06-28-2004, 07:44 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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How Does Winamp's "Shuffle" work?
What sorta pattern does it use?It cant be completely random, when ever i use it,it sometimes sticks to the same beat(hiphop) but a different artist over the track. Or it stays with the same artist and a different song/beat.
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06-29-2004, 05:01 AM | #6 (permalink) | |
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Location: The Netherlands
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is there such a thing as 'completely random' anywhere? /-- tilted philosophy Maybe you can take a look at this for a discussion of X11AMP's (xmms, winamp-look-a-like) shuffle algorithm: click here
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06-29-2004, 08:45 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Location: San Diego
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I wish there was something a little more random for the suffle feature. It seems to me, that the random fuction plays in a set pattern. I will commonly hear songs that I have recently played, but the songs I rarely play will never come up on random.
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06-29-2004, 09:06 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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There used to be a winamp program that "fixed" the shuffle problem. I can't remember the name of it. The user could rate the current song being played. Those with a high value were played more often than those with a low value.
It was a really neat learning algorithm. Shame I can't remember the name of it (and a quick google search doesn't reveal anything promising).
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06-29-2004, 10:52 PM | #10 (permalink) |
Insane
Location: Bay Area
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I sort my playlist with the 'randomize' option a few times and then play straight through from the top of the list, instead of just using 'shuffle' on a list sorted in order. It's much better, I rarely ever get the same sequence of songs.
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06-30-2004, 01:28 AM | #11 (permalink) | |
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Location: San Diego, Ca
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06-30-2004, 02:02 PM | #12 (permalink) | |
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http://www.synapseai.com/index.asp But it really didn't work too well for me. It hasn'be been developed on for quite some time.
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07-01-2004, 06:20 AM | #13 (permalink) |
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as they said above. Shuffle the playlist, then play straight through. Turn off shuffle on the winamp window.
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