I mainly like to play my large collection randomly. And then, pick and choose tracks to go into various playlists as I hear them. Aside from converting errant files, occasionally burning CDs, this is basically all I do with my media player. So far, I'm understanding the playlist function. But, how can I play all the tracks I've added to HMM... randomly? Longtime MediaMonkey user, so that's where my head is still at. I'm used to just right-clicking 'albums and artists' and hitting 'play now'. Then, another right-click...'randomize list', etc. Took me forever to learn that sequence. To learn my way around that app. :sigh: When I right-click anything on the left side of the HMM screen ('Artist' for instance) I just get the options of, 'Customize', and 'Music Explorer Options' Confused! Not really sure what the terms are for this sftware. But, I'm reading and exploring the FAQs and such. So much to absorb. I'm sure this is very simple. Maybe even covered elsewhere. If so please point me in the right direction! Sorry such a long first post! Anyways, thanks for any help you can provide! See you around! .... P.S. Build 8.6.3 Though, when I clicked on the first link of the 'READ THIS FIRST!' I got: " General Error SQL ERROR [ mysqli ] Access denied for user 'phpbb3_user'@'localhost' (using password: YES) [1045] An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.
I spend most of my day listening to random tracks played by HMM from my collection. Right-click the play queue and select 'Play Queue Tools' then 'Configure auto queue'. Enable auto queue and then select Random tracks from the radio buttons shown.
Hey, thanks for that answer. I see that HMM adds a random track... one at a time. That's different. (*edit: okay, I can select how many to add at one time) As are many things with Helium Music Manager. It's going to take some getting used to, I guess, as many of the structural basics are very different than the few other Jukebox Software I've used. Anyways, thanks. EDIT: With MediaMoney you right-click on 'Artists' or 'Album' from a list on the Left, similar to the list here on HMM, then you select "play all", then sort randomly. Here you just select an option from within the "Playing Queue" and it adds from your tracks that're on HMM...? Neat.
You can do both from HMM. There is an option in the right click menu in the Play queue named Randomize list that will sort the tracks randomly.