JJZolx Wrote: > You're talking about the Random Mix plugin, correct? Given the way the > Random Mix plugin operates - by placing N items into the playlist, then > when on has played, selecting another, I wouldn't be surprised if it > does a very simple random selection "with replacement".
I believe it's hard to get a pseudo random number generator to produce a sequence without patterns. For example, I wrote a perfect shuffle in perl for Winamp .m3u playlists - nothing of releasable quality as far as I'm concerned - but just for my own use, because I wasn't happy with Winamp's. The shuffle should be "perfect" - given a perfect random feed, but actually it still biases towards certain tracks etc. I know this because - as with winamp (and I expect the random plugin on slimserver once I've been using it for a while) - you start to notice that it's leaning towards some parts of the collection - and when you move things around by adding music that all changes and you get a fresh feel to the "random" playlists for a while. So it's not so easy as it sounds to get a satisfying random feed of music (perhaps one that biases a little towards tracks it hasn't played recently would be a good compromise?). Cheers, Mark -- mcw ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mcw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19696 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
