by creativconfusion » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:12 pm
It appears as though there is a two staged randomization which takes place upon playback from a playlist.
Stage 1:
When I go to a playlist and press the little play button (with a tiny random sign) at the top of the screen, that playlist gets randomized on its way over to being "Now Playing".
This means that if my playlist originally was as follows:
1) aaa
2) bbb
3) ccc
It appears in the Now Playing list as (or some variant of):
1) ccc
2) aaa
3) bbb
Stage 2:
If "Random" is enabled during playback, the track played jumps around within the already randomized list such that the play order goes 2, 1, 3 (or something similar).
What is the point of randomizing these twice?
Why isn't the little button shown on the playlist screen just a regular play button and not a randomize button since we already have a button to turn random on or off?
The only reason I ask is that it seems as though there is absolutely no benefit to randomize the track order if you are already randomizing your playback order. I would much rather my playlist gets entered into Now Playing as I constructed it and then I can choose to make my playback random or not. Once it is brought into Now Playing in a random order, there is no way to unscramble it. It seems so strange to offer the quick option to play randomly but not normally...
Here is my request: When in the Playlist selection screen, have two buttons, one for randomized and one to just play the tracks as you had them originally ordered. So, one button for random play, and another for regular play.
Thanks!
-John
*Edit: I realize that you can hold down on a playlist to put a checkmark next to it and that brings up a second set of play buttons and those contain a button that is regular play. But my question still stands. Why does it take more actions to get to standard play than to get to shuffled play?
It appears as though there is a two staged randomization which takes place upon playback from a playlist.
Stage 1:
When I go to a playlist and press the little play button (with a tiny random sign) at the top of the screen, that playlist gets randomized on its way over to being "Now Playing".
This means that if my playlist originally was as follows:
1) aaa
2) bbb
3) ccc
It appears in the Now Playing list as (or some variant of):
1) ccc
2) aaa
3) bbb
Stage 2:
If "Random" is enabled during playback, the track played jumps around within the already randomized list such that the play order goes 2, 1, 3 (or something similar).
What is the point of randomizing these twice?
Why isn't the little button shown on the playlist screen just a regular play button and not a randomize button since we already have a button to turn random on or off?
The only reason I ask is that it seems as though there is absolutely no benefit to randomize the track order if you are already randomizing your playback order. I would much rather my playlist gets entered into Now Playing as I constructed it and then I can choose to make my playback random or not. Once it is brought into Now Playing in a random order, there is no way to unscramble it. It seems so strange to offer the quick option to play randomly but not normally...
[b]Here is my request: When in the Playlist selection screen, have two buttons, one for randomized and one to just play the tracks as you had them originally ordered. So, one button for random play, and another for regular play.[/b]
Thanks!
-John
*Edit: I realize that you can hold down on a playlist to put a checkmark next to it and that brings up a second set of play buttons and those contain a button that is regular play. But my question still stands. Why does it take more actions to get to standard play than to get to shuffled play?