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Can someone explain "Shuffle automatic" to me? Please...

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StFeder:
Call me stupid, but I didn't get the point...  ?
Can anyone explain the "shuffle automatic"-mode to me? 

I see how to activate it, but I don't see what happens ::)

skeeterfood:
I believe the point is that if you've selected a single album and hit play it does not shuffle it, but for anything else it automatically shuffles the tracks as it adds them to playing now.

At least that's how it seems to work.

-John

mojave:
From the changelog for build 12.0.245


--- Quote ---12.0.245 (5/29/07)

1. Fixed: Download progress action window resized incorrectly after displaying time remaining.
2. Changed: Theater View Lineup view right-aligns icons so that long titles get more room when necessary.
3. Fixed: Package Installer was being called on every MC12 execution under Vista with UAC enabled.
4. Changed: Theater View files menu contains a "Play All" item to play all visible items, starting with the selected item.
5. NEW: Added "Automatic" shuffle mode -- shuffles playback when playback is started without specifying a file. (like playing a genre grouping, etc.)
6. Changed: Non-silent license acquisition is not attempted for protected content using WMDRM greater than v1.
7. Fixed: Some characters could show incorrectly in Theater View News stories.
8. Optimized: Many optimizations to the handheld enumerator to better deal with empty drive bays, etc.
9. Optimized: Reworked how Media Center detects device arrival and removal to not load WMDM or require a background thread.
10. Changed: Since WMDM is no longer used by the Media Center process (save for specific device plugins), devices that can't handle access from two programs at the same time will work better.

--- End quote ---

StFeder:
I read the changelog. But this didn't help me  :-\ So I asked.
Thanks, john! Just to proof that I'm right with it now: it is the same like "shuffle", it only differs if I chose some (or only one?) complete (and not complete?) albums?

eba:
That's quite cool...
What would also be nice would be if you could do 'Add (shuffle into remaining)', which would add the selected files, then shuffle everything below the currently playing track.

Also...
If a shuffle can be based on when an individual album is selected, how about gapless playback?  I love the fading track changes, but they really mess up certain albums (e.g. anything by Pink Floyd!) and I always forget to switch to alternate settings...

Cheers :)

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