tonybooth

Got about 12GB of songs which is OK for my video ipod but my 6GB ipod used to update a random selection from the playlist until it was full.

Now I am just getting a message saying it can't update my Ipod as there is insufficient memory Argghhhhhh

Help please

T

Markus

Hi, I found this in the iTunes help file for iTunes 7:

Smart Playlists stop updating dynamically on iPod


If you have an iPod with a Click Wheel, Smart Playlists may stop updating dynamically after you update your iPod with iPod Updater 2005-06-26 or later. For example, if you rate a song on your iPod, the rating appears, but that same song won't appear in a Smart Playlist based on the same rating on your iPod. But this can happen with a Smart Playlist based on any criteria.

Use the iPod Updater 2006-01-10 or later to resolve this.

Note: This issue does not affect iPod nano or Fifth Generation iPod.

It might be it's not being smart about filling the iPod.

What you might want to do is this. Create a new smart playlist, uncheck the "Match Following Rule" option, then enble the "Limit" option. Set the value to "6" (or whatever size you want) then select "GB" from the pop-up menu, and have "selected by" set to "random", then click ok.

That'll get you a random 6GB worth of music. Then connect the iPod and set it to auto sync against a specific playlist and select your newly created smart playlist.

To get the playlist to update, edit it and click ok. Upon the next iPod sync it'll update to reflect the new random list.

tonybooth

Cheers Markus will give that a whirl tonight