[MPlayer-users] Re: shuffle for playlists

[Alban Bedel]

Hi Jim Clark,

on Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:20:15 -0400 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html]
> >> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> >> DOCS/bugreports.html]
> >> > I tried mplayer -shuffle http://xx.xx.xx/playlist.m3u
> >> Set -shuffle behind the playlist, like: mplayer
> >> http://xx.xx.xx/playlist.m3u -shuffle MPlayer firstly has to read the
> >> playlist and then to shuffle
> >>
> >it.____________________________________________________________________
> >
> >That's not the exact resaon be you are close :)
> >In fact mplayer have a so called playtree. So you can group stuff
> >together and so on. The shuffle option is a bit special as it only
> >apply to the tree level where it is found. So if you write
> >mplayer -shuffle http://xx.xx.xx/playlist.m3u
> >it will shuffle tho root level wich here only contain a sublist.
> >But if you put it after the playlist then it apply to the playlist.
> >This is to allow for example to play some albums in random order but
> >keep tho songs inside the albums in order.
> 	>Albeu
> 
> On my system this doesn't work. No matter where I put the -shuffle,
> playlists
> are not shuffled (whether it is a remote playlist or a local one).
> 
> If I use a list of filenames on the command line, these get shuffled, so
> I know that shuffling is possible.
> (although, the shuffling order is always the same - shouldn't the
> shuffling be different everytime around??)/
> 
> Is there some sort of compilation config flag that needs to be set for
> shuffling
> to work on playlists?

Here it just work. Wich version are you using ?
	Albeu

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