In essence, you need to create a playlist and then play it randomly. So the playlist will be played once in random order.
The following is my workflow. The standard Rockbox menu options allow for a maximum of 32,000 tracks in a playlist. If you want more, you need to create a file called ".rockbox/fixed.cfg" and include a line of the form:
max files in playlist: 66000
This is fine on 6/7 gen iPods with 64MB of RAM, but may be problematic on other devices.
Make sure your database is up to date. When I add new music I manually delete the database files, as it seems quicker to build it from nothing.
To build a playlist of all your files, enter the database, put the cursor on 'Track', then press select and choose "Current playlist", then select either "Play" or "play shuffled". I use the latter, but you could play the file in shuffle mode.
This creates a dynamic playlist of all the files.
When it starts playing, long select and choose "Playlist" -> "Save current playlist"
then type a name.
I normally tidy up the name via my computer rather than use the character input screen.
Stop the dynamic playlist from playing, then load the newly created one from the playlist menu.
Saving the playlist, rather than just using the dynamic one makes rockbox much faster to start.
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