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fidelious

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shuffle Albums
« on: August 05, 2011, 03:57:39 am »

as an addition to the current Shuffle options, which are track-oriented, I would love to see MC shuffle Albums (i.e. to play a randomly chosen Album after the current Album has finished). Would that be possible in a future build?
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Lasse_Lus

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Re: shuffle Albums
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2011, 04:22:08 am »

(meanwhile) will this do ?

~sort=Random ~limit=5,1,[album],[album artist (auto)] ~a

and maybe combine with this plugin http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=64132.0  :P
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Re: shuffle Albums
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 06:54:14 am »

eehm... Thanks! I recently came across the plugin you refer to, but it did not seem to do what I'm looking for.

As to your line of (what seems to be) script code - I'd love to try, only: where in MC do I apply or enter it?
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Lasse_Lus

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Re: shuffle Albums
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 07:01:51 am »

..across the plugin you refer to, but it did not seem to do what I'm looking for.

understand, i have not tried it myself

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As to your line of (what seems to be) script code - I'd love to try, only: where in MC do I apply or enter it?

it's smartlist syntax (read more here http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Smartlist_and_Search_-_Rules_and_Modifiers)

you can actually enter it almost anywhere, but start with create new smartlist, click import/export and paste the text above into the textbox
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Re: shuffle Albums
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2011, 07:54:30 am »

Thanks again. I got the smartlist working and it's a good in-between solution.

To me, having a 'Shuffle Albums' menu option, ideally combined with a 'jump to next album' command, would still be better. It would allow playlist-oriented listening, which is what I do most.
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Lasse_Lus

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Re: shuffle Albums
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2011, 08:02:10 am »

you can jump/play (to the) next playlist if that help
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