Re: iTunes -- random play and groupings

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: iTunes -- random play and groupings
Date	2018-06-20 05:56 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
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In message <pg9560$4dk$1@gioia.aioe.org> Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:
> On 6/17/18 2:19 PM, Lewis wrote:
>> In message <pg3mkr$19c1$1@gioia.aioe.org> Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:
>>> Once I'm into a grouping it plays thru but it doesn't always start with
>>> the first track in the grouping.  Is there any way to force that?
>> 
>> Um... RANDOM will not start with the first track more often that
>> (1/(number of tracks) times.
>> 
> Yea, that's my point. Sounds like you're saying random is random and I'm 
> stuck with it.  I thought that might be the case but hope springs eternal!

Random is random. The only change Apple has made to random, and this was
years ago, is that it will randomize the entire playlist, not just the
next track (too many people complained on getting the same song twice in
a row, which of course will happen with an entirely random list).


-- 
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first name is Bad.' --Interesting Times

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iTunes -- random play and groupings Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2018-06-16 14:58 -0400
  Re: iTunes -- random play and groupings Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-06-17 18:19 +0000
    Re: iTunes -- random play and groupings Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2018-06-18 16:37 -0400
      Re: iTunes -- random play and groupings Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-06-20 05:56 +0000

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