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Mp3 shuffle lacking

May 1, 2009 10:39PM PDT

Is there any way to add the shuffle feature to my mp3 player or can my music database be shuffled before downloading to the mp3 player?

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Random play is...
May 2, 2009 4:33AM PDT

...usually written into the firmware. If it's not there now, chances are it will never be there. Most manufacturers won't allocate resources to update an old player...unless they sold millions of the thing. Plus, random (or shuffle) play isn't something that can be manipulated by the song files prior to transferring to the player. How would you? Rename your songs? Your player would still play them in the same order every time. Without random play built-in, your MP3 device chooses to play songs (typically alphabetically by filename, ID3 tag data, etc.), and you're more or less stuck with it.

Your most reasonable solution is to pick up a player that does have shuffle play as a feature.

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which mp3 player ur using?
May 3, 2009 4:04AM PDT

can u specify which mp3 player ur using?