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scooby71
10-13-2007, 09:50 AM
Besides the issue with smart playlists being defective, my 16gb Touch fails to update the play count when I sync with iTunes.
I've seen comment elsewhere but can't see anything on this forum - has anyone else encountered this problem?
This is especially annoying as the failure of my 4G to sync as the hard drive was dieing was a major part in my purchasing the Touch
Code Monkey
10-13-2007, 10:51 AM
The newest firmware I believe was supposed to fix this, but not owning a touch to test it, I can't comment beyond what I've read on the forums. It is, however, yet another well known bug on the new iPods.
Short version is that in the original firmwares no data regarding playcount or skipping was recorded on any of the new iPods - hows that for quality control?
scooby71
10-13-2007, 12:00 PM
I'm running version 1.1.1 of the firmware and it isn't fixed
It's damned annoying, and I'd have expected a company like Apple to have regression tests for something this basic.
zardoz66
10-13-2007, 12:03 PM
yeah still not fixed...
yinyang
10-13-2007, 12:41 PM
are you manually doing your syncing ie dragging over to the touch, or via playlists? Manual has never updated playcounts
zardoz66
10-13-2007, 04:03 PM
I am not manual doing play playlist, however I am manual copying my songs.
scooby71
10-14-2007, 06:46 AM
OK, the play count does work if you go with the automatically generated play list. I hadn't used this given the issues with Smartplay lists.
I would point out that the 2nd gen shuffle does quite happily update play count on manual sync.
darkkith
10-19-2007, 01:25 PM
this sounds similar to the issue noted here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1141507&tstart=90
i haven't spent enough time testing but my play counts never update, i am guessing that is a result of me turning off my ipod before syncing at all..
i do use smartlists.. and didn't realize they are broken but will look for a thread talking about that scooby
Tim3167
10-19-2007, 02:50 PM
Just to add in my experiences while I was using my Touch (I have gone back to my 5.5G for music until a firmware update is provided).
I was syncing to a series of playlists in ITunes and sometimes when I synced back to ITunes after a long session of listening only the play count and last played were updated on tracks where I changed the rating. This was not consistent though and I couldn't nail down the pattern. I think it may have had to do with memory crashes either with Safari or something else. This combined with the logic problem of Smart Playlists and Live Updating issues made this unusable as an IPod for how I listen to music.
I'm hoping for a firmware update soon so I can use it as a music player as intended.
rvittori
10-19-2007, 10:58 PM
What is the problem with smart playlists? I just started using them for the first time last week. So far no issue.
darkkith
10-22-2007, 01:04 AM
just search...
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=207887&highlight=smart+playlist
yashrg
03-22-2008, 11:29 AM
I am having the same problem on 1.1.4 does anyone know how to fix this?
yea im having the same playcount problem aye.
bloody apple i was on the phone to them for 40 minits trying to resolve an then they just say the function isnt supposed to work anyway?
if anyone figures out how to fix playcount issue please post?