[jmarshall]

yes, party mode is a jukebox that plays random tracks (sometimes repeating) from a music source.

that source currently is the entire music library. it's nice to limit the source sometimes - and limiting it to the contents of a smart playlist seems the obvious way to do things. not only is it as general as you can get, but it's also natural to have some idea of the list of songs you are playing from - i would think if a user often wished to place a certain restriction on party mode, then that restriction may often be the same (fitting with having that restriction "saved" in some form - ie a list of songs).

we don't have to call it a playlist but it seems to me to be the ideal way to get it done.

i have some ideas for the gui side of it - but obviously that's for after the feature freeze. as you know, it's tricky to get it efficient with a virtual keyboard!

cheers,
jonathan