Randomnessless shuffle

[makamba]

Is it me or are there others who noticed that the shuffle shuffles through the same short list or artists? Anyone know how you can improve the randomness of shuffle?

[MrSinatra]

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=351953

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=380898

Not exactly what u asked for, but...

[makamba]

Thanks for taking the time to reply. As I gather, these are suggestions not available in the current application. And I would have to rate every song to be able to use it. That looks like a lot of work.

Would you not get another predictable list with songs? My comment is that the current shuffle is not random enough, lays a heavy emphasis on a small number of artists who are played a lot, while other artists are seldom heard. Is it for instance possible to enforce WinAmp to use another seed, so it generates another random list of artists?

[MrSinatra]

I believe they are available now, to some degree, although I haven't tried them.

Also, true randomness and perceived randomness are often not the same thing. Having said that, I agree with your basic thrust.

In radio, there is an option called artist separation, so when playlists are made repeating artists don't occur too much.