How do I disable shuffle on Plexamp?

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Server Version#: 1.41.5.9522-a96edc606
Player Version#: 4.12.4
Mac mini M4 Pro, 24 GB RAM, Sequoia

I cannot disable shuffle on the current version of Plexamp. I asked Perplexity how to do it and this was its response:

Plexamp can become “stuck” on shuffle due to design decisions made by the developers related to how the queue is managed and when the shuffle toggle is allowed. Specifically, when you play or shuffle an album that is not downloaded (online), you may be entirely unable to toggle the shuffle mode off. Similarly, when adding items to the queue, the ability to toggle shuffle can become disabled—even if you initially had control over it. This is because Plexamp currently lacks a clear mechanism for determining where to place newly added songs in the queue after unshuffling, leading the developers to disable shuffle toggling in these contexts.

Key scenarios where shuffle gets “stuck”:

** Playing/shuffling an album that is not downloaded: Shuffle cannot be toggled off.*
** Playing/shuffling an offline album: Shuffle can be toggled, unless you add something to the queue, after which shuffle cannot be toggled.*
** Adding any song or album to the queue: If shuffle toggle was available previously, it is now disabled for both online and offline playback.*

This is a known limitation and has been widely discussed by users, but is not due to a malfunction; rather, it is a side effect of how queue management is currently implemented in Plexamp.

If you require shuffle control, the only workaround is to avoid adding items to the queue after playback begins, or to play/shuffle only downloaded content—and not modify the queue mid-session.

Surely, this is not correct?

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It’s a server issue and not Plexamp per se, but that’s largely correct. Once a queue has an “up next” region, we don’t allow unshuffling for at least online play queues.

If you have a play queue of 20k shuffled tracks, add a few to the beginning, and then unshuffle, where would you expect the added ones to be?

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Thanks for the response. I was listening to Billy Joel’s “The Stranger” when I inadvertently hit the shuffle button so it was a problem disabling it. However, I realized a few hours later that if I quit Plexamp and restarted it then shuffle was disabled. Inconvenient but a solution nonetheless.

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Try a long press on Pause. This should stop playback and destroy the current play queue.

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