[iTunes] podcasts cannot be synced to Shuffles

[list boy]

Interesting.

And yet, the Shuffle can sync with a music-only playlist.
That's what's curious to me.
Why would it care, aren't these sound files basically different  
flavors of essentially the same thing, mp3s?

I'll live, I'm just curious.




On Aug 28, 2008, at 7:17 PM, Bernard Munter wrote:
> Because the Shuffle is a different beast and intrinsically "is" one  
> playlist
> and one only. When I was using my old iPod 3G for audio books and  
> podcasts I
> wondered how ever I would cope with a Shuffle. Well, the hard drive  
> failed
> on the iPod and I soon found out.
>
> I use the Shuffle in non-shuffle mode and manually drag new  
> podcasts to it,
> as the kb article suggests. In iTunes I then drag the podcasts to  
> the top of
> the Shuffle's playlist so they will be the first thing I hear. I  
> then fill
> the remainder of the Shuffle with a random selection of actual  
> _music_ I
> haven't played before.
>
> Note that some syncing of podcasts _does_ take place in that, when  
> I delete
> listened-to podcasts from iTunes, they are automatically removed  
> from the
> Shuffle. And that podcasts I have heard on the Shuffle are marked  
> as played
> in iTunes. And the Shuffle "knows" where to resume a podcast I have
> partially listened to in iTunes, and vice-versa.
>
> Not to mention that the sound quality on the Shuffle 1G is miles  
> better than
> the iPod 3G. I understand the Shuffle 2G isn't quite as nice on the  
> ears.
>
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