Ben Wrote: 
> Err, what's non random about repeating? Every song has just as much of a
> chance as being next as any other, including the one that just played.
> 
> What you want is decidly non-random. You want it to pick any song but
> make sure that a song from that artist and album hasn't played
> recently.
> 
> Ben

You're certainly right that repeating can be random, and that what Neil
asked for in his follow-up post is non-random, or random without
replacement. But the symptoms he described in his original post sound
truly non-random. 

I have seen similar issues, although only at the artist or album level,
not the track level. The frequency with which a given artist or album is
repeated in the same playlist, especially near each other in the same
playlist, seems too high to be random. But it's pretty easy to test
formally, and one of these days I'll get around to it.
-Ken


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