Shuffle Limited to 5000 Songs on Intel NUC i5 (ref#PMQUD8)

[Grover_Inks]

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Describe the issue

I have a library of about 25000 songs and have built an i5 Intel NUC as my roon core. I noticed that when I shuffle my entire library, it only queues up 5000 songs. Why does it not shuffle the entire library? Isn't an i5 with 16GB memory and a 128GB flash drive enough horsepower? If I upgraded to an i7, would that make a difference or is this a limitation that affects all systems? Thank you!

Describe your network setup

I have a Netgear Orbi router and my roon core is hardwired with gigabit ethernet.

[connor]

Hi @Grover_Inks,

Thank you for your post. Roon does shuffle the entire library, but only queues the first ~5000 tracks to prevent queue bloat from slowing performance.

If you’d like a deeper explanation, please see here:

Shuffle 5K track limit

We shuffle everything but only add 5000 to the queue. Is there any practical reason why you’d want more? If you had 20000 tracks, you’ll get a random 5000. Same as if you added all 20000 shuffled and listened to the first 5000 or fewer. There are technical reasons we limit this, but it really shouldn’t matter. If you have any reasons (beyond “just because”), I’m willing to hear them.

There’s also a feature request to which you can add your voice/vote: Shuffle still limited to 5000