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Play podcasts in portrait mode and all in a row

Thursday, September 4th, 2008
by lepton

Have you ever been annoyed that when playing a movie or video podcast, it forces the picture into landscape mode even if you hold your device vertically? Would you like your podcasts to play one after another, instead of them stopping and making you select another each time? Here is a simple trick that solves both problems.

Portrait Podcast

Just put your movies and video podcasts into an iTunes playlist, then on your device, have it play that playlist. Items in a playlist, even videos, will play one after another without stopping. In addition, videos will appear in portrait or landscape mode according to how you hold your device!

For example, you create a smart playlist that holds all unplayed video podcasts, sorted by album name (which is the podcast name). It will automatically keep itself updated, and adjust itself as you play

In iTunes, I selected the “New Smart PlayList” menu command, then I filled in the dialog box like this:

Unplayed Video Podcasts

 On your device, select this playlist and you will see the list of all your podcasts in order. Pick any one, and it will start playing. When the podcast is finished, it will go right to the next one. This will play all your podcasts in order. Stop whenever you want, and the next time you go to the playlist, only the rest of the unplayed podcasts will appear. You can even have it shuffle play!

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