Party Shuffle Does Not Work

Hope you guys can help me with this.

When i put my songs on either party shuffle or normal play, after each song it will stop playing instead of moving on to the next song...usually you can play through a whole cd with out having to click on each song after the previous one ended, now i have to click each song. this is not normal and a pain...what is th eproblem or how do i fix it, i lready tried redownloading Itunes 7.01

Windows XP Pro

Posted on Oct 23, 2006 9:25 AM

37 replies

samdogmom

Level 4

1,705 points

Oct 26, 2006 3:59 PM in response to Luke Hightshue

I'm sorry to hear this. I'm not sure why crossfade isn't working right for you. (As far as gapless playback goes--you can't set that--it's built into iTunes.) I took a few extra steps before my crossfade starting working right again. Maybe you need to do these things too to unstick iTunes. If you're game, try this:

1. Turn crossfade off
2. Close and reopen iTunes. Play at least two songs in Party shuffle--do they play correctly?
3. Go to the bottom of the party shuffle screen and change the number setting in "Display most recently played songs"--mine was set at 5, I changed it to O. You can try this, or if it's at 0 change it to 5. Make sure the screen changes--the previously played song titles should either disappear or appear depending upon the number you chose. Play at least 2 songs in party shuffle again. If they play correctly, turn crossfade back on and exit iTunes.
4. Reopen itunes and see if the songs play correctly now that crossfade is turned back on. If they do, you can reset your "display most recently played songs" setting back to the number you prefer.

I hope this works!

Oct 28, 2006 10:05 AM in response to samdogmom

Hi, Ok i tried all this...and the result is a little funny...i tried doing different ways you suggested and the only way the crossfade works is if i have the rcently played songs switched to 5 or more...if i switch it back to 0 the cross fade then messes up and songs shut off. this is pretty wierd...so at least i now how to get it to work, but does anybody know then why i cant play crossfaded with recently songs set t 0..lol. this is crazy.

samdogmom

Level 4

1,705 points

Oct 28, 2006 10:10 AM in response to Luke Hightshue

There is some sort of bug in the programming. I think I'm willing to live with showing 5 recently played songs in party shuffle to get the shuffle and crossfade functions to work!

Oct 28, 2006 10:17 AM in response to samdogmom

is there any way i can save my songs in my library onto my comouter...delete the itunes software and redownlaod the software...then reinsert the songs...

without loosing my songs and having to record each individual cd again. (takes time)

mybe this would get rid of the bug? any suggestions?

samdogmom

Level 4

1,705 points

Oct 28, 2006 10:22 AM in response to Luke Hightshue

If iTunes is working for you except for this one flaw--I'd try to live with it until a patch comes out. If you've been following these forums, it's quit clear that many people are having problems getting iTunes to install properly, the music store to work correctly, CDs to burn, etc. You may live to regret removing a working iTunes installation!

I'm not so sure a new installation will remove this bug--I think it's in the program and until a patch comes out, it's going to be there.

Oct 28, 2006 10:38 AM in response to samdogmom

ok...thanks for oyur help...i will give you the good feedback. i will certainly wait and live with it and hope for a patch.

Tal

Level 1

25 points

Nov 3, 2006 1:12 PM in response to Luke Hightshue

I just downloaded iTunes 7.0.2 and The Crossfade Playback function now works again in Party Shuffle mode. Thanks Apple!

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