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Re: Fastpotify

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Post by azalemeth »

wilted-iris wrote: post #2

Spotify is in the process of killing the librespot project that this and most third party Spotify players are built on. I think the golden age of music streaming is coming to an end. I’ve migrated to a self hosted library with streaming and radio for discovery. I hope we’ll see many projects in the space flourish. Many, like Navidrome and the whole OpenSubsonic ecosystem, seem to be doing quite well.

If anyone other than me really likes classical music, I thoroughly recommend Hyperion Records. DRM free downloads in your choice of codec, one to two free CDs worth of sampler per month to download (with a jewel case PDF!) and some truly excellent world leading groups and beautiful new music.

Re: Fastpotify

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Post by merrvk »

Tried using Spotify web client on Safari the other day. Performance was absolutely terrible.

For comparison I was using Apple Music via safari before.

I’m just surprised that such a big company can produce such an awful web experience, guess everyone is just using the native app, but for some that’s not possible

Re: Fastpotify

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Post by kombine »

0fflineuser wrote: post #83

If anyone is interested in selfhosting or wants to stop using spotify without losing the discoverabily: I use explo+slsk+lidarr+navidrome, for access on my phone I use dsub2000 or symfonium but mainly dsub2000. Explo is the software used for the discovery https://github.com/LumePart/Explo It automatically downloads daily jams, weekly jams and weekly exploration playlists from your listenbrainz account(free) using you…

I'm using a similar setup with soularr, and I just need to import my playlists from Spotify, but I'd rather not use a fork of lidarr.

Re: Fastpotify

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Post by GaProgMan »

wilted-iris wrote: post #91
dylan604 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> radio for discovery was a big question mark I had as well. The Clear Channel and iHeart stations are not known for discovery. Now if you find a college station or by some miracle an independent station you can get some new stuff. My favorite local college station is also ad free. They also have an app which I lean on as it's not the strongest transmitter so their coverage is spotty. Maybe there's other indy station…

I believe there are! I consistently hear good things about KEXP and FIP but I haven’t listened to either extensively. I listen to a lot of SomaFM (free, https://somafm.com/ ) and the Flow State radio-podcast (paid, https://www.flowstate.fm/ ).

I would always recommend KEXP. They have a really varied set of shows and setlists, don't seem to be swayed by "we must play the top 40", genuinely care about music, and are super nice if you head into the building in Seattle (which has a public access space, coffee shop, bathrooms, and a SubPop store).

I've had three tours around the place just by telling the folks there that Im there from out of town. To be fair, I might have gotten the tours because I came all the way over from England the times, but it's my favourite place to hang out when I'm in Seattle.

Also Ken is the nicest guy ever, and he introduced me to Larry Mizzel Jr while he was broadcasting live.

Get the app, or use the player on their website, and hive then a try for an hour or do. The app has the ability to "heart" a track while it's playing live, which helps with discovery.

Re: Fastpotify

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Post by earcar »

jorisw wrote: post #123
earcar wrote: post #112

Author here. Happy to answer any questions!

Per another comment, is it true that you trick people wanting to view your code on GitHub, into starring your repo?

No. The "Star" button on the website is a simple link to the repo.

Re: Fastpotify

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Post by Fumblenuts »

abrookewood wrote: post #75

I think the key call out with this is how cool egui is (the Rust GUI library it uses). Check out their website: https://www.egui.rs/ The demos are very good: https://www.egui.rs/#clock Edit: egui is an immediate mode GUI library written in Rust. egui runs natively on , and on the web it is compiled to WebAssembly and rendered with WebGL or WebGPU. Everything you see is rendered as textured triangles. There is no DO…

This feels like it would be an accessibility nightmare?

But maybe it could be cool for doing some advanced animations or rendering games or something.

Re: Fastpotify

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Post by earcar »

rixed wrote: post #23

Another site tricking users willing to look at the code into starring the repo instead. How desperate do you need to be to resort to this?

No. The "Star" button is a simple link to the repo.

Re: Fastpotify

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Post by mijoharas »

mappu wrote: post #49

If you're focused on lightweight, native and fast, I don't think you should use an immediate-mode GUI toolkit. Why does an app like this need to hit a 60fps framerate? It's not a game.

I was surprised to see an immediate mode gui toolkit.

They're great to integrate into a game loop because you control your loop, (and they're a delight to use) but I thought for perf retained mode was the way to go?

Am I missing something? Then again if the bar needing to be beaten is spotify's existing desktop app maybe it doesn't matter?

Re: Fastpotify

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Post by selfhoster1312 »

port11 wrote: post #113
inigyou wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They can only turn the tap off because those projects operated in ways that required them to leave it on. Biggest mistake most librefication projects make is to do their project out in the open where they can easily be subject to legal pressure, then fall into complete disarray the moment that pressure appears. They can't move underground once pressure starts, because everyone already knows who they are.

Bit of an unfair take. You propose the open-source community operates behind closed doors like the very software they aim to replace? I’d argue Spotify has so little to gain by being hostile, that perhaps the lawyers are more expensive than just ignoring these pet projects (which would never gain mass adoption).

> the lawyers are more expensive than just ignoring these pet projects

The lawyers are more expensive than happy customers staying customers because they can enjoy the client they prefer, that's for sure.

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