Re: Shuffling and unshuffling (was Re: ID3 tag question)

Hold the phone.  I stopped and thought about this for a second.  (I=20=20
guess my espresso is finally kicking in...)

If we reshuffle automatically this means that if the user is browsing=20=20
their shuffled Now Playing playlist to see what song is up next towards =
=20
the end of the list it will change out from under them.  Not good.=20=20=20
(Not to mention the chance that the same song will be played twice in a =
=20
row, an annoying prospect.)

Upon further thought, I wonder exactly what problem we're trying to=20=20
solve here.  If it's shuffled, it's shuffled.  If you want to=20=20
reshuffle, then press the SHUFFLE button twice.  The user should always =
=20
be in control.

-dean

On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 07:36  AM, dean blackketter wrote:

> Fine by me.
>
> On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 06:15  AM, Robert Moser II wrote:
>
>> I like it, I'll probably put that in once I get off work today.
>>
>> At 01:39 PM 2/18/2003 +0100, Eivind Kj=F8rstad wrote:
>>> On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Dave Sherohman wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2)  As it stands, reordering a shuffled playlist requires you to
>>>> unshuffle and reshuffle it, which means that, if you just let the
>>>> player run forever, you'll keep hearing your songs in the same=20=20
>>>> order,
>>>> over and over again, unless manual action is taken.  A 'continuous
>>>> shuffle' would not repeat itself so readily.
>>>
>>> True. But the current system has other advantages. How do you feel
>>> about
>>> "fixing" this 2) by the following (pseudocode)
>>>
>>> on end_of_playlist:
>>>         if repeat=3Don and shuffle=3Don:
>>>                 unshuffle
>>>                 reshuffle
>>>
>>> This way you would not get the "shuffled, but fixed" effect that you
>>> mention above, but we would maintain the advantage of being able to =
=20
>>> do
>>> forward and back in a shuffled playlist and have that work as
>>> expected.
>>>
>>> (on my cd-player both "forward" and "back" selects a new *random*=20=20
>>> song
>>> when in shuffle mode, this is okay for forward, but I consider it a
>>> bug
>>> for "back". When I press "back" it's because I want to hear the last
>>> song once more.)
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>         Eivind Kj=F8rstad
>>
>>
>> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
>> ---------------------~-->
>> Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption!
>> http://us.click.yahoo.com/FpY02D/vN2EAA/xGHJAA/rIp0lB/TM
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ~->
>>
>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>>
>> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
>> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>>
>>
>
>
> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor=20=20
> ---------------------~-->
> Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption!
> http://us.click.yahoo.com/FpY02D/vN2EAA/xGHJAA/rIp0lB/TM
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------=20
> ~->
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to=20=20
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>


------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/FpY02D/vN2EAA/xGHJAA/rIp0lB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[email protected]

=20

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/=20