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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: aussie1 on August 22, 2003, 11:43:30 pm
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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.?
S
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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!
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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
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Thanks!