aubuti;532225 Wrote: > Shuffle mode is a processor-intensive and terribly computationally > inefficient way to randomize songs, especially compared to Random Mix > or any of the more sophisticated plugins like Dynamic Playlists, > MusicIP, or Spicefly Sugarcube. And throwing thousands of tracks at it > to shuffle is downright torture.
Why should this be so processor intensive? making a random query on a MySQL database takes hardly any time, and scanning a big directory tree for MP3 data shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. The MP3 scanner to database I've written in Python for something else only takes a couple of minutes. Isn't the process something like: scan directories into database, do a randomised query and send to player. I don't see why that should be hard? I've been using these squeezeboxes since the original slimp3 device. I've noticed the shuffle play get a bit slower over the years. I'll try those plugins. Karl. -- karl101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ karl101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1430 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77050 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
