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Is there any way to change how the Android MM app handles shuffling? I find it really annoying that if I skip past a song, then go back to that song, it reshuffles everything that comes after that song again.
The way it is right now:
Skipping through a shuffled playlist. Accidentally skip past Song 1 that I want to listen to. From Song 2, go back to Song 1. However, going back to Song 1 shuffles everything that came after it, so that when Song 1 is done, Song 2 will no longer play next, instead replaced by a new shuffled song. I've never encountered another media player that handles shuffling like this, and I'm really not a fan. Is there any way to change this?
Thanks!

If you have Shuffle enabled on the Player that would be expected behavior. You'd need to disable Shuffle if you want to play files in order of the Playing list.

You can use Shuffle Play to add files in random manner to the Playing, then have Shuffle itself disabled so you have control over play order.

Hello! I'm new to using Media Monkey and it's been absolutely amazing so far. I've noticed that it shuffles songs differently than what I've seen with other media players though. Normally, the shuffle function keeps the songs in the same order until they're shuffled again (shuffle is turned off and on again), so if you go back to the previous song, the same song will still play next. With MediaMonkey, if you go back a song with shuffle on, a completely different song will play next rather than one that was playing the first time. This isn't necessary a bad thing and I actually kind of like the idea, but it would be nice to have the option to choose how songs are shuffled. So, I would like to suggest adding the option for shuffle modes in the playback options and having a dynamic mode (the current behavior) and a static mode (one that retains a set playback order).

Lowlander wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:54 pm If you have Shuffle enabled on the Player that would be expected behavior. You'd need to disable Shuffle if you want to play files in order of the Playing list.

You can use Shuffle Play to add files in random manner to the Playing, then have Shuffle itself disabled so you have control over play order.

Using the shuffle play and then going through the play order with shuffle disabled had honestly never occurred to me, that's a good workaround, I'll start doing that. I'd still prefer a "dynamic" and "static" shuffle mode, as another user suggested, but this will definitely work as well. Thanks a bunch!

Lowlander wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:54 pm If you have Shuffle enabled on the Player that would be expected behavior. You'd need to disable Shuffle if you want to play files in order of the Playing list.

You can use Shuffle Play to add files in random manner to the Playing, then have Shuffle itself disabled so you have control over play order.

Thank you for the workaround! I do think that it would be a nice feature to have if it's possible to implement though. When I start listening to music I usually choose the first song and let shuffle take it from there. Occasionally there will be a song I want to hear again and I'll go back to it, but I'd like to be able to pick back up where the shuffled playlist left off.

My specific use case aside, it's also a bit more difficult to sort through songs like that on larger playlists. The one I'm currently listening to has over 300 songs and my main one has over 1000, and I'm sure there are others with even larger playlists. Plus most media players (the ones I know of at least) use the "static shuffle" method and MediaMonkey is the first that I've seen to use a dynamic method. Most people switching from other media players would likely be expecting a similar behavior and may be confused when it's different.

Hello,
Sorry for my stupid question.
How do you enable/disable shuffle?
Thank you for your help

patrick31150 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:23 am Hello,
Sorry for my stupid question.
How do you enable/disable shuffle?
Thank you for your help

If you tap on the album art, the shuffle and repeat buttons should show up. I had trouble finding them my first few weeks with MMA and I didn't think it had those functions. It was only after my third time searching through the forum about it that I found they actually exist.

Can I disable shuffle and track repeating completely? The sort of music I listen to relies on all tracks always being played in the proper order (classical, concept albums, electronic e.g. Jean-Michel Jarre). When I play albums one or other of shuffle or track repeat comes on at random and it's highly annoying.

TIA

Yes, if you enabled this in the past you can disable it again from the Player screen (you should see both features at the bottom).