Random Function

[DavidHB]

Simon has already stated that he doesn't think that this an appropriate feature for a server (see this thread). I agree with him, as the construction of the playlist is essentially done by the control point, not the server.

There is also a technical issue here. A number of (perhaps most) control points have some sort of 'shuffle play' feature, but this only works with pre-defined playlists. For rather obvious reasons, the size of the playlist is limited, so, unless your library is quite small, you will not be able to put all of it in a single playlist. What you can do with some control points (I am not sure about the Naim, as they have never produced a version for Android), and also with MinimServer, is create and save several playlists each of, say, several hundred tracks. I would have thought that such a playlist in shuffle mode would give something of a 'random' experience.

David