in /code/settings.php

after the line

<input type=checkbox name="display_mp3" id="display_mp3" <?php if( isset($prefs_struct['display_mp3']) && $prefs_struct['display_mp3']==1 ) { echo 'checked="true"';} ?>>Display direct MP3 links on mixtape<br />


add this;

<input type=checkbox name="shuffle_mp3" id="shuffle_mp3" <?php if( isset($prefs_struct['shuffle_mp3']) && $prefs_struct['shuffle_mp3']==1 ) { echo 'checked="true"';} ?>>Enable shuffle MP3 playback on mixtape<br />

after this block of code;

if($('display_mp3')) {
$('display_mp3').addEvent('change',function(){
ajax.send('command=set_option&args='+JSON.encode({display_mp3:$('display_mp3').checked}));
});
}

add this;

if($('shuffle_mp3')) {
$('shuffle_mp3').addEvent('change',function(){
ajax.send('command=set_option&args='+JSON.encode({shuffle_mp3:$('shuffle_mp3').checked}));
});
}

now on /code/mixtape.php

change the line on 35 from;

shuffle: "false",

to

shuffle: "<?php if (isset($prefs_struct['shuffle_mp3']) && ($prefs_struct['shuffle_mp3'] == 1)) { echo "true"; } else { echo "false"; } ?>",

now you can select to enable or disable shuffled playback from the admin panel

the flash player doesn't let you change the flashvar settings after the page has loaded so it'd be as simple as adding a link on the page somewhere for /opentape/?shuffle=true

and then checking $_GET['shuffle'];

shuffle: "<?php
if (isset($_GET['shuffle']) && ($_GET['shuffle'] == "true")) {
echo "true";
} elseif (isset($_GET['shuffle']) && ($_GET['shuffle'] == "false")) {
echo "false";
} elseif (isset($prefs_struct['shuffle_mp3']) && ($prefs_struct['shuffle_mp3'] == 1)) {
echo "true";
} else {
echo "false";
} ?>",

you can now load up he page as /opentape/?shuffle=false and turn on or off the shuffle clientside

I ain't crazy, but having a link or button to switch/reload the page into a shuffle mode, would be great!

I also don't see why the track listing displayed would have to change, just provide a shuffle button that is visually engaged or not (depressed, or not), and if engaged, the track advance would jump around at random, instead of sequentially. Ideally, you could start the list from the top, let it play down in order for a few songs, decide you want to shuffle now, click the button, and the next advance will jump to a random track.

Realize also, that we're getting away from the simplicity of design here, and more importantly, the history and ethos of the actual, linear mag' tape "mix tape", in which the creator determines the order of the tracks, and orders them a certain way on purpose. So if this feature is offered, it should also be something only the admin login can offer/engage, or not offer (to display the shuffle button, or not.) Ol' skewl says, "mixtapes don't shuffle." That's the way it was, by technical and artistic design. Mixtapes came well before CD's and digital files and players, and linear tape on a reel couldn't really be shuffled, at all.

We're trying to intermingle the Muxtape simplicity and mixtape tradition, along with all the features offered in every other digital audio player out there, from Winamp to iTunes. Heck, there was already some kind of little proprietary PHP code package (product) you could drop into your own site, that would provide an MP3 player "widget", which would either play in order, or shuffle, etc. The trial would allow just a few songs in the list, but the paid version was unrestricted. Had a short name, one word, I played with it and it worked flawlessly. This was like 18 months or two years ago. (Ahhh, thank you Google - "Wimpy" http://www.wimpyplayer.com )

And, here's this: http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/ but it looks like development stopped some time ago, though I've seen this widget on all kinds of pages, everywhere, to this day.

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mix_tape