I'm still not understanding the difference between the plugin and "standard" shuffle mode . . .
I love the fact that the SlimServer shuffle mode keeps the playlist in history- I often hear things I've never heard before, and it's very useful to be able to look them up later- especially at a party when someone asks me what was playing five minutes ago! That was the main incentive for me to give up my CD megachanger in favor of Squeezebox! I haven't noticed the delay problem- it seems that when you shuffle or re-shuffle, the current track just keeps playing, and is moved to the head of the new shuffled playlist, so the next song played is chosen at random. I do have one issue with the way the shuffling is handled- if I head something I DON'T like and Zap it, it gets zapped only from the current shuffle incarnation, and shows up again next time the list is shuffled, or when the player is stopped and restarted. It does stay in the "Zapped" playlist- is there any way to automatically subtract the "Zapped" playlist from whatever is the current playlist so those songs are never played, unless I specifically add them? I could permanently delete them from my PC, but I don't necessarily want to do that, and somehow they always seem to get "found" again otherwise! (One good example is "Songs of the Humpback Whale" which is just awful at a dance party, but wonderful when played underwater in the pool!) Two other suggestions I would love: 1> Could the Date/Time be posted in the Random playlist after a song was played, so it would be easier to find previously heard tracks? 2> I've asked before for a feature that would allow you to ADD the currently playing track to one of 10 numbered playlists by pressing ADD plus a Number button on the remote. There is already a 3rd party plugin (or was) that would allow you to play one of 10 numbered playlists in a similar way. This would allow me to select music on the fly for various playlists, since I can't usually remember the titles or artists later! One of those could also be the "Zapped" playlist! Perhaps that feature would be better added to a plugin than made a standard feature! Orrin Thanks, Dan! -- orrinc _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
