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I need more Entropy!
by Acidus at 2:11 pm EDT, Aug 17, 2004 |
XMMS's Shuffle feature totally sucks. I think they keep using the same seed for the random number generator or something, because out of 155+ hours of music, I keep hearing the same set of songs every time I run the program. Any one else notice this? |
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I need more Entropy!
by k at 2:25 pm EDT, Aug 17, 2004 |
XMMS's Shuffle feature totally sucks. I think they keep using the same seed for the random number generator or something, because out of 155+ hours of music, I keep hearing the same set of songs every time I run the program. Any one else notice this? [ Oh yeah, XMMS' "random" is poor. Ok, well, it was the last time i used it, which at this point is probably about a year, but it sounds like it still is. Also, that was on an archive about 7 or 8 times as big, so it's pretty clearly an inherent flaw in the algorithm they're using. Aside : Holy crap, i've been linux free for almost a year. No wonder i'm less angry than i used to be... Anyway, have you looked for a plugin? There may be a plugin which randomizes better. I think there's a list of them on the XMMS site somewhere. -k] |
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RE: I need more Entropy!
by Acidus at 2:45 pm EDT, Aug 17, 2004 |
] [ Oh yeah, XMMS' "random" is poor. Ok, well, it was the last
] time i used it, which at this point is probably about a year,
] but it sounds like it still is. Also, that was on an archive
] about 7 or 8 times as big, so it's pretty clearly an inherent
] flaw in the algorithm they're using.
]
] Aside : Holy crap, i've been linux free for almost a year. No
] wonder i'm less angry than i used to be...
]
] Anyway, have you looked for a plugin? There may be a plugin
] which randomizes better. I think there's a list of them on
] the XMMS site somewhere. -k] ahhhh yeah http://dag.wieers.com/packages/xmms-real-random/ |
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RE: I need more Entropy!
by k at 4:01 pm EDT, Aug 17, 2004 |
Acidus wrote:
] ] Anyway, have you looked for a plugin? There may be a plugin
] ] which randomizes better. I think there's a list of them on
] ] the XMMS site somewhere. -k]
]
] ahhhh yeah
]
] http://dag.wieers.com/packages/xmms-real-random/ [ heh. i rule! -k] |
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RE: I need more Entropy!
by Catonic at 3:01 am EDT, Aug 18, 2004 |
Acidus wrote:
] XMMS's Shuffle feature totally sucks. I think they keep using
] the same seed for the random number generator or something,
] because out of 155+ hours of music, I keep hearing the same
] set of songs every time I run the program.
]
] Any one else notice this? Yes. 4450 songs and it loops sometimes... |
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