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Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by neverartful »

tmalsburg2 wrote: post #108
neverartful wrote: post #49

Yay for anything != iTunes. I've been contemplating the iTunes dilemma for quite a while and decided that I needed to start moving off iTunes and not be locked onto a specific platform. My approach so far is to store my audio files in cloud-based object storage system, including a SQLite file as my catalog. When I start one of my players, it pulls the latest copy of my catalog and then starts random play. My latest p…

Thank you for mentioning the HifiBerry DAC+ which I didnt't know. Looks very interesting. They call the pro version "audiophile" which is hard to believe at $39. How well does it perform in your experience?

Mine is not the pro version, although I was tempted to get it. Mine is just the DAC+. So far I'm extremely happy with it. It's super easy to attach to Pi (no soldering). I had to make 2 simple edits to /boot/config.txt and it works. Sound is very good and I play mostly MP3 and some FLAC.

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Post by lostgame »

NegativeLatency wrote: post #78
shyn3 wrote: post #72

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iTunes never worked. It's why applications like Ephpod and others were developed. It's terrible, and every UI / UX update makes it more so.

It worked for me pretty well before they hit the double digit version numbers. Back when the icon was green/blue

Okay, to be clear, this is what I mean by 'before they ruined it.' I mean, I'm talking green icon.

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by saagarjha »

rcthompson wrote: post #105
saagarjha wrote: post #64

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If you have a Force Touch trackpad, you'll feel a notch when dragging the window around, which will you you align it with the default position.

Does this feature exist for any other window alignment tasks?

Not that I'm aware of. Unfortunately this feature seems to be a little underutilized throughout macOS.

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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starsinspace wrote: post #79
lostgame wrote: post #10

Features: • not iTunes You know, iTunes wasn’t so bad before they convoluted the UI/UX to shit...looking at the music app on iOS 5-6 vs iOS 10-11 is like comparing a walkway to a labyrinth. The amount of steps taken backwards in Apple’s UI / UX is staggering. Even the simple replacement of the Spotlight bar from an unobtrusive widget in the top right corner to a giant box in the middle of the screen, directly coverin…

Yup, in iOS 10 they ruined the Music app, in iOS 11 they ruined the Podcast app... I wonder which one's next...

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Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by b_f »

lostgame wrote: post #10

Features: • not iTunes You know, iTunes wasn’t so bad before they convoluted the UI/UX to shit...looking at the music app on iOS 5-6 vs iOS 10-11 is like comparing a walkway to a labyrinth. The amount of steps taken backwards in Apple’s UI / UX is staggering. Even the simple replacement of the Spotlight bar from an unobtrusive widget in the top right corner to a giant box in the middle of the screen, directly coverin…

Yesterday I finally accidentally discovered where they hid the "shuffle" and "repeat" toggles on the iOS 10 music app.

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Post by yashau »

lachenmayer wrote: post #15
lostgame wrote: post #10

Features: • not iTunes You know, iTunes wasn’t so bad before they convoluted the UI/UX to shit...looking at the music app on iOS 5-6 vs iOS 10-11 is like comparing a walkway to a labyrinth. The amount of steps taken backwards in Apple’s UI / UX is staggering. Even the simple replacement of the Spotlight bar from an unobtrusive widget in the top right corner to a giant box in the middle of the screen, directly coverin…

Some really nice folks are trying to figure out the whole "not iTunes" issue - it's called hyperamp: https://github.com/hypermodules/hyperamp

https://github.com/jcm93/jmc

Here's one in Swift.

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Post by ksrm »

roryisok wrote: post #104
ksrm wrote: post #102

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Try Billy https://www.sheepfriends.com/index-page=billy.html

I'm a big fan of Billy, however it's Windows only and not available for download anymore. I'm not sure why you'd suggest it in this context

Sorry! I thought you switched to Windows, not from.

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by orliesaurus »

petercooper wrote: post #25
orliesaurus wrote: post #21

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Without going off topic and kudos to the developer...however i was thinking exactly the same! I use VLC everywhere because its open source and awesome. I really believed in the project since early on, in fact if you have been using it for 10years or so, like i have, consider donating! Honestly they deserve it!

Good idea - I just sent some Bitcoin. To be fair, I don't think it is off topic as I've often learnt about alternatives in threads here. It'd be weird if it were frowned upon, so I'll happily take the downvotes as the price for sharing :-D

I wasn't implying you were offtopic but rather my comment reply to yours might have been perceived as off topic reply :)

Re: Show HN: Minimal native MP3 player for Mac

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Post by KMag »

lostgame wrote: post #10

Features: • not iTunes You know, iTunes wasn’t so bad before they convoluted the UI/UX to shit...looking at the music app on iOS 5-6 vs iOS 10-11 is like comparing a walkway to a labyrinth. The amount of steps taken backwards in Apple’s UI / UX is staggering. Even the simple replacement of the Spotlight bar from an unobtrusive widget in the top right corner to a giant box in the middle of the screen, directly coverin…

Speaking of terrible UX, I'm not sure what ITunes hopes to achieve by repeatedly asking me to log in while just playing some music. If I'm not using any feature that requires login, and I have literally clicked "cancel" 5 times at the login prompt since starting up iTunes a few days ago, it's just silly to keep asking me to log in.
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