First, edit your config.ini file so that under [shuffle] you have deduplicate=0

Alternatively, you can go into emplode and in "File/configure Player/Advanced", uncheck the box titled "When shuffling, don't remove duplicates". This will accomplish the same thing. (Note that there is a small bug FITNR in the description of this box -- it is supposed to read "When shuffling, remove duplicates.)

Anyway, however you do it, you want to have your player set up so it does NOT remove duplicates when shuffling.

Put your player in random shuffle mode.

Press down-down-down to load the entire contents of the player into a working playlist. Note the number of songs.

Now turn shuffle off. Note the number of songs. On my player that number increases by about 60%. At this point, swiching shuffle modes back to random or any other type of shuffle has no further effect on the song count.

Tis probably has something to do with the deduping (or lack thereof) but I'm not sure.

tanstaafl.

edit by tfabris... edited in the correct config.ini line syntax...

Replicated.

It seems the following happens.
deduplicate=1
Deduplicate is activated on shuffle or playlist select as long as shuffle is not off.

deduplicate=0
Deduplicate is still activated, but only on playlist select and only if shuffle is not off.

-edited to include more info