I'd like longer songs to be more probable to be chosen when choosing a random track. This is mainly so that my needle drops (at 20 minutes a side) are played more often. Is there any existing way to do this or do I need to write a new plugin?

Indirectly, maybe.... but it kinda is a hackish workaround....

It may be possible to achieve this by having more needle drops are in the playlist. This could be automated by using autoplaylist(0.9) or playlistgen(0.8) and someway combining the $rand() function and tracklength to create probabilities(if you ever played RPGs, then you know the basic idea)....... but dont ask me how to achieve that in detail, k? :)

- Lyx

edit: in 0.8, this *could be* maybe also work by changing the pattern of the random-playback plugin directly and someway making use of $rand() and tracklength.... probably even more hard to do, but may result in exactly what you want. Ahem, but i highly doubt someone ever tested abusing the pattern-entry field with $rand().... i've got no clue if and what kind of pandora's box that would open, so dont blame me if it stoeled your pasta and eats your grandma.