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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0004855 | MMW v4 | Synchronization | public | 2008-09-22 02:36 | 2009-02-20 14:20 |
| Reporter | rusty | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | immediate | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 3.0 | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 3.1 | ||||
| Summary | 0004855: Playlists synced to iPod Shuffle play out of order | ||||
| Description | There are numerous reports that when the user syncs a playlist to the iPod shuffle, it plays out of order. I don't have a shuffle to replicate this. | ||||
| Additional Information | http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=27253 http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=32352 http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=32593 http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=28126&p=167165#p167165 http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/staff/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=viewticket&ticketid=2059 | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Fixed in build | 1224 | ||||
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Jiri, is this not the same as 4999 (which you resolved)? |
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Fixed in build 1224. Note: Before this fix, all tracks on Shuffle were sorted by Album name. There doesn't seem to be a good ultimate solution, because users can expect various results depending on type of tracks they synchronize. We could preserve the order tracks were uploaded in, but then other users would complain that tracks aren't sorted at all. So, I changed they way we sort the tracks to use Artist first and then Album. Based on the forum posts mentioned above, this will hopefully satisfy most users. |
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Shouldn't the order depend on what the user elected to sync? e.g. Playlists should sync based on play order Other tracks should sync based on Artist > Album > Track# |
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That certainly an option, but I decided to not do it this way for 2 reasons: 1. It's unclear whether it's really superior, there's still a lot of issues with it - like how to order individual uploaded Playlists (not tracks in these Playlists). It would cause particularly strange results after a combination of manual, automatic and possibly also iTunes syncs are made. 2. It's technically harder to implement, for example due to auto-conversions (that don't process tracks linearly in order to be as fast as possible). Although some users still might not be satisfied, I believe that the current solution will work the best for most. |
