[GH-ISSUE #331] Shuffle all songs in playlist (even if on later pages) #138

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opened 2026-02-28 14:47:18 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-28 14:47:18 +03:00

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Originally created by @willcl-ark on GitHub (Mar 10, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/331

If I open a playlist with e.g. 500 songs, this will be 10 spt "pages". If I then shuffle the playlist, it will only play songs from that first (current) page of the playlist.

Personally I think it would be nice if, even though the playlist is requested in blocks of 50 from the API, all songs were on a single page in spt... but that's a matter of preference, I suppose :)

Originally created by @willcl-ark on GitHub (Mar 10, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/331 If I open a playlist with e.g. 500 songs, this will be 10 spt "pages". If I then shuffle the playlist, it will only play songs from that first (current) page of the playlist. Personally I think it would be nice if, even though the playlist is requested in blocks of 50 from the API, all songs were on a single page in spt... but that's a matter of preference, I suppose :)

kerem commented

2026-02-28 14:47:19 +03:00

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@Rigellute commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2020):

I need to look into this again, but last I remember not all playlists have this problem.

The following "playlists", however, do have this issue:

Recently played
Liked songs

The cause is that, last I checked, Spotify doesn't give us a "context" for these playlists, unlike other playlists. The context allows shuffle to be done on Spotify's end, so we don't have to specify a list of tracks to shuffle through.

However, I need to look into this again 👍

@Rigellute commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2020): I need to look into this again, but last I remember not all playlists have this problem. The following "playlists", however, do have this issue: 1. Recently played 1. Liked songs The cause is that, last I checked, Spotify doesn't give us a "context" for these playlists, unlike other playlists. The context allows shuffle to be done on Spotify's end, so we don't have to specify a list of tracks to shuffle through. However, I need to look into this again 👍

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@hollystandring commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2020):

This is happening on one of my user created playlists too. Only the songs on the current page will play on shuffle

@hollystandring commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2020): This is happening on one of my user created playlists too. Only the songs on the current page will play on shuffle

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@Hugo01 commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2020):

Same issue, another "issue" is that if you have shuffle on and you select a song from your "liked songs" playlist the shuffle will automatically go to "Off"

@Hugo01 commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2020): Same issue, another "issue" is that if you have shuffle on and you select a song from your "liked songs" playlist the shuffle will automatically go to "Off"