When I listen to a song on my ipod, does it count towards the playcount on my PC??? 
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I'm almost certain that it does not.
Not good for library sorting based on playcounts for those of us on the go.
Not good for library sorting based on playcounts for those of us on the go.
yeah, only if you connect it though and you open iTunes.stcanard said:
WOrks on Macs too, except my 3G iPod never really did that...or I just didn't notice that much of a change in play count for some songs..
yep, my 3G does it too. I tested it a few times to make sure, and since iTunes opens automatically when I plug it in, it updates it every time.
It doesn't really have to be played from start to finish. If you start playing it, and then fast forward to the end it will still count it. It only doesn't count if you press the button to skip to the next song. The rating will update as well. I'm glad it does, it'd be rather stupid to let you change it there if it wouldn't update on your computer.
sounds good....
I would assume it does......just finished checking it out on my 4G...and it works......all these little ipod questions just build up, and so little time to find answers....
I would assume it does......just finished checking it out on my 4G...and it works......all these little ipod questions just build up, and so little time to find answers....
off topic (sorta)
I wish there was a preference to say that if a song gets to with in a user specified time of the end, then it would count as a "played" song. I hate having to wait until a song is completely done before selecting another. This only bothers me when I am trying to select a song on my iPod that is not next in line, say, from another playlist of another artist. Even worse, if the song playing is the last song in a list, I have to browse to the song I want to play next a couple of seconds before the playing songs ends or it goes back to the start-up display and I have to go find that song again.
I wish there was a preference to say that if a song gets to with in a user specified time of the end, then it would count as a "played" song. I hate having to wait until a song is completely done before selecting another. This only bothers me when I am trying to select a song on my iPod that is not next in line, say, from another playlist of another artist. Even worse, if the song playing is the last song in a list, I have to browse to the song I want to play next a couple of seconds before the playing songs ends or it goes back to the start-up display and I have to go find that song again.
Inkmonkey said:
Yup
any changes in play count or ratings should always update.The only inconsistency that I have ever seen, and it is annoying, is when my playlist flip... example: iTunes playlist = song 1, song 2, song 3, etc... iPod updates and reads this way, starring at the bottom: song 3, song 4, song 1
annoying.Wish list:
I wish that iTunes would keep track of the total amount of time spent listening to tunes
zim said:Yup
The only inconsistency that I have ever seen, and it is annoying, is when my playlist flip... example: iTunes playlist = song 1, song 2, song 3, etc... iPod updates and reads this way, starring at the bottom: song 3, song 4, song 1
EW, I HATE when iTunes does that to me...
zim said:Wish list:
I wish that iTunes would keep track of the total amount of time spent listening to tunes
On a quite unrelated note, one of my friends has a cellphone that counts the number of text messages sent. He sent 11000 in one month!
And because of people like him, that particular company doesn't offer flat rate texting anymore
zim said:The only inconsistency that I have ever seen, and it is annoying, is when my playlist flip...
I wish that iTunes would keep track of the total amount of time spent listening to tunes
Wow, I've never seen my playlists flip. Is there any reason for that? If you use iTunesRegistry.com, it keeps track to total time spent listening. It's pretty cool
wwooden said:
yes you can doooo that go to get info on the song then options and end any time you want
True. Actually I just used that because I had a song that had a dead minute and a half at the end. However, he wanted it to count as a played song before the end, not actually end the song. (right wwooden?)warcraftmaster said:
yes MacFan26
That is exactly what I mean. I don't want to lose any off the end, but sometimes just want to switch to a different song before the one playing is done and still have it count.
That is exactly what I mean. I don't want to lose any off the end, but sometimes just want to switch to a different song before the one playing is done and still have it count.