random playing?!?!

[jimbo]

hi
i wasn't able to find out whether the m3 is able to play a playlist or a directory (with it's subdirectories) random or not
i would like the m3 to play everything on it in shuffle mode but im't not shure if it's possible

ps: my m3 should arrive today or tomorrow =)

[MadGuy]

Shuffle mode is possible! So don't you worry! ;)

[jimbo]

Cool, that's great the M3 turns out more and more to be the perfect player for me :)

[lonechicken]

Playlists, one directory, directory with subdirectories. Yep.

A couple of things I haven't figured out. For some reason, if I just let it play in random for a while without touching it to change volume or skip songs, it'll stop on its own too early. Way before it's run out of songs.

The other thing is, I can't start it with subdirectories boundary unless there's at least one song in the directory that contains all those subdirectories.

[ashlee]

Shuffle mode ...it`s korea style english? i think Random Mode is better then that

[MadGuy]

I dunno, I have always know the option as shuffle... :D

I recognize the problem of lonechicken. Just one question though, did you use the random option in combination with the repeat option?

[lonechicken]

For the purpose of this player, I think shuffle and random mean the same. :) I think shuffle usually is the cheapo method in which a song can keep coming up once in a while (like in winamp), while random is like how a real CD player does it, in which every song is played once and only once in random order. I think the "shuffle" in the M3 is the good/latter way, but I've only had it a few days so I don't know for sure.

I recognize the problem of lonechicken. Just one question though, did you use the random option in combination with the repeat option?

No, repeat is off. Would turning it on keep the player playing forever but make it do shuffling the cheapo way?

[MadGuy]

I don't really know, actually. I have so many songs on my M3 that I will never know if it will tun out to be that way.

If you explain shuffle in the cheapo way, I guess in combination with repeat you may encouter some songs being played twice. Another option is that it first plays the full list of mp3s before repeating a track again, or is this too intelligent for such a small device, LOL?

All I'm saying is that I just don't know...

When on shuffle, I do encouter some songs being played more than others. Or maybe that is just my mind...