In iTunes 11.1 when a podcast finishes it starts playing the next oldest one automatically.

+1. Same problem here. I use to listen old podcasts and when them finish iTunes starts playing the next on the list... There is any option to stop that? I only want to play a single podcast.

I have the same problem and would like to be able to just play one podcast and then have playback stop, as I always have before. Can't seem to find an option that lets me do that in the new version.

I have this question too. I wish sorting this community was easier, but luckily I found this thread, and realized I needed to reply to it in order to get any updates.

Yes, I am looking for this feature as well. I used to like it that when a podcast finished in iTunes (unlike, say, the crappy Podcasts app) that it would stop. Instead, it goes on to next OLDEST podcast and replays it. If you're going to force me to have to autoplay the next podcast, autoplay the more recent podcast. I listen oldest to newest. Not quite sure how the people at Apple do it, but it doesn't seem to make sense the way it is today.

I would use an on the go playlist on my Classic iPod because it has always played the whole list down from where I started when multiple podcasts are present. I assume there is something similar for the iPhone but I don't have one so YMMV. Here is how it works on a click wheel iPod.

Select what you want to listen to.
Hold center button.
Select add to on-the-go.

(repeat for all the items you want on playlist in order you want them)

Go to Playlist
select On-The-Go (which is last item on list)

You can keep adding to list which will stop at the end of the last item.

Same problem here, I used to play a podcast before I go to sleep, now it just streams all night.

You're killing me, Apple. Why on earth would you keep playing podcasts without even giving the option to stop after the current one finishes as was the case for previous iTunes versions. I also go to sleep at night listening to a podcast and expect it to end, followed by my screen auto-sleeping. But now it plays all night and my screen lights up the room making me wake up once in a while and it wastes energy.

Does anyone want that feature? I watch various podcasts as they are released daily/weekly. I don't want iTunes to just start playing yesterday's news (for example, NBC news) and then the day before that and then the day before that. I don't see any reason for anyone wanting that but the least they could do is add a setting so the user can modify this behavior.

Same problem here.

I also had the problem on my ipod and transfered the few podcasts I wanted to listen to on the On-the-go feature but quite frankly, I find this a pity. We should not have to through all that hassle.

Now the same problem comes with iTunes!

Why ?

Isn't it too much asking to have an option that simply allows us to listen to podcasts episodes one by one OR without interruption ? And on both iTunes and our iPods ?!!

I have a crude but very easy WORK-AROUND:

First, I have to say that in my first post I did not realize that this thread was for "iTunes for Mac." But I've checked the Windows threads and can't find anyone talking about this and my work-around, although for Windows, should be easy for someone to do in Mac (I think). Basically, you run a batch file that will wait as many seconds as you want and then it will kill the iTunes application.

Windows batch file for killing iTunes app. after x seconds/minutes: (Please, someone convert to Mac)

1. Open a new text file

2. Copy this into it:

PING 1.1.1.1 -n 5 -w 540000 >NUL

:: wait 540 sec (9 min) between each of 5 pings for a total of 45 minutes

taskkill /f /im itunes*

3. Save as Kill_iTunes.bat

Change the values in the PING line to match up with amount of time you want to wait before the task is killed.

What I do is start the podcast, then double click on the Kill_iTunes.bat file, then go to bed.

I too wake at 3 am because of an old podcast !! Funny how small this world is.

As for the "killing" work around, I am not sure to understand. Maybe because I am not a prgrammer ?... I don't want to kill iTunes ...at least not yet !

;-p

Message to Copaman:

I saw your message, that I received via email since I participate to this discussion. And when I clicked on the link to follow the discussion and read your message as part of the discussion, I ended up on a page telling me I was not authorized to view it !

Since I may not be the only one and that your message could be useful (since it has to be viewed by Apple engineers), I am copying it below :

"I was on the phone for two hours yesterday with a number of Apple technicians before I got elevated to a senior tech named Logan who confirms that this was, in fact, a bug.

We tried a number of workarounds - trying to set it to "Replay Off" and "Replay Once" - but none of them worked. He said he doesn't know why it is working this way, only that it shouldn't. I was the first one who called, as it seemed to be news to him, but after troubleshooting several things, he ultimately said it was a bug, and the only thing he could do about it was to add the next most recent podcast to "Up Next" that queued up the next most recent podcast so that it doesn't play the next oldest.

Now here's the kicker: after confirming that it is, in fact, a bug, I said "Well, I guess you're going to write up a bug report and submit it to the engineers." He informed me that it doesn't work that way at Apple. Apple's engineers apparently ONLY read the apple.com/feedback responses. So, he told me *I* have to go submit the bug through that venue. I am a little concerned, as this legitimate bug is likely to be stuck with a million other complaints with "I don't like the colors of the new iPhone", etc, but there you go.

So, I request that we all go and use the "Provide iTunes Feedback" and tell them about this bug so that hopefully, some engineer can fix this."

"

No worries, Zipz, the little batch file (Windows only until some nice person posts a Mac equivalent) just ends the iTunes program after x minutes. In Windows, it's the same as going into the Task Manager, right clicking on a running process and selecting "End Process." But the batch file does it for you after waiting x minutes while you are cozy in bed.

Easy. In the AppleScript Editor, copy this in:

delay (xxx)

tell application "iTunes"

activate

quit

end tell

Change the delay to the duration of the episode in seconds.

Leave the Editor open, start the episode, then go to the Editor and click the 'Run' button.

Or you could just drag the episode to the Desktop and run it in the Quicktime Player.

Once again, I am speechless. I don't know why my previous post violates the terms of service. I had this issue. I called the tech support line. I was on there for two hours, working with a senior advisor. He told me what the issue was. We tried a number of troubleshooting issues. When we couldn't find a way to resolve this, he told me what my next steps were - to submit feedback to apple.com/feedback because "that's where the engineers get their best ideas."

However, in ANOTHER support call to Apple yesterday about another issue, I was told that after the senior techs reviewed my posts that I most certainly did NOT violate the terms of service. While what Logan said about the inability to create defects was wrong, the fact is that this issue has not been elevated directly to the engineers. As a result, our only course of action on this is to submit the feedback.

I have a direct contact within Apple about another issue, and so I will be bringing both of these up - the fact that iTunes doesn't stop playing the next podcast and the fact that an overzealous administrator is taking it upon themselves to remove my posts, which makes Apple look hghly suspicious. What is so dangerous in my posts that Apple doesn't want you to know? Ask yourself that.