Cayin N3 Shuffle characteristics / Can N3 delete files?
If I have my music stored in folders, with the top folder “Rock” and several folders within the Rock folder (70’s, 80’s, Surf…). Can the N3 shuffle all music in the rock folder and sub folders, at once? For example would it start with something from the 80’s folder followed by a Surf song, etc?
Can the N3 shuffle music from only one sub folder, like play all 80’s songs on shuffle?
Without shuffle, do folders play in track number order or by some date/time value?
Also, is there an easy way to delete a file from a folder using the player itself?
I can understand your scenarios, I don't think we can cater for this level of shuffling at the moment.
Form a software development perspective, unless the X1000 (N3 CPU) has built in features to handle similar selection logic, otherwise we need to to create a music pool and then confine the scope of shuffle playback algorithm to the designated pool. I am not sure if N3 has enough internal memory to handle process like this.
The current shuffle logic will generate a random number through certain algorithm, designated the song to play with reference to this random number, and put the song aside so that it won't be selected again "in near future" (until the stack is full).
Regarding the folder playback sequence, we have to accommodate a lot of file format and assumptions of different level of metadata availability, so the sequential logic is kind of like a decision tree based on multiple criteria. I have to check the playback before I can answer your question.
You can delete a file from the Quick menu, just hit the top left Capacitive button on the front panel while the N3 is playing a file, the Quick menu will pop up as illustrated, use the left/right button to navigate in the Quick menu and select the rubbish bin to delete a file.
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