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Re: Show HN: Open source music player in beta

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I'm slightly concerned at the permissions it requires. A music player should not ask for the power to make phone calls, and then refuse to work when it's denied.

AFAIK, apps need this permission so that they can mute/stop when there is an incoming call.

This used to be correct, in Android 1/2.x. It no longer is, there is no compelling reason for it to need it now that there are audio focus APIs.

Re: Show HN: Open source music player in beta

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Tangential: Is there a non-Google way of getting similar functionality to what Google Music used to be? It's hugely appealing to have my own copy of everything I listen to synced seamlessly across devices. Google Music is getting it done, but there are a few warts: a) It keeps pushing its marketplace, subscription service, and "radio" feature. I'm interested in none of them. b) There's no (sane) way to make a track from my library be played from my alarm clock. c) It limits how many times I can download a particular track. That I own. Yes, I have my own copy elsewhere, but the point of Google Music is supposed to be saving me the headache of keeping things in sync.

Re: Show HN: Open source music player in beta

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Genuine question: what's the need of music players these days? I mean, all the songs are locked in music streaming app (apple music, spotify)- where do you download your songs from?

On SoundCloud you can find tons of mixes. I don't have a data plan so I prefer to listen to podcasts offline.

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Genuine question: what's the need of music players these days? I mean, all the songs are locked in music streaming app (apple music, spotify)- where do you download your songs from?

Have you heard about that those ancient things called music CDs? That's where people get their offline music from ;-)

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post #23

Tangential: Is there a non-Google way of getting similar functionality to what Google Music used to be? It's hugely appealing to have my own copy of everything I listen to synced seamlessly across devices. Google Music is getting it done, but there are a few warts: a) It keeps pushing its marketplace, subscription service, and "radio" feature. I'm interested in none of them. b) There's no (sane) way to make a track f…

You can set up a Subsonic server, there are multiple apps like DSub and the official Subsonic app which are very polished.

http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=github.daneren...

Re: Show HN: Open source music player in beta

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AFAIK, apps need this permission so that they can mute/stop when there is an incoming call.

This used to be correct, in Android 1/2.x. It no longer is, there is no compelling reason for it to need it now that there are audio focus APIs.

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Re: Show HN: Open source music player in beta

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post #26
post #23

Tangential: Is there a non-Google way of getting similar functionality to what Google Music used to be? It's hugely appealing to have my own copy of everything I listen to synced seamlessly across devices. Google Music is getting it done, but there are a few warts: a) It keeps pushing its marketplace, subscription service, and "radio" feature. I'm interested in none of them. b) There's no (sane) way to make a track f…

You can set up a Subsonic server, there are multiple apps like DSub and the official Subsonic app which are very polished. http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=github.daneren...

Libresonic[0] is my go-to when someone asks for Subsonic functionality.

It's a libre fork of Subsonic that removes the licensing code.

[0]:https://github.com/Libresonic/libresonic

Re: Show HN: Open source music player in beta

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Genuine question: what's the need of music players these days? I mean, all the songs are locked in music streaming app (apple music, spotify)- where do you download your songs from?

Some people like their music without DRM and vendor lock-in. We rip it from Audio-CDs or buy mp3 albums when available. Sometimes we even resort to piracy (SoulSeek, torrent, one-click hoster+piracy blogs).

Also if you often travel between borders, streaming music is just not an option.

I have an offline collection of about 500GB of music, but there are people who have substantially more.

Re: Show HN: Open source music player in beta

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Genuine question: what's the need of music players these days? I mean, all the songs are locked in music streaming app (apple music, spotify)- where do you download your songs from?

On SoundCloud you can find tons of mixes. I don't have a data plan so I prefer to listen to podcasts offline.

>I don't have a data plan so I prefer to listen to podcasts offline.

I do have a data plan and prefer to listen to podcasts offline. The amount of data podcasts can take up is crazy

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