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mosesmalone:
I've got the latest version of WinCab and it's working really well.

EXCEPT - when I choose Radio mode, it doesn't really seem all that random. I've got the RandomSongPopularityPreference at 0, but most of the songs it plays are from artists starting with the letters A B and C.

Weird huh...

...any ideas?

dibb1er:
ive noticed that too, but just thought it was just the songs i had...

Chris:
Is this something that's started recently?

mosesmalone:
Nah, it's been like that from the get-go for me.

wwwombat:
I know this is an old topic but I've just finished assembling a song databases of some 4,128 songs (yeah, I know, but it's a list of (what I believe to be) the best songs of every artist I possess.

I'd like to re-add some weight to this topic... upon loading wincab and pressing the R (for Radio mode) and letting it run through the day, I'd estimate 90%+ of the songs selected seem to be from the # (numeric like 10CC) A, B or C artists. Only rarely did it stray from that grouping.

So one wonders how random is random? i.e. what process is used to generate the next song to be played (rand() * 4128?) or is there some-self imposed upper limit as who would be "stupid" enough to load this many songs onto it?

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