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John Doe 72

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To developers: Please add more shuffle play modes
« on: March 19, 2005, 03:37:07 pm »

1. Shuffle albums (plays random album from collection in original songs order)
2. Shuffle artists Mode 1 (plays random artist with albums in chronological order and songs in original order)
3. Shuffle artists Mode 2 (plays random artist with albums in random order and songs in original order)
4. Shuffle artists Mode 3 (plays random artist in random songs order)
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Afrosheen

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Re: To developers: Please add more shuffle play modes
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2005, 01:07:16 am »

Could someone inform us on this availability of these options. I would seriously enjoy the option to randomize a playlist by albums rather than single tracks.
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JimH

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Re: To developers: Please add more shuffle play modes
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2005, 07:05:54 am »

No change will be made at this time.  We're trying to release MC11.
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Re: To developers: Please add more shuffle play modes
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2005, 08:23:37 am »

Most, if not all, of those requests can be achieved by using smarlists. Do a search in the forum to find some examples.

For instance:

[media type]=[audio] ~sort=[Random] ~n=5 ~a ~sort=[Random] ~sort=[Album] ~a -[Album]=[]

plays n.5 complete random albums (change the value in n= to play n albums)

You can tweak the expressions to achieve almost what you want.

Hope it helps.
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kaiynne

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Re: To developers: Please add more shuffle play modes
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2005, 03:09:53 pm »

Every one of those can be done using smartlists.

This is another example of why a sticky thread with various smartlists already setup would be extremely helpful for new users.

I am not on my MC comp. at the moment but I will update this post with the actual expressions in a little bit.
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Re: To developers: Please add more shuffle play modes
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2005, 04:24:51 pm »

This is another example of why a sticky thread with various smartlists already setup would be extremely helpful for new users.

I am not on my MC comp. at the moment but I will update this post with the actual expressions in a little bit.

Like this one
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