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What does GPL stand for?
GNU General Public License: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License It's one of several options for software licenses a developer or team can use when distributing a piece of software to help ensure that it and its derivates stay free and open-source.
I've been using this for the few DJ sets I do per year. Very complete software, very stable also. Sadly I have to use RekordBox now that I want to not bring the laptop + DJ controller, but just a USB stick. And RekordBox does not run well on Linux (tried VirtualBox and Wine, both failed attempts). Sadly there's no RecordBox clone, or "export to RekordBox USB" feature on Mixxx.
> And RekordBox does not run well on Linux RekordBox doesn't even run well on Windows, so hard to imagine what worse looks like. But yeah, if Mixxx (or other FOSS software) could offer writing playlists into USB sticks, I'd get rid of RekordBox yesterday because few software out there works as bad as RekordBox.
Unfortunately it's far down my priority list given the cost, my unfamiliarity with Mixxx development and that I rarely do anything without Mixx.
But this is absolutely what ecosystem grants/bounties should be for.
Used mixxx to do the djing for my wedding last year. Created a collaborative music voting site for the guests, then got all the music and made a mix which worked really well, even going between genres. Had a lot of fun playing with it getting everything ready and it worked with a couple of DJ controllers bought cheaply without any issue. I even made a little program to read the now playing track from the sqlite datab…
And it's surprising how quickly people adapt to it when they're used to other setups, within an hour a few people have gone from 'oooh, can I have a go' to showing me their own tips, tricks and different styles.
Especially combined with a youtube & soundcloud downloader running on a different workspace, I can get pretty much any track into the library within a minute or two.
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> And RekordBox does not run well on Linux RekordBox doesn't even run well on Windows, so hard to imagine what worse looks like. But yeah, if Mixxx (or other FOSS software) could offer writing playlists into USB sticks, I'd get rid of RekordBox yesterday because few software out there works as bad as RekordBox.
I considered renting out some Pioneer equipment to add RekordBox playlist writing support, mainly because I'm in a similar situation. Mixxx does have support for reading USBs & SD cards, but not writing ;_; Unfortunately it's far down my priority list given the cost, my unfamiliarity with Mixxx development and that I rarely do anything without Mixx. But this is absolutely what ecosystem grants/bounties should be for.
Used mixxx to do the djing for my wedding last year. Created a collaborative music voting site for the guests, then got all the music and made a mix which worked really well, even going between genres. Had a lot of fun playing with it getting everything ready and it worked with a couple of DJ controllers bought cheaply without any issue. I even made a little program to read the now playing track from the sqlite datab…
Can you share the program that reads the now playing track? We use Mixxx at a student radio station and we could maybe try using something like this to show the now-playing track on the website.
Been using it for the past few years, nothing bad to say about it, lovely piece of software. Vendor lock-in is very present in this field, with different brands of controllers supported by a myriad of proprietary DJ applications all more interested in onboarding you to their music subscription services rather than implement useful features or support open protocols. Meanwhile, Mixxx allows you to write your own adapt…
>GPL DJ Software Its kind of a nuisance that, as a requirement to build Mixxx on MacOS, ones has to use foreign binaries, disable Gatekeeper, run a 'first build', and from that point on .. can treat the project as a regular CMake project. Re-enable Gatekeeper after the 'first build'. Hmm. What are the custom binaries for? Surely not cmake. Not having - yet - done this myself (until I can put it in a VM), I'm neverthe…
https://github.com/mixxxdj/vcpkg
The same binary-backed build process is present on Windows, too, presumably to keep people from needing to go through dependency hell to contribute to the project.
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> And RekordBox does not run well on Linux RekordBox doesn't even run well on Windows, so hard to imagine what worse looks like. But yeah, if Mixxx (or other FOSS software) could offer writing playlists into USB sticks, I'd get rid of RekordBox yesterday because few software out there works as bad as RekordBox.
I considered renting out some Pioneer equipment to add RekordBox playlist writing support, mainly because I'm in a similar situation. Mixxx does have support for reading USBs & SD cards, but not writing ;_; Unfortunately it's far down my priority list given the cost, my unfamiliarity with Mixxx development and that I rarely do anything without Mixx. But this is absolutely what ecosystem grants/bounties should be for.
I'd be down to fund a bounty/grant for this (and I'm clearly not alone), if anyone is looking for booty :)
Been using it for the past few years, nothing bad to say about it, lovely piece of software. Vendor lock-in is very present in this field, with different brands of controllers supported by a myriad of proprietary DJ applications all more interested in onboarding you to their music subscription services rather than implement useful features or support open protocols. Meanwhile, Mixxx allows you to write your own adapt…
I tried it many years ago and this didn't work. Can Mixxx be used with the Rane mixers used with Serato back in the day?
Is there already a mapping for you device? Check the manual https://manual.mixxx.org/2.5/en/