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Why have some tracks not been selected after several weeks? |
The list of tracks in a Category are initially shuffled into a random order. As Creator selects tracks from a category, it goes down the list one by one until it reaches the end of the list. At this point, the track list is shuffled into another random order.
It is only the repeat intervals which interfere with track selection, in particular, the artist repeat interval. If the artist repeat interval (and title repeat interval) is set to 0, every single song in a category will be selected before any songs are repeated. This is the ideal situation, but of course you don't want songs by the same artist too close together.
We suggest selecting an artist repeat interval that your listeners will not notice too much. Around 2.5 hours is usually ample. The lower the interval, the less tracks that will be skipped over in the selection process.
A high song repeat interval can cause a similar problem of tracks being skipped over after the category has been re-shuffled in a different order. Again we suggest selecting a song repeat interval that your listeners will not notice too much. We suggest somewhere between 9 to 18 hours depending on the number of songs available. This doesn't mean every song will repeat after 9 hours. In fact most will repeat after several days if the category contains several days of tracks.
Another issue that can cause this issue is incorrect artist and title information recorded for the songs. Check the File List for each category and ensure the artist is correct. For example, If many have "Various Artists" or the artist is blank, these tracks will be considered as performed by the same artist and will not be selected within the interval setting.
Each individual category can also have it's own repeat intervals so check these have not been set incorrectly.
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