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Re: Show HN: An infinite record playlist of out-of-copyright works

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Next up an infinite infinite record playlist of out-of-copyright works that dynamically remixes mashups of said works in the catalog with an auto populating infinite scroll page of song titles…

Maybe OpenAI could do it! I did create a playlist of their songs, so partial credit? https://www.locserendipity.com/OA/OpenAI.html

Re: Show HN: An infinite record playlist of out-of-copyright works

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They just have to keep adding new items faster than you can listen to them!

Hmm...though I'm wondering were there always greater than 365 full days of audio recorded every year? I'm not sure that is true for the late 1920's-1930's, though by today (and maybe by the 1960's or so) that has become true. So I guess it will eventually become infinite with the metric of being able to listen to them all, though at the moment I'm not sure it is quite infinite yet.

There must have been a moment when the total recorded output of the world surpassed the total time a person, a city, a country (have we reached that point yet?) could listen or consume all of them. I suspect we will reach a point where songs are played once only, never to be heard again.

Re: Show HN: An infinite record playlist of out-of-copyright works

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First song I've got is awesome: https://archive.org/download/78_double-duty_billy-taylor-and...

That is a good one! You were lucky!

So far I didn't hit skip once, I'm surprised by the overall quality! I've had nice Cuban music, nice classical music, songs from various countries (Sweden, etc), some jazz and rock 'n roll, etc. And sound quality is generally pretty good or even excellent.

Re: Show HN: An infinite record playlist of out-of-copyright works

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Now add a "like" button and make an additional list of "most liked" pieces, and beat streaming services at their own game :)

Good idea!

Not necessarily. Some people actively abhor such dopamine dispensers.

Re: Show HN: An infinite record playlist of out-of-copyright works

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Not necessarily. Some people actively abhor such dopamine dispensers.

People hate listening to music they like?

Some people really prefer novelty. Try listening to say WFMU for a while, you might hate it but it’s likely to hold your attention in ways personalized streaming doesn’t.

Re: Show HN: An infinite record playlist of out-of-copyright works

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Not necessarily. Some people actively abhor such dopamine dispensers.

People hate listening to music they like?

I'm talking about the like button and other "social" stuff.

Re: Show HN: An infinite record playlist of out-of-copyright works

#49

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Hmm...though I'm wondering were there always greater than 365 full days of audio recorded every year? I'm not sure that is true for the late 1920's-1930's, though by today (and maybe by the 1960's or so) that has become true. So I guess it will eventually become infinite with the metric of being able to listen to them all, though at the moment I'm not sure it is quite infinite yet.

There must have been a moment when the total recorded output of the world surpassed the total time a person, a city, a country (have we reached that point yet?) could listen or consume all of them. I suspect we will reach a point where songs are played once only, never to be heard again.

Combine public domain growth with Sturgeon’s Law, and you need 10x lifetimes of material in order to have a full lifetime’s worth of good material. Increase that to 100x to have a full lifetime’s worth of great material.

Working against this is the “sliding window” effect of older materials becoming less relevant to modern audiences, and hence “less good”.

Counter this with longer cultural continuity that turns the sliding window into a stretching window.

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Not getting https://www.locserendipity.com/Listen.html (with the low pass filter) to play. Is that supposed to play like https://www.locserendipity.com/PushPlay.html ?

It works a bit differently. You press "Random" or do a search, then click the songs that appeal to you. They are added to the (text) playlist. The idea is that you can change and save the playlist--no login required. You can even download the whole thing and use it offline, completely privately. It still works. The only bug is that you cannot skip.

Looks like it does work, but it takes a lot longer to load the first piece of music compared to the PushPlay.html version.
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