iTunes stops playing

[admin_exported]

can anyone tell me why if i select an artist/album to play if i then click into a different artist itunes stops playing at the end of the track?

It almost as if it can't continue on to the next track if i am not in the artist or all music windows.

thanks,
Ed

 

[Anonymous]

Just the way it works m'fraid. If you want an album to play continuously you need to leave it selected, however playlists allow you to get round it with just a bit more work.

 

[Anonymous]

yeah that would, but really is an album not really a playlist in itself?

 

[Anonymous]

Nope (though I agree this is bad and could be programmed in the future hopefully).

 

[PJPro]

I think they all work like this.

Just stop fiddling with it ;-)

 

[Anonymous]

I can fiddle with what i want...

 

[fatboyslimfast]

I can't - the missus tells me off...

 

[russ74]

Well I use MediaMonkey and when I double click an album it creates a playlist of just the album tracks. This means I'm free to fiddle away, looking through my music library that is until I double click again and create a new playlist. Do believe Winamp is the same.
It is my main bugbear with Itunes though they sort of half heartedly sorted in the latest version 8 with the album art grid view. Itunes stops you fiddling and I like to fiddle, no references to (Media)Monkey's please!