ports/57543: [NEW PORT] audio/xmms-real-random: REAL shuffle mode for xmms

[Ulrich Spoerlein]

The following reply was made to PR ports/57543; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ulrich Spoerlein <q at uni.de>
To: Kirill Ponomarew <krion at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/57543: [NEW PORT] audio/xmms-real-random: REAL shuffle mode for xmms
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 23:50:11 +0200

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 On Fri, 03.10.2003 at 22:38:13 +0200, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
 > > The shuffle mode of xmms is not as I expected it. So I created this plu=
 gin
 > Is the shuffle mode of xmms really bad ? Why ?
 
 Try it on a playlist of about 1000 MP3s, listen to it for about 3-5 days
 and wonder why the same songs get played over and over again.
 
 I think random() or rand() is the problem. I changed the XMMS source
 to use arc4random() and that gives a real shuffle mode. However since
 this plugin exists, I think that's the way to go.
 
 Ulrich Sp=F6rlein
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