Ignore certain songs in Zune

Question

I know you can dislike a song (broken heart symbol), but the song will occasionally pop up when I'm listening in shuffle mode. Is there a way to put audio files (stand-up comedy in this case) onto my phone so that I can listen to it only when I explicitly choose to (never pops up during shuffle mode)?

Answer 1

In the Zune desktop application you can make a new Autoplaylist. You have two easy options, either dislike your comedy tracks, or make sure that your comedy tracks have the correct genre e.g. stand-up comedy (this option would be the best).

1. Open Zune
2. Click collection\MUSIC
3. On the right click PLAYLISTS
4. Click new autoplaylist
5. Give the playlist a name. For rating select Like or unrated or exclude the stand-up comedy genre..
6. Leave the rest of the defaults and click OK.
7. Sync your device.
8. On your device play the playlist and turn shuffle on.