Feature Request: "Shuffle Album" <-> "Shuffle Track"

michimussato commented

2023-02-19 23:14:55 +01:00

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Hi coderkun! Thanks for this nice MPD GUI! I totally understand that CoverGrid is based on album playback. However, may I suggest not to limit it to such? I have two suggestions. It would be very nice if:

there was an option to - after an album has finished playing and the queue got empty - whether or not to continue the playback with a random album.
there was a switch between "Shuffle Track" and "Shuffle Album" mode. If in "Shuffle Track" mode, it would be cool if one could then switch to "Shuffle Album" mode to play back the entire album the currently playing track is a part of.

I have personally implemented something like that in my personal project JukeOroni. Unfortunately, I was not aware of MPD at the time I started it :P

Hi coderkun! Thanks for this nice MPD GUI! I totally understand that CoverGrid is based on album playback. However, may I suggest not to limit it to such? I have two suggestions. It would be very nice if: - there was an option to - after an album has finished playing and the queue got empty - whether or not to continue the playback with a random album. - there was a switch between "Shuffle Track" and "Shuffle Album" mode. If in "Shuffle Track" mode, it would be cool if one could then switch to "Shuffle Album" mode to play back the entire album the currently playing track is a part of. I have personally implemented something like that in my personal project [JukeOroni](https://github.com/michimussato/jukeoroni). Unfortunately, I was not aware of MPD at the time I started it :P

michimussato commented

2023-02-19 23:15:44 +01:00

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changed title from "Shuffle Album" <-> "Shuffle Track" to {+Feature Request: +}"Shuffle Album" <-> "Shuffle Track"

changed title from **"Shuffle Album" <-> "Shuffle Track"** to **{+Feature Request: +}"Shuffle Album" <-> "Shuffle Track"**

michimussato commented

2023-02-19 23:15:44 +01:00

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changed the description

coderkun commented

2023-02-21 08:34:50 +01:00

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Unfortunately, shuffle on album basis is a bit complicated since this is a playback feature and playback is done by MPD. The only option I currently see is to add X random albums to the queue—and let MPD play them in order.

michimussato commented

2023-02-28 18:05:08 +01:00

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If there is an option to add those random albums programmatically, that would be great! There is nothing worse than silence :D Is this something you can do?

coderkun commented

2023-03-03 08:44:11 +01:00

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I thank I can add such a feature but it has a lower priority for me than the features currently designated to version 4.1. I am assigning it to 4.x.

michimussato commented

2023-03-03 09:00:15 +01:00

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Yeah man, no rush at all. Thanks a lot!