d6jg wrote: > While I understand the question I dont actually understand why anyone > would want to have a truly random track based playlist. Its just alien > to me. > Why would I want to have the potential for say a Sex Pistols track > followed by a piece of Mozart followed by some lightweight pop? I much > prefer the more focused but random approach of LastMix/DSTM > Do people really opt for total randomness across their entire library or > is it focussed total randomness across a subset of genres thats being > sought? > > NB I do recognise that a smaller library with limited genre range might > make this desirable.
I might ask why some people want to hear slight variations on the same thing, over and over again. That's just alien to me. But isn't it a good thing for LMS to provide the capability for whatever the user wants, even if somebody else finds it incomprehensibly weird? I usually have some filters engaged to shape random play in the direction I want. Here's a recent playlist, covering a little more than an hour: artist: Billie Holiday title: You're So Desirable album: Lady Day on Columbia Disc 05 artist: B.B. King title: I Need You So Bad artist: Duke Ellington title: Cotton Club Stomp album: Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, Master Recordings CD 11 artist: The Allman Brothers Band title: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed album: Idlewild South artist: Dizzy Gillespie title: Shaw 'Nuff album: Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz vol 3 artist: King Crimson title: Formentera Lady (take 2) album: Islands artist: Floyd Dixon title: I Wanna Rock Now album: Wake Up And Live! artist: Sam Cooke title: Twistin' The Night Away album: The Man Who Invented Soul 2 artist: Elvis Presley title: I Forgot To Remember To Forget album: Sun Rise CD1 artist: Jess Stacy title: After You've Gone No.3 album: Complete Commodore Vol.2 Disc 19 artist: Seattle Symphony Chorale title: IV. Thanksgiving & Forefathers' Day album: Ives: New England Holidays & Orchestral Sets Nos. 1 & 2 artist: Dizzy Gillespie title: That´s Earl, Brother album: 1945-1950 Small Groups - Night In Tunisia artist: Claude Bolling, Jean-Pierre Rampal title: Fugace album: Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio artist: Charlie Parker, Miles Davis title: Cheryl album: The Savoy Recordings CD1 artist: Emmett Lee Brooks title: Dancin' album: Detroit After Hours Vol 1 artist: Sarah Vaughan title: Make Believe album: Chronological Sarah 1947-1949 artist: Rachmaninov title: Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini artist: John McLaughlin title: The Dolphin album: Thieves and Poets LMS 8 nightly running on Raspberry Pi OS. Mostly virtual players, occasionally with SB Radio, Boom or Classic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RobbH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67008 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114355
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