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[aussie1]

Is it possible for playback to shuffle by album in addition to song.

In other words, can I select an album at random from the library, play the track in order, then select another album at random from the library and play its tracks in order. etc.?

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[jleerigby]

This is not currently possible.  A workaround you could use to add some randomness would be to add a load of tracks to PN (e.g. your whole library) with the shuffle function switched on.  Then using whichever track has been selected right click and Locate>Album then play all.

Long winded I know - beginning to wonder why I suggested it!

[bspachman]

Is it possible for playback to shuffle by album in addition to song.

Like JLee said, it's not inherently built-in to MC. However, you can accomplish it by creating 2 smartlists with the smartlist wizard.

Smartlist 1--Number of albums to shuffle:
"Limit: (x) tracks; Track #:=1"

Smartlist 2--Shuffle by album playback:
"Modifier: Full Albums; Playlist: (Smartlist 1); Sort: [Album],[Track #]"

The (x) and (Smartlist 1) values should be filled in by how many albums you want to shuffle and the name of the 1st smartlist respectively. Then just play Smartlist #2...

See http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=MediaCenter;action=display;num=1052332509 for more details and some small issues with this method.

However, it works pretty well for me.

Best,
Brad

[aussie1]

Thanks!