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Bug 606140 - With "Browse" mode toggled on, "Shuffle" appears to play not very randomly
With "Browse" mode toggled on, "Shuffle" appears to play not very randomly
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: rhythmbox
Classification: Other
Component: playback
0.12.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: RhythmBox Maintainers
RhythmBox Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-01-05 19:06 UTC by tsguerin
Modified: 2010-01-05 21:09 UTC
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GNOME target: ---
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Description tsguerin 2010-01-05 19:06:03 UTC 
When viewing "Library/Music" with "Browse" toggled on:

Rhythmbox appears to first randomly choose a folder, then a song or folder within that folder.

That is annoying to me as I expect Shuffle to randomly choose from among all the songs in "Library/Music" individually.

My music tends to be organized Artist/Album/Songs, so in result I get just as much play of an artist of whose I only own one song, as I do of a favorite artist of whose I own many songs.

(It does appear to me that if "Browse" is toggled off, Shuffle mode is as random as I would expect.)

Thank you!
Comment 1 Jonathan Matthew 2010-01-05 21:09:35 UTC 
If you select something from one of the browsers, it can only play songs that match that selection.  If you don't, the browser has absolutely no effect on the play order.