Exaile

Random Playlists are not random

Bug #163355 reported by 4ngelus
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Exaile
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Bug Description

Random Smart Playlists are always generated the same way, so they are not effectively random.

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Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes) wrote : [Bug 163355] Random Playlists are not random

I can't reproduce this.

It may be that your SQLite is compiled wrongly. A quick Web search
suggests that compiling it with SQLITE_TEST causes RANDOM to always use
the same seed.

(If you're running an older version of Exaile (not sure how old) it may
also be a similar problem, but with the Python installation.)

 status incomplete
 importance medium
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Changed in exaile:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Incomplete
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Bertrand G (berteh) wrote :

I got the same issue in the recent Ubuntu Hardy distro, running nothing but official packages (i.e. exaile 0.2.11 and sqlite 3.4.2-2): clicking on the smartlist "100 at random" always gives me full albums, in the same order... and not random.

I got no idea how to check about the sqlite compilation option, but asked such a question here:
https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+question/35712

Ticking the "random" play option, on the other hand, works fine.
any help in fixing this is welcome.

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Steve Dodier-Lazaro (sidi) wrote :

SQLite is not used anymore and the tracks indeed are random in Exaile 0.3.0.

Changed in exaile:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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