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Title: how to find what shuffle did yesterday
Post by: danlovecraft on February 07, 2023, 02:40:07 AM
Hey y'all. I'm making a playlist for a road trip tomorrow. So I threw a bunch of tunes on my thumb drive and thought I'd let the truck be the dj. Well, I tested out the playlist on shuffle yesterday and started with some Al Greene, right on time. To my surprise the next song was a great fit, and then the next song and the next song, etc. etc. I was shocked, it was amazing. Well now... I don't remember what it was. It's there a way to see what shuffle did yesterday, like some kind of log or something?

I swear it was Al Green, then Prince... Or ELO... Or the Hollies... I dunno man! Gah!
Title: Re: how to find what shuffle did yesterday
Post by: Zak on February 07, 2023, 03:11:59 AM
You should be able to just select the History on the left navigation panel:

(https://i.imgur.com/C7QatRc.png)

If you have it disabled, you may need to select Edit > Edit Preferences > Layout (1) > Play History:

(https://i.imgur.com/trhx5TL.png)

If you have it set to auto-hide you may need to move your mouse to the left side of the MusicBee program window to make it appear.
Title: Re: how to find what shuffle did yesterday
Post by: danlovecraft on February 07, 2023, 03:13:05 AM
If I changed music around, closed the program, will I still be able to access this information?
Title: Re: how to find what shuffle did yesterday
Post by: danlovecraft on February 07, 2023, 03:52:02 AM
Actually, that helped a lot.  However, this method doesn't display what played on my USB thumb drive, just what played locally on my PC :(
Title: Re: how to find what shuffle did yesterday
Post by: phred on February 07, 2023, 04:06:33 AM
However, this method doesn't display what played on my USB thumb drive, just what played locally on my PC :(
Unless the vehicle's player increments play counts, there's no way MB can tell what tracks played from your USB drive.
Title: Re: how to find what shuffle did yesterday
Post by: danlovecraft on February 07, 2023, 06:03:08 AM
The USB has always been plugged into my PC.
Title: Re: how to find what shuffle did yesterday
Post by: phred on February 07, 2023, 01:23:19 PM
The USB has always been plugged into my PC.
Even when you're playing music in your vehicle???

I'm making a playlist for a road trip tomorrow. So I threw a bunch of tunes on my thumb drive and thought I'd let the truck be the dj.
Title: Re: how to find what shuffle did yesterday
Post by: danlovecraft on February 08, 2023, 06:14:27 PM
I never played music through my vehicle, I played music through the usb on my computer.  I thought I'd let the truck dj.  Sure, I skipped the information that said I used my pc, but I took that liberty because I was writing on the music bee forums, I thought that was implied :)