Shuffling playlist but not other files

[jnesmith]

Hello:

Thanks for software, the forum and the other information provided on this site.

I've tried solving this problem myself, but no go.  I think it is probably very simple, and the fact that I have not figured it out should tell you how adept I am with these sorts of things. I have a few hundred songs on my Sansa e260.  In a separate folder, I have some audio book files. I created a playlist of all the music files. Each time I play the playlist, I would like the songs to shuffle.  I can accomplish this by turning on shuffle playback before listening to the playlist, but I have to remember to deactivate shuffle play before listening to books. (Listening to chapters out of order is a little hard to follow)

It seems there ought to be a better way.  Anyone know of one?

Thanks in advance.

[Llorean]

Click and hold "Select" on the actual playlist file, and choose to "Insert Shuffled" the playlist when nothing is playing.

It will basically reshuffle and star the playlist.

[jnesmith]

Thanks for the reply.  I selected the playlist from playlists/view catalog.  There is no "insert shuffle" option.  The options in the menu are:

Playlist
Playlist Catalog
Rename
Cut
Copy
Delete
Open with...
Create Directory
Properties
Add to Shortcuts

[Multiplex]

The option is in the sub menu under the Playlist option

[jnesmith]

So it is.  Thanks to you both.