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Does it really? I can't really test this because I don't have an iPod shuffle, but in iTunes shuffle+repeat will

  1. generate a random permutation of the playlist
  2. play all the way through it
  3. goto 1
This does mean that for a playlist of N songs, you'll hear the same song consecutively about once every N^2 songs.


The problem comes about I think when you are constantly opening the iPod app on your iPhone and starting again each time in shuffle mode rather than resume. So the playlist gets regenerated each time. I feel like there are songs I've heard 50 times and plenty of songs I've never heard come up. Would be much better if it aimed for an even distribution.




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