> Everything you'd expect from an offline music player!
I'd expect winamp-level UI customization, cross-platform support, iTunes library smart playlist support...
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Anyone want to let me in on the joke/reference/pun/pronunciation/why it's a clever name?
There you go https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor > Petrichor is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.
It's actually my favorite scent in the world. I grew up in New Mexico.
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#13This sounds like a breath of fresh air as a disenchanted Spotify user. My only hesitation is that I’ve lost touch with collecting music. I used to rip CDs and download music and curate a library etc, but I’ve lost my collection and collecting habits since adopting streaming. How do people collect music nowadays? Is there a legit way (fairly compensating artists) to do it?
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#14How's this compare to the native macos music app formerly known as itunes?
Anything is better than that dumpster fire. They changed the name but the ui is still straight out of the early 2000s. It’s an exercise in frustration to find the music you’re looking for, and if you subscribe to Apple Music, the radio suggestions rarely match what mood you set.
I was listening to some early 2000s alternative rock today and then randomly in the middle of my radio station it started playing a kids freeze dance song.
The best thing it has going for it is the lossless albums and native airplay casting. I got a free trial, but I’m not going to renew. I’d consider staying if they added native last.fm scrobbling, but even then I’m not sure.
I’m really bummed about the scrobbling because I lost several weeks of not a month of plays because my phone offloaded the scrobbler app and I didn’t notice. The official app for it on Mac says to use one or the other (macOS or iOS) because it will count twice.
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#15Beautiful app, well done. Pleaaaaaaaase make this available on iOS. Bonus points if the desktop version could do syncing with my iPhone. I could finally treat my iPhone like an iPod!
Yes, iPhone is target once mac stable release is complete as the core logic can be shared between 2 platforms.
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#19How's this compare to the native macos music app formerly known as itunes?
Anything is better than that dumpster fire. They changed the name but the ui is still straight out of the early 2000s. It’s an exercise in frustration to find the music you’re looking for, and if you subscribe to Apple Music, the radio suggestions rarely match what mood you set. I was listening to some early 2000s alternative rock today and then randomly in the middle of my radio station it started playing a kids fre…
> Anything is better than that dumpster fire.
Nonsense, you could be using Spotify.
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#20If you are looking for a “old school iTunes” kind of player there’s also https://swinsian.com/