iPod shuffel exclusions

[tonywalker23]

i have about 3200 songs. when i shuffel from the main menu it shows it is playing x out of 2800 songs, a diff of about 500. i have about 500 church sermons from 15 min - 90 min a piece. does the shuffel automaticaly leave out long songs. where is the cut off point?
any one else notice this with really long files (sermons, audiobooks, concerts recordings)
tony walker
The Bible Podcast @ http://www.preachertony.com

 

[tonywalker23]

figured it out

i figured out the problem right after the previous post:
my ipod:
total songs 3225
songs when pressing shuffle 2680
a difference of 545.

then i looked and i have 545 church sermons. in audiobooks under the music section of the ipod 545 sermons show up. i think it becuase i encoded them in aac and changed them to be bookmarkable since some are kinda long.

so i think the shuffle leaves off any file that is considered bookmarkable.
maybe this will help someone.
tony walker
The Bible Podcast @ http://www.preachertony.com