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Koziasty:
Hi, I am a new member of this forum and new to the RockBox as well. Ive been using it for a few days on my x5 and am really pleased with it.

But (there's always but :) ): I like to listen to my music when it is shuffled, especially when I feel like mixing a few genres together.
I thought the Shuffle: on function (accessed by long pressing record button) would shuffle my playlist. However, I 'discovered' that after adding a new album I have to access the shuffle option again, turn it off and on again, to make the list shuffled.

SO my question is: Is it possible, to make the Shuffle: on option shuffle the songs when adding?

Actually I was thinking about changing the 'CLick insert options' to Queue shuffled, yet on the other hand I would not like to unchange it every time I'd like to listen to a whole album or an audiobook.

Hope you can help me, thanks in advance.

(BTW, is playlist a catalog with links to the files? Just curious)
Regards,
koziasty


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Actually, is it possible to do something like:
if(shuffle: on)
than(click_insert_option: queue = click_insert_option: queue_shuffled) [or insert = insert shuffled];
else(click_insert_option: queue = click_insert_option: queue) [not sure if the last step is needed?]

Frankly I know nothing about programming, just the basis, but would like to contribute , should someone pointed me where to begin.
see you

Spug:
Highlight the album you want to add to the current playlist, hold Select to open the context menu for that album's folder and choose Playlist -> Insert shuffled.

Koziasty:
Well, it is one of the options. It is a bit annoying though, waiting for the screen to come up, and than choose the correct option. I guess I was wondering whether a correction to the shuffle option could be made :P Or if there was something i was doing wrong. Since there's not, I think Ill be stuck for a while with this annoying 'option'.

THanks :)
(BTW, should anyone had more suggestion, please do post them here, thanks)
Regards, Koziasty

Llorean:
There's a separate option because otherwise there would be no way to guarantee a song, or songs, happen next when "Shuffle" is on. Your method *requires* that a song be shuffled in, if shuffle is on. What about people who suddenly crave a specific song, but then want to continue with the shuffled playlist?

The current option offers the greates amount of flexibility, I think.

Koziasty:
Right. Yet again, if you use multiple folders and you have to shuffle-queue them every time, it takes more time than insert next or last or whatever you want on just one song.

Anyway, I see im tilting at windmills here :) Thanks for your answer, though.

Could somebody please hint me where in the source should I look for the option, so i would play with it (or rather have my friend play with it :D)
 
OK, nevermind, found it here: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToCompiling
Thanks.

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