I hammered on this feature all evening yesterday with a number of playlists and my entire 5274 song library of everything from Enigma to Nine Inch Nails, Nick Drake, Outkast and Phish. After listening to almost too much music, I'll toss my vote in for a thumbs up on this most powerful of shuffling features, as I can now truly let my library's randomness shine.
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9-08-2005 @ 11:06AM
Jordan Merrick said...
i liked what lord steve had said about party shuffle. It was random. If 2 artists appeared next to each other, then it just showed how random it could be. By controlling the randomness, you are essentially making it less random... geddit?
watch the webcast of the event and he explains it better than i can!
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9-08-2005 @ 11:14AM
random said...
I really like this new feature. When I set iTunes to shuffle, the more often it plays my favorite artists the happier I am.
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9-08-2005 @ 11:41AM
heipei said...
calling a shuffle function a "powerful tool", lol, i mean, cmon, its a shuffle function, people have been implementing this for ages.
interface builder is a powerful tool, spotlight is a powerful tool, terminal is a powerful tool if you know how to use it, but shuffle? its a standard feature, nothing more, nothing less, just one more tiny thing that lets your life seem less boring maybe
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9-08-2005 @ 11:52AM
Mervin Jensen said...
Now hopefully they can add this feature to the iPod. I've noticed the random on an iPod tends to play a lot of the same stuff.
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9-08-2005 @ 3:47PM
Small Paul said...
Jordan: precisely. People just aren't ready for actual randomness.
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9-08-2005 @ 4:54PM
scott Seifert said...
where do you find this smart shuffel feature in iTunes I can't find it all??????
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9-08-2005 @ 5:06PM
scott Seifert said...
where do you find this smart shuffel feature in iTunes I can't find it all??????
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9-08-2005 @ 5:06PM
scott Seifert said...
where do you find this smart shuffel feature in iTunes I can't find it all??????
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9-09-2005 @ 5:01PM
scott Seifert said...
Found it thanks....
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11-02-2005 @ 3:15PM
David Chartier said...
Scott, in iTunes 5 (just released Wednesday) go into preferences, then the "Playback" pane. Hope this helps!
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