The smart playlists are appearing perfectly in iTunes and on my Windows 8.1 machine.
However, on the iPod, they are empty.
I tried deleting and re-creating but nothing helps.
This was working fine earlier and I am not aware that I changed any settings.
Any idea how to troublshoot this, or what could be causing the problem? Could it be a bug in the latest version of iTunes?
Other OS, Itunes 11 on Windows 8
Add the rule Playlist is Music for any music playlists to ensure no podcasts qualify for the list.
Not at iTunes with a device right now, but I think you either can't sync playlists containing podcasts any more, or you need to select them separately on the Podcasts tab for the device. You would possibly add a Playlist is Podcasts rule to make sure only podcasts qualify.
Mixed lists don't seem to be able to sync.
tt2
Add the rule Playlist is Music for any music playlists to ensure no podcasts qualify for the list.
Not at iTunes with a device right now, but I think you either can't sync playlists containing podcasts any more, or you need to select them separately on the Podcasts tab for the device. You would possibly add a Playlist is Podcasts rule to make sure only podcasts qualify.
Mixed lists don't seem to be able to sync.
tt2
Thanks for the feedback! The smart playlists are ONLY for podcasts.
Basically I have smart playlists for "topics", i.e. "Bitcoin", "Net Neutrality" or "Learning Spanish", combining different podcast shows, and pruning out the podcasts I already listened to.
Worked beautifully for many years. Only last month or so I had problems.
Update - it's not possible to select "Playlist is Podcasts" as Turingtest suggested. That option is not present in the dropdown of choices.
Here is an example of how these Smart Playlists are set up. The smart playlist "Bitcoin" is just a merge of all good podcasts on Bitcoin, then the second list, in the screenshot is refining the criteria.
I can't copy either of these lists onto my iPod.
SOLVED.
Turns out that if you have a smart playlist with PODCASTS, you have to tick the playlist for transfer to iPod in TWO places.
The problem is that "Include Episodes from Playlist" is only visible on the Podcast tab if you scroll far down.
Since you already ticked this playlist for transfer once, you do not expect to have to find this place, and tick it AGAIN.
Sort out the usability of this, Apple!
Thanks for the update.
tt2
Message was edited by: turingtest2
Smart Playlists containing podcasts do not sync to iPod Classic
