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Didn't Apple have a similar problem with the ipod? People complained that it was not random because it would sometimes pick the same track twice or would pick t
by jiggy2011 13y ago
Didn't Apple have a similar problem with the ipod?
People complained that it was not random because it would sometimes pick the same track twice or would pick tracks from the same artist more often than people expected.
I believe they fixed it by changing the odds every time a track was played so it would seem to be making a more random selection, although technically it is now less random.
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- e12e 13y agoOf course, people might not actually expect random playback when they hit shuffle. Changing odds sounds like a good approach. edit: similar to how some players generate a random playlist (every track on listed once, random order). Then on loop, either create an entirely new list, or simply loop.
- baby 13y agoYes! IMO they should keep track of songs played in the shuffle mode over the sessions and try to uniform it instead of providing randomness.
- elithrar 13y ago> Didn't Apple have a similar problem with the ipod? People complained that it was not random because it would sometimes pick the same track twice or would pick tracks from the same artist more often than people expected. I always thought this was by design: the "shuffle" algorithm wasn't designed to be random, but would instead occasionally group songs from the same artist or genre together (and/or favor songs w/ higher play counts_ - i.e. maintain a "theme" for a couple of songs before changing to something different) I can't find any supporting evidence for this, however, and a lot of the discussions around their algorithm are hearsay.
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