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surganov

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About surganov

Product designer and software developer. Notion alumni 2017–2020. https://x.com/surganov

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    There are some similarities for sure! I also like IINA and have used it extensively in the past. The main additions are the flexible layout, waveform view, shader background, bette…

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    Comment #48213083

    Thank you for the kind words!

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    Comment #48191285

    Thank you. I like the way you phrased this, especially the "just launch & listen with minimal involvement" part. That’s very close to how we think about it too.

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    Comment #48191229

    Not at the moment, but this is actually a good idea. Thanks

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    Comment #48191213

    Nice, thanks for the link. It actually works, but lacks basic features as opening the whole folder with subfolders, pressing spacebar to play or loading large amounts of files, the…

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    Comment #48187699

    Jokes aside, 180db also ships with a demo track — a nod to llama.

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    Comment #48187677

    I remember using that "green head" Windows Media Player. It's fun for like five minutes, then you get back to the default, but maybe that's just me. But we definitely need more "we…

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    Comment #48187652

    I used iTunes for a long time with a library of around 1,000 albums. If you weren’t too lazy to add proper covers and ID3 tags, it was actually pretty enjoyable to use – especially…

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    Comment #48187607

    For me personally, the main reason to use foobar2000 back then was FLAC support, which Winamp didn’t have at the time. Out of nostalgia, I downloaded foobar again not too long ago,…

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    Comment #48187576

    What for? It's just streaming audio chunks with Core Audio that you cannot bypass. Even if there's resampling of 44.1khz to 48khz (Mac's default nowadays), it's not audible. Bit by…

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    Comment #48187450

    I miss these times too. And I’d like to remind you that Winamp used to be a $10 shareware app (that’s roughly $30 in today’s dollars). The first version of Winamp didn't have any w…

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    Comment #48187355

    We tried to keep it as lean as possible. MacOS itself adds quite a bit, and then there are libraries for format decoding, audio streaming, VST support, etc. Could it be smaller? Pr…

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    Comment #48187322

    It's called "inspiration". And if you actually used Winamp in the ’90s or 2000s, you probably remember that it used to be a $10 shareware app.

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    Comment #48187302

    It doesn't, and I don't think there's value in literal carbon copy of Winamp. You can adjust shader backgrounds to the taste though.

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    Comment #48187283

    I personally own a bunch of vinyl records and love to change pitch while listening to get a different feel for the familiar music. DJs used to mix with turntables that have only pi…

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    Comment #48187249

    You didn't like shader backgrounds?

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    Comment #48187240

    Not really, why?

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    Comment #48187229

    MPlayerX and IINA are the best free video players for macOS, hands down. Music mode needs more love though.

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    Comment #48187219

    Have you actually used it? I didn't like it that much, and the subscription model turned me off.

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    Comment #13687664

    See also: Hacker's guide to Neural Networks http://karpathy.github.io/neuralnets/

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