Shuffle - random number generator

jaredsullivan · 1st October 2006, 10:38

Hi,

Here is cool link to random number code..

http://www.panopticoncentral.net/arc.../22/16342.aspx

Next play item can sometimes be predicable.

DrO · 1st October 2006, 11:02

nothing can ever be truly random on a PC (well apart from the crashes) and hence why that code is marked as 'psuedo-random' and by definition of random, you can have runs of the same thing multiple times, it's not until you get to an infinite number of plays that it should all balance but that's just not feasible so you have to get on with things as they are

-daz

k_rock923 · 6th October 2006, 15:38

Using a time seed is usually random enough for most purposes, though.

Too-DAMN-Much · 10th October 2006, 13:06

why not just have your random generating algorithm use a command to take the last song played out of the list for X amount of plays of anything else?

1st October 2006, 10:38	#1
jaredsullivan Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 16	Shuffle - random number generator Hi, Here is cool link to random number code.. http://www.panopticoncentral.net/arc.../22/16342.aspx Next play item can sometimes be predicable.

1st October 2006, 11:02	#2
DrO Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 27,873	nothing can ever be truly random on a PC (well apart from the crashes) and hence why that code is marked as 'psuedo-random' and by definition of random, you can have runs of the same thing multiple times, it's not until you get to an infinite number of plays that it should all balance but that's just not feasible so you have to get on with things as they are -daz WACUP Project <‖> "Winamp Ramblings" - Indie Winamp Dev Blog

6th October 2006, 15:38	#3
k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,850	Using a time seed is usually random enough for most purposes, though. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

10th October 2006, 13:06	#4
Too-DAMN-Much The Big Bad Boots (Forum King) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 420 Big Buds Way Posts: 3,964	why not just have your random generating algorithm use a command to take the last song played out of the list for X amount of plays of anything else? I hate everyone, so you don't have to.

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