by Chep » Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:05 am
I have a dynamic playlist that plays anything I have if the playcount is zero, and I play this list on Shuffle (random).
I find that Shuffle isn't as random as I expect to be. 6,000+ songs / 700+ artists and very frequently I’ve had a song play from the same artist played only 4 or 5 songs earlier. Sometimes it’s almost like instead of a blind reach into a mixed bag, it's like the list is just bounding around a noisy line, and the noise isn’t noisy enough. (I’m just making up technobabble, here)
Is there a way to tweak this algorithm? Or does Math just say, “YOU think it’s improbable, but it’s often likely to get another song from the same artist/album x songs later...”
Thanks,
I have a dynamic playlist that plays anything I have if the playcount is zero, and I play this list on Shuffle (random).
I find that Shuffle isn't as random as I expect to be. 6,000+ songs / 700+ artists and very frequently I’ve had a song play from the same artist played only 4 or 5 songs earlier. Sometimes it’s almost like instead of a blind reach into a mixed bag, it's like the list is just bounding around a noisy line, and the noise isn’t noisy enough. (I’m just making up technobabble, here)
Is there a way to tweak this algorithm? Or does Math just say, “YOU think it’s improbable, but it’s often likely to get another song from the same artist/album x songs later...”
Thanks,