Get a malware warning when trying to open disk image, Sequoia refuses to open it :(
Right-click and select open as the app is currently signed using ad-hoc signing as Apple notarization costs money. :(
Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
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Re: Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
#72For me, the ideal music player UI started and ended with Winamp, and I never liked any of the higher level ones, no need for music libraries etc. Recursive directory scan, delete what is not needed, flat playlist, can save any, the end. Also, the minimalistic window of Winamp is just perfect.
Winamp is OG, so why not both!
Re: Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
#73I've been looking for an alternative since Apple decided to turn iTunes into the mess that is Apple Music. But I still need to import the two decades of playing statistics (skips, last played, etc) along with ratings, date added, etc. Petrichor looks really good, congratulations, I'll try it out.
I'm in the same situation, but if we take a rational look at it those statistics don't really have any value. If you can make different playlists in your new player according to your old ratings, then that should be enough.
Re: Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
#74I've been looking for an alternative since Apple decided to turn iTunes into the mess that is Apple Music. But I still need to import the two decades of playing statistics (skips, last played, etc) along with ratings, date added, etc. Petrichor looks really good, congratulations, I'll try it out.
I'm in the same situation, but if we take a rational look at it those statistics don't really have any value. If you can make different playlists in your new player according to your old ratings, then that should be enough.
On the contrary, I find them priceless.
Re: Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
#75If you are looking for a “old school iTunes” kind of player there’s also https://swinsian.com/
A friend of mine (sound engineer) has been using VLC player for audio playback since forever. I do the same.
The advantage is that you are forced to organize your music in your file system and that translates incredibly well to all other future systems. Want a special playlist? Just copy the files over and name them with a numeric prefix counting up. You can open that playlist ten years later on a different operating system.
Since I tend to listen to full albums, this has been a good way of doing things.
Re: Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
#76Re: Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
#77I just want to point out that the .app is only 14MB. This is the way.
Nice work, OP
Re: Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
#78Looks great! Impressive that it looks so slick and feature complete. It’s been a while since I used iTunes, so don’t fully understand where iTunes today is failing. Can you elaborate?
Re: Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
#79For me, the ideal music player UI started and ended with Winamp, and I never liked any of the higher level ones, no need for music libraries etc. Recursive directory scan, delete what is not needed, flat playlist, can save any, the end. Also, the minimalistic window of Winamp is just perfect.
The 'Win' in Winamp was referring to Windows. This is a Mac application.
The platform is irrelevant, that UI design would apply to most platforms (MacOS for sure).
Re: Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
#80The most issues I encounter with music players are related to my situation of NAS. My NAS is straightforward: I just connect a RAID to a Mac and share it, then let other Macs connect to this "server". This allows me to access it in Finder like any other directory. However, this setup presents two obvious problems for many players: First, since the directory is not always available (if I'm not at home), some players c…
I find Synology's DS Audio pretty decent because it has mobile apps and local playback through a web interface, although very little confidence in them as a company.