mherger wrote: > > Slartibartfast, Michael did mention this link earlier in the thread, > and > > I asked what it meant, to no avail. I don't know what a "commit" is, > > still less what to do with one. I can probably edit files. Can you > > explain? > > If you look at the "Files changed" tab > (https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/pull/520/files) you'll see what > > files to modify in what way. You can try that. But as the author of that > > change says, it didn't really solve the issue for him. > > Lack of randomness has come up over and over again. Yet nobody has ever > > figured out a solution, or even the source of the problem. IIRC some > even claimed the perceived lack of randomness was a well documented and > > scientifically researched phenomenon: you'd have to play all your files > > in random mode repeatedly many times before you'd have statistically > significant data. Before that it's just a feeling, but not facts ;-).
I bought this book years ago to see if there was any mention of what "seed" apple used to initiate the 'random' sequence, and what other factors may have been included in the equation used to simulate randomness. It's still a secret! :) The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness 34426 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: 41lV56HdcwS._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34426| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stereoptic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53162 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114355 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
