Shuffle the play queue ?

[vicpa]

Really like the app- Thanks
I am new so pardon if I am missing something
One question is there a way to shuffle the play queue?

The one icon available on play bar has a tool tip "shuffle" but is generally is used for repeat. (see below) and seems to function that way.

Where should I be looking?

[dweymouth]

That tool tip is incorrect, it should say Repeat (and is fixed now on main). Currently there is no way to shuffle the queue after songs have been added, but you shuffle as you add them. I haven't implemented queue shuffling yet (#11) because I haven't figured out a good way to do it, considering all the edge cases of adding and removing songs from the queue while shuffle is enabled

[dweymouth]

BTW if anyone has ideas for how this should work (adding and removing from the queue while shuffle is enabled, then disabling shuffling, what should be the proper queue order) - feel free to add suggestions!

[vicpa]

To narrow it down The use case is add a couple of things to the queue. Have the tracks play in a random order.
I know I said shuffle, but that implies changing the queue itself which isn't really a requirement.

One suggestion:

1. So if the queue stays the same - logically the play next in the queue would be either "play next unplayed track" or pick a "Random Unplayed track" depending on the toggle.
2. The queue stays the same adds, deletes etc., just adding or deleting unplayed tracks.
3. Toggle off Shuffle/Random just uses "play next unplayed track". I suppose you can start from either the currently playing track, or the "first unplayed track depending on level of effort.

[dweymouth]

Some more thoughts on how this could work:

• When in shuffle mode, two copies of the queue are maintained, one in non-shuffled order and the other shuffled
• When turning shuffle on, a new shuffled order is generated from the non-shuffled queue. The index of the first copy of the currently playing track in the shuffled queue becomes the playback index.
• When inserting tracks into the queue while shuffle is enabled, they are inserted in a random position in the shuffled queue (regardless of whether "queue next" or "append" was performed), but in the ordered queue, they are inserted either after the first copy of the currently-playing track (for "queue next") or at the end (for "append")
• When removing tracks from the queue (by index) the tracks at the given index are removed from the ordered queue, and the first instance of each track in the shuffled queue is removed

[vicpa]

Your logic sounds correct. Certainly, meets my use case.

[UltraBlackLinux]

Any updates on this? I'd love to be able to shuffle my favorites like you can shuffle all tracks...

[dweymouth]

I started working on this but it is surprisingly complex with all the edge cases around the queue being modified while shuffle mode is on. I've been taking a break from the project for a bit - this will be the first thing I work on once I come back. In the meantime, you can shuffle your favorites by doing Ctrl+A on the favorite tracks view, right-click, Shuffle