How to shuffle a playlist from shared music in Front Row

Hi. I'm using my Macbook Pro to play music streaming from my desktop onto my home stereo system. I would like to be able to shuffle music within a playlist, instead of shuffling all the music on my desktop.
Can anyone tell me how to do this? Is this even possible with the current version of Front Row?
Thanks.
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6) Recently switched from Windows XP

This is not possible with the current version of Front Row

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*iTunes Components: The Library and the Database Table*
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