Method and device for controlling the selection of media files for playback

A device for controlling selection of media files for playback, comprising:

• a display device adapted to display graphical objects, a single media file being assignable to each of the graphical objects;
• a control unit coupled to the display device and adapted to actuate the display device such that first probabilities are displayable by a feature of the graphical objects;
• a detection device adapted to detect an operating action of a user, the feature of at least one graphical object being modifiable by the operating action;
• a computing unit integrated into the control unit and adapted to assign second probabilities to the media files as a function of the modification of the feature of the at least one graphical object, the media files being selectable with the aid of the control unit as a function of the second probabilities;
• wherein the feature of the at least one graphical object correlates linearly with the second probabilities;
• and
• a playback device adapted to play back selected media files of one of the first or second probabilities during a shuffle functionality;
• wherein the first and second probabilities are the probabilities that the media files assigned to the graphical objects are played during a shuffle functionality.