Can I add the currently playing song to my iPod On-The-Go-List?
January 17, 2005 7:54 AM Subscribe
iPodFilter: Why can't you easily add the currently playing song to the On-The-Go list? From the Now Playing screen it should be possible to add the currently playing song directly to the On-The-Go playlist. It seems that I can only add songs to the On-The-Go list by surfing out to the songname in the current playlist and then holding Select on the songname to add it to the list. I would like to put my iPod on song shuffle and add songs as they randomly play. Impossible? [MI]
Minor disclaimer: I have a 3G iPod. This inability might've been addressed in the 4G models. Also, I'm quite sure the answer here will be a chorus of "No" -- but this seems like such a handy feature that the lack of it stuns me. If it can't be done, has anyone found a way to use the rating system to accomplish a similar on-the-fly playlist?
Minor disclaimer: I have a 3G iPod. This inability might've been addressed in the 4G models. Also, I'm quite sure the answer here will be a chorus of "No" -- but this seems like such a handy feature that the lack of it stuns me. If it can't be done, has anyone found a way to use the rating system to accomplish a similar on-the-fly playlist?
On the 4G, you just press and hold the center button to add a song to the On-the-Go playlist. I do not know if that is the case with yours.
posted by dame at 8:25 AM on January 17, 2005
posted by dame at 8:25 AM on January 17, 2005
I think (but cannot seem to find confirmation) that the 3G and 4G models use exactly the same software -- only the hardware interface is different. So anything you can do with a 4G, you should be able to do with a 3G.
posted by jjg at 9:07 AM on January 17, 2005
posted by jjg at 9:07 AM on January 17, 2005
Dame: From the "Now Playing" screen?
I just tried it on a 3G and a 4G, and it didn't work on either from the Now Playing screen; you have to Menu back to the track list and do it from there. It would be a handy feature; hopefully they'll add it. Until then, bcwinters' suggestion seems to be a good workaround.
posted by boomchicka at 10:10 AM on January 17, 2005
I just tried it on a 3G and a 4G, and it didn't work on either from the Now Playing screen; you have to Menu back to the track list and do it from there. It would be a handy feature; hopefully they'll add it. Until then, bcwinters' suggestion seems to be a good workaround.
posted by boomchicka at 10:10 AM on January 17, 2005
Is there a way to diable the On-the-Go feature? I don't use it and I just end up creating a bunch of playlists by accident.
posted by falconred at 11:28 AM on January 17, 2005
posted by falconred at 11:28 AM on January 17, 2005
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If you bring it up on Apple's Discussion Forums maybe there'll be a groundswell of user support and Apple will add something like this in a future firmware update.
You could, as you suggested, make a smart playlist in iTunes that resides on your iPod that includes all, say, songs rated with one star. Then you could change a song's rating to one star on the fly and build a playlist that way.
posted by bcwinters at 8:23 AM on January 17, 2005