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Brosfarq
Contributor I
September 28, 2017

Shuffle/Library functions NEED fixing !

  • September 28, 2017
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Does it really need to suck this bad ?!?!?!?!?!?!? I'm a Sonos dealer. I love Sonos. BUT : 1. Shuffle in any playlist (larger than 20-30 tracks) is terrible !! Sonos 'repeats' tracks WAAAAYYYY too soon (should be not at all, regardless of playlist size !) !!! 2. Sonos gets to tell me, that my music library is too big !?!?!?!?????? (On-screen message : "Sonos does not have enough space to update your music library. Please eliminate unused ques and playlists". Blah, blah, blah). I don't think so !! Unacceptable !! It's the 21st century, and this is easy code to fix. I can maybe see this needing to be this way, on hand-held devices, but on the 'desk-top' controller, no way.

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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    February 26, 2018
    Here is some background as to when Sonos spent time on the shuffle function a few years ago.

    https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/request-for-feedback-shuffle-6517514
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    no1SteveB
    Trending Lyricist I
    March 4, 2018
    I still remain to be convinced...I was reviewing songs on playlists the other day that frankly I had forgotten I had. Despite using the tips above I never get to hear these songs. I assume the software doesn't log the number of times a track is played...in order that one can shuffle by the number of plays ?
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    March 4, 2018
    It dos not log not number of plays. It is complete random
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    no1SteveB
    Trending Lyricist I
    March 4, 2018
    Thanks Chris, I thought that was the case.
    Japonica
    Contributor I
    July 2, 2019
    I have learned that the shuffle will not work on one's music library if the total number of tracks exceeds 50. Are you kidding me? Back in 1980 when I was using Appleworks, I couldn't number my manuscript if the pages exceeded 50. I am embarrassed for Sonos.... I would have thought that a similar hiccup that existed 40 years ago would have been solved by now.
    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    July 2, 2019
    Huh, my playlist is 4503 songs, and shuffle works quite well on it. I wonder what the difference between our two playlists is?
    Bruce
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