Random-ness

[Cayenne]

All I want to know is:
#1 Can I randomize my entire collection?
#2 Can I play it back from this "scrambled" order from the first track to the last track after stopping at times to play other stuff and then return to my random playlist and pickup where I left off?????
#3 If so where does the randomness come from? I assume the sudo-random number generator or a random file from the cpu platform or is there a more advanced option for randomness like Random.org or a hardware based true random number generator? (lots of entropy I hope!!)

I have a Rpi/Hifiberry set-up coming in the mail as I write this. I have never liked the random features of iTunes, Zune, Roxio, WinAmp and umpteen other audio players. I want, NO need TRUE randomness for playback and resume-ability of this playlist!

Short of these things, would this feature be implementable in ArchLinux?


Anal about Audio....Cayenne

[Cayenne]

Really?.....nobody???

[hondagx35]

[Cayenne]

Thanks Frank, that sounds interesting! I just got my Rpi/hifiberry working and the random feature seems to survive (playback position) a reboot and that is important. What I haven't tried is: will the playback position in a randomized playlist survive after clearing and adding a different playlist?

But mainly my question is this: Where does the random-ness come from? is it using the hardware based RNG on the Pi? I want true random playback through my entire collection without replays. A progress bar or some kind of meter showing percentage of collection played/unplayed would be nice too!

[hondagx35]

[blibble]

hello there.... i can't seem to find any shuffle options in the MPD menu, not can i work out how to install ashuffle from GitHub (archlinux is new to me.. reading fast)..... what very simple thing am i missing here?

ta very
best
B

[hondagx35]

Hi

ashuffle is installed on the latest images for RP2/3 and ODROID.

You can find it as
Global random OFF / ON
(EXPERIMENTAL) Toggles the global random, which adds a random song to the queue when it reaches the end. Changes will take effect after you restart your device.

Frank

[blibble]

ahhhhh
ta frank....
is there anyway of me installing this on a p1?

[KHatfull]

I just caught this thread and wondered what the global random was. RTFM I suppose, LOL!

This is great...

[vulpespersona]

For what it's worth, I think 'ashuffle' is supported in the current version of Rune Audio. I thought I'd share a workaround to shuffle from my collection that works well.

I have a 1TB external USB drive feeding my Pi running Rune Audio and for a while was disappointed that i couldn't shuffle all without massive slowdowns...I share your sentiments about Itunes.

90% of the time i run Rune Audio seamlessly from the browser supported http://runeaudio.local/, including playing all from an artist directory and then shuffling the playlist but when i want to 'shuffle all' from my 1TB hard drive I use Mpod app on my Iphone which has a shake to shuffle feature that allows you to select 50 or 100 songs. Since this only grabs 100 songs it runs smoothly and still has the effect of shuffling all. I think this app uses 'ashuffle' to do this but i like the way i can just open that app, shake my iphone and instantly be listening to random songs from my collection. If i'm feeling picky i run through the hundred tracks and delete ones i don't want to come up.

Might not meet all your needs but this is a fairly easy way to suffle tracks without much modifications to the rune software and before a new version is released that includes this capability, which i was told will be integrated:

shuffle-100-tracks-other-feature-requests-t3230.html