Why does the shuffle function on Google Play's music player suck so bad?

[waterjug]

Anyone else notice this? This is across devices for me. I have 2000 songs, I'm not using any play-list to shrink that down. Yet it plays the same 50 or so songs constantly. Even if I select a song not in that group, it will play 2 or 3 not from that group of 50...and then start playing from only them again. Also if I have a couple live versions of a song it'll play the studio, then both of the live versions right in a row. It's absolutely horrid. Please tell me this isn't just me.

 

[Ravynmagi]

Yeah, I've always noticed this too. Google Play has problems shuffling large playlists too. It seems to never play a lot of the songs in the playlist and repeats a smaller group of them over instead.

 

[ControlD]

Yeah, I've always noticed this too. Google Play has problems shuffling large playlists too. It seems to never play a lot of the songs in the playlist and repeats a smaller group of them over instead.

Maybe they licensed their random number generator from Apple. I swear I have this exact same complaint about my iPod Touch. Who would have thought such a simple concept would be so hard to realize? I wonder how good Microsoft's random play is ....

 

[Morbus]

The only shuffle I've EVER seen work problem in my entire life is Winamps.

It worked well on mobile as well. I can't say I've had much of a problem with DoubleTwists's shuffle, but it's not as good.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Shuffle on GooglePlay has been a problem for years now. That and the Repeat button. Many times it doesn't do what it shows.

This is through my Android and my iPhone.

 

[waterjug]

does winamp still exist in mobile form? I seriously can't take this anymore.

 

[Anubis]

humm i use it to steam 20k+ songs and just have it shuffle all,

works fine for me

 

[soccerballtux]

google, in general, pretends to care about their users, their only concern is the shareholders. Ship it broken, we'll fix it with the rewrite in our next framework or design language update

 

[soccerballtux]

does winamp still exist in mobile form? I seriously can't take this anymore.

PlayerPro is the best, most consistent audio experience I've found thus far. Miles better than PowerAMP.

 

[waterjug]

PlayerPro is the best, most consistent audio experience I've found thus far. Miles better than PowerAMP.

thanks, I'll give it a try!

 

[soccerballtux]

thanks, I'll give it a try!

note that I am in the minority for some reason with this though. We had another thread where everyone was talking about how incredible PowerAmp is. But, the problems I have had were echo'd by several others there so. I believe I am right in saying PlayerPro is much better.