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

Post by westcort » Wed, Sep 08, 2021, 1:38 AM UTC

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Thank you! There are a few others like this: Radio Dramas: https://www.locserendipity.com/Radio.html VOA Audio 2020 Collection: https://www.locserendipity.com/VOA.html BBC One: https://www.locserendipity.com/Rad1.html G. Robert Vincent Voice library: https://www.locserendipity.com/Vincent.html AND 78RPM records with reduced static (used a high/low pass filter to remove it using Pizzicato.js): https://www.locserendipi…

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 ?

Post by westcort » Wed, Sep 08, 2021, 1:40 AM UTC

sodality2 wrote: post #8

Not infinite, there's only 29816 items in the list ;) But seriously, really awesome! Thanks for this :)

Post by westcort » Wed, Sep 08, 2021, 1:42 AM UTC

soheil wrote: post #13

If this playlist continuously plays it will never repeat if works that fall out of copyright as time passes are continuously added to the end.

Post by drivers99 » Wed, Sep 08, 2021, 1:55 AM UTC

westcort wrote: post #12

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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.

Post by dmitryminkovsky » Wed, Sep 08, 2021, 2:34 AM UTC

westcort wrote: post #19

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I’m not getting a play button on the low-static version. I did manually copy one of the mp3 URLs [1] and it sounds great though. I’m on iOS (Safari on iPad) if that makes a difference. [1] That saxophone sounds great on headphones! https://archive.org/download/78_all-by-myself_don-cherry-gra...

That is quality music! I have listened to many hours of this, and only one of the songs brought me to tears: https://ia600705.us.archive.org/25/items/78_how-can-you-refu... and from the radio drama section, John Finninmore's Souvenir program is tops: https://archive.org/download/JFSP56/0-101.mp3 and this one was among the most memorable: http://www.rusc.com/members/files/mp3/f/favs.1949.03.05_Bet_...