Skip to next track in shuffle doesn't go to next shuffled track?

[AlarmedPrize]

Skipping to next media file in playlist while having shuffle in the mpv.conf won't skip to the next media file in the shuffle, it instead skips to the next media file after it in alphabetical order. Shuffle works fine when it reaches the end of the media and skips to the next song by itself, but not when I manually press the "next media file" button. I am unsure why it does this.

I have these lines in my ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf file:

shuffle
loop-playlist

How do I get it to do that?

[sayedrisat]

shuffle randomizes the playlist order; pressing Next then moves to the next entry in that shuffled order. It does not pick a brand-new random file on every button press. The manual describes --shuffle as shuffling the playlist at startup (and when playlists are loaded), and playlist-next as advancing to the next playlist entry: https://mpv.io/manual/master/#options-shuffle

Try running mpv with shuffle=yes, then inspect the current order with the playlist command. If the list is still alphabetical, your frontend may be creating/replacing the playlist after startup; playlist-shuffle can shuffle the current list after it has loaded. If what you want is a fresh random choice on each manual skip, that’s different from normal shuffle mode.

[AlarmedPrize]

I did not mean "MPV won't skip to a random media file", I meant "MPV won't skip to the next media file in the shuffle".

Anywawys, your method works. It now correctly goes to the next media file in the shuffle when I press the "next media file" button.