Is it just not handled in emplode, or is the player software not recording it?

The player software is not recording it.

I'm looking forward to seeing it implemented, because I've noticed that my custom "Hard LRP" shuffle ("Least Recently Played" with a much less randomization than the default LRP) has a problem...

If I skip a song during the first 5 seconds, it doesn't count as having been played. So when I shuffle on LRP, get a list that begins with all of the songs I already skipped on the last shuffle session.

When the skipped field gets filled in, I'm hoping that I can fix this with a custom shuffle.