have noticed that songs that were previously uncheck prior to the install of iTunes 11 will not shuffle even when rechecked. The album will play but it will no longer shuffle and will no longer shuffle when an album is added to a playlist. Even if the album is added to a playlist with other albums, it is ignored in the shuffle as if the check mark boxes are unchecked/unselected.

Paul Dobbs wrote:

Itunes no longer plays the selected song when I click on the play button. Instead, it plays whatever it was last playing,

Yes, this is how iTunes 10.7 (and all other versions) works.

Play a song, pause, single click another song, press Play and the first song continues.

If you select a different playlist, select a song then press Play, it will play the new song.

If you select a song in the same playlist, it will continue to play that song until you double click a new one.

Chris CA wrote:

Paul Dobbs wrote:

Itunes no longer plays the selected song when I click on the play button. Instead, it plays whatever it was last playing,

Yes, this is how iTunes 10.7 (and all other versions) works.

Play a song, pause, single click another song, press Play and the first song continues.

If you select a different playlist, select a song then press Play, it will play the new song.

If you select a song in the same playlist, it will continue to play that song until you double click a new one.

And this is supposed to be good? Sometimes you click Play and iTunes keeps playing songs sequentially (with shuffle turned off) or randomly (with shuffle turned on). But in other situations, you click Play and it plays only that song.

I don't see how this inconsistency is helpful or user-friendly.