Bug 208892

Summary:	Random song when going "back"
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	Carlos <erbrochendes>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bjorn.maeland, stuffcorpse
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	2.2.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Carlos 2009-09-29 19:27:24 UTC

Version:           rc1 (using KDE 4.3.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Hi there, 

If i listen to songs in random mode, i can not go back to the last song i listened to. It just plays some other random song.
It was working in 2.1, but in 2.2rc1 "going back" is broken.

Comment 1 Carlos 2009-10-01 22:45:04 UTC

I updated to 2.2 and it is still there.
But i notice it goes back to some songs i played, just don't to the one i played right before the current song.

Comment 2 Myriam Schweingruber 2009-10-02 09:26:46 UTC

Hm, I wonder if this is not actually intended. I guess when interrupting the random mode, then going back should work, no?

Comment 3 Carlos 2009-10-02 13:37:07 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> Hm, I wonder if this is not actually intended. 
oh i hope not. That is totally annoying 

> I guess when interrupting the
> random mode, then going back should work, no?

No, then it goes one song back in the playlist order.

Comment 4 Carlos 2009-10-05 10:10:53 UTC

Is there no one else who notice this bug?

Comment 5 Carlos 2009-10-28 15:43:38 UTC

*bump*
Is this only me who got the bug? Or why is no one saying anything?

Comment 6 Myriam Schweingruber 2009-10-28 21:07:21 UTC

Well, as I said, I would expect Amarok to go back to a random song in random mode. I don't think this is a bug, but a developer might have more insight. Lets see if somebody comments on it, they are just very busy, a little patience, please.

Comment 7 Bjørn Arild Mæland 2009-11-17 17:11:28 UTC

As far as I am concerned, this is clearly a bug. In every other music player that I know of, including the major ones like iTunes, using "Back" during shuffle/random will jump back to the previously played song. It basically should work like a doubly linked list (i.e. pressing "Next" again will bring you to the track played before going back, not a new random track).

I think that the way this is implemented in 2.2.1 (intended or not) does not correspond with most users' mental model of random playback.

Comment 8 Rick W. Chen 2009-11-19 10:07:48 UTC

Fixed in git, commits from v2.2.1-168-gd90351a to v2.2.1-171-g4112a54.