[firebolt]

Thinking about getting a shuffle for a family member so I can get our big iPod back.

Does the Shuffle handle playlists at all, or is the Shuffle essential one big playlist?
I want to put a couple audiobooks on it plus songs. If there are no playlists, then it would seem to be a good idea to put the audiobooks first to easily access them. I assume that if the iPod is put into Shuffle mode, then the books would get mixed up with the songs, & would have to be skipped if encountered while playing.

[Argent]

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Does the Shuffle handle playlists at all, or is the Shuffle essential one big playlist?

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Any music/audiobook file on the iPod shuffle is part of one big playlist (there'd be no way to select between multiple playlists even if you could load them).

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If there are no playlists, then it would seem to be a good idea to put the audiobooks first to easily access them. I assume that if the iPod is put into Shuffle mode, then the books would get mixed up with the songs, & would have to be skipped if encountered while playing.

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Yup.

[jbonet]

When the iPod shuffle is in shuffle mode, it does not play podcasts or audiobooks, only music.