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Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Post by mft_ »

mft_ wrote: post #47

Big karaoke fan, so thanks for doing this. I'm processing a first test song as I write. The pitch scoring sounds really interesting as both a competitive and maybe also a training tool. A couple of immediate small pieces of feedback: * The colour scheme on the queue/nn% buttons is really low contrast - white on pale yellow is very hard to read * the 'models' button (bottom left) - I assumed this would give me details…

Processed Kenny Rogers' The Gambler perfectly - took out the lead vocal but left the backing vocals.

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Post by EGreg »

This is great! I thought of doing something like this for Karaoke, but was wondering about the copyright implications of doing it server-side.

We already do this for ingesting podcasts and cutting their clips with text being highlighted as people speak. AssemblyAI also supports speaker diarization.

For videos recorded using our own livestreaming studio, we can bypass all this by using Web STT and TTS APIs resulting in perfect timing and diarization without the need for server side models.

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Post by user34283 »

ramesh31 wrote: post #48
Gormo wrote: post #45

Just downloaded source and built this to play around with it. I was a bit surprised that the first thing it did when I ran it was to start downloading binaries from the internet. It went off to fetch FFMpeg from some remote server, but I already have FFMpeg installed. Then it tried and failed to install its own Python interpreter, which is another thing that's already present on the system. How come this is trying to…

>How come this is trying to install its own vendored dependencies, including executable binaries, instead of checking for what's already installed? That approach can lead to both security and performance issues. Because the person who vibecoded this had no idea they should have been doing that.

Personal attacks directed at people who build OSS are not cool, even if you take issue with their supposed use of AI or vendoring of dependencies.

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Post by solvik »

ramesh31 wrote: post #48
Gormo wrote: post #45

Just downloaded source and built this to play around with it. I was a bit surprised that the first thing it did when I ran it was to start downloading binaries from the internet. It went off to fetch FFMpeg from some remote server, but I already have FFMpeg installed. Then it tried and failed to install its own Python interpreter, which is another thing that's already present on the system. How come this is trying to…

>How come this is trying to install its own vendored dependencies, including executable binaries, instead of checking for what's already installed? That approach can lead to both security and performance issues. Because the person who vibecoded this had no idea they should have been doing that.

It’s a desktop app for mostly non-technical users, so bundling the runtime is a deliberate tradeoff to reduce setup friction and machine-specific breakage.

That said, an optional “use system environment if available” mode could make sense for advanced users. A PR for that would be welcome, as long as it also handles the real complexity involved: platform differences, Python package compatibility, GPU backends, and missing system/compiler flags.

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Post by ted537 »

danvoell wrote: post #50

Nice work! If you are looking for ways to enhance this or complementary routes, one thing I was thinking about recently... As a musician, often I play songs I don't know the lyrics to. It would be cool to have an app that could follow along karaoke style with the words, as I sing and as the band plays. Right now I clip a phone to the mic stand, but after a lyric or two, I lose my place. This is probably multitudes mo…

Yeah I think this is quite tricky. Even spotify screws up the sync halfway through the song somewhat frequently

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Post by bheadmaster »

user34283 wrote: post #53
ramesh31 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>How come this is trying to install its own vendored dependencies, including executable binaries, instead of checking for what's already installed? That approach can lead to both security and performance issues. Because the person who vibecoded this had no idea they should have been doing that.

Personal attacks directed at people who build OSS are not cool, even if you take issue with their supposed use of AI or vendoring of dependencies.

Vibe coders are NOT programmers, they are leeches, feeding from the blood of the open source.

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Post by reddalo »

mock-possum wrote: post #44
reddalo wrote: post #31

Looks amazing. I've been using Karafun [1], a paid service, but this seems promising. [1] https://www.karafun.com/

Unfortunately karafun, like so many other systems, has egregious holes in its catalog. I hate playing the “this song? No… this song? No… this song? No…” game.

Psst... if you sign up to their Premium tier you can play songs from their "Community" (i.e. user uploaded songs). If you sign up to the "Pro" tier, you can play even more songs that are normally locked from their catalogue (but you'll have to manage rightsholders authorization yourself).

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Post by rzzzzru »

ramesh31 wrote: post #48
Gormo wrote: post #45

Just downloaded source and built this to play around with it. I was a bit surprised that the first thing it did when I ran it was to start downloading binaries from the internet. It went off to fetch FFMpeg from some remote server, but I already have FFMpeg installed. Then it tried and failed to install its own Python interpreter, which is another thing that's already present on the system. How come this is trying to…

>How come this is trying to install its own vendored dependencies, including executable binaries, instead of checking for what's already installed? That approach can lead to both security and performance issues. Because the person who vibecoded this had no idea they should have been doing that.

hey both!

thanks for your feedback and reports, I'd be happy if they are added as issues on github.

as said in the separate comment, I really wanted an app to be as "grandma-proof" as possible, therefore I really wanted to have one binary that does the magic for you. it's a karaoke app, not a tool that is aimed at engineers.

we can indeed look at the local packages before downloading an executable, it's just not done yet but might be added in the future.

I've built this project out of passion and it's 100% open-source and free, so please keep this in mind when criticizing.

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