Music Request - Shuffle Toggle on Now Playing

[feerlessleadr 160]

I did a search, and the only request that I saw similar was included here:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/76011-music-queue-list-improvements/?hl=%2Bshuffle+%2Bmusic

 

That discussion seemed to be more focused on lyrics rather than the shuffle piece, so I figured I would create a separate FR. 

 

One of my biggest pet peeves with using the web interface (when listening to music at my desk) and the android app is my inability to to select a song from a playlist and have emby shuffle the playlist after the current song ends. The current behavior is that after the song I selected finishes, the next song in the playlist is played (which in my case is alphabetical order). The native android music players (the app retro player in my case) allow me to select a song from my playlist, and then click on the shuffle button on the now playing screen and my playlist queue is automatically shuffled. 

 

I realize that the simple answer is to just use the shuffle button to randomly start a playlist and shuffle the songs, but sometimes I just want to start listening to one song, and then listen to the rest of my playlist at random. Additionally, when listening to music with my kids, they ALWAYS want to start with a specific song, and then don't really care what happens after that. This causes me to have to select the song they want to listen to, then when that song is over, go back and hit the shuffle button, which is annoying to have to do. 

 

Hopefully my ramblings made sense - and thanks for your consideration. 

[Luke 38552]

Hi, yes it makes sense. thanks.

[Luke 38552]

Shuffle in the player coming very soon:

Look for it in the 4.9 beta channel in the coming days.

[feerlessleadr 160]

Thanks Luke! Will this be implemented in the Android app as well in 4.8 ok e back ported to the server, or will it be web only?

[Luke 38552]

The apps will get it too.

[feerlessleadr 160]

Thanks!

[Luke 38552]

This is in the server beta channel now.

[feerlessleadr 160]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

This is in the server beta channel now.

Looking forward to the back port to 4.8!