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Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#1

Post by bane » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 6:39 AM UTC

Tomahawk – A meta source music player
tomahawk-player.org

Re: Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#2

Post by mueslix » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:38 AM UTC

Hope you guys like it. We've got a major update in the works too, as well as an Android app. All free and open source.

Re: Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#3

Post by walterbell » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:39 AM UTC

Could this support a mechanism to tip/pay artists that is independent of the distribution channel, i.e. link song name to artist wallet (pay with data or cash) so artists can receive supplemental income & analytics data that is fan-direct? Or allow artists to sell virtual goods (similar to messaging stickers) or emoji to fans?

Re: Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#4

Post by mueslix » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:40 AM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #3

Could this support a mechanism to tip/pay artists that is independent of the distribution channel, i.e. link song name to artist wallet (pay with data or cash) so artists can receive supplemental income & analytics data that is fan-direct? Or allow artists to sell virtual goods (similar to messaging stickers) or emoji to fans?

We're certainly looking into this idea, a bit of a Flattr for artists. I like it.

Re: Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#5

Post by walterbell » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:47 AM UTC

mueslix wrote: post #2

Hope you guys like it. We've got a major update in the works too, as well as an Android app. All free and open source.

Does it support local files?

Re: Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#6

Post by mueslix » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:49 AM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #5

mueslix wrote: post #2

Hope you guys like it. We've got a major update in the works too, as well as an Android app. All free and open source.

Does it support local files?

It does, of course. You can mix your local library with Spotify, SoundCloud and many more.

Re: Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#7

Post by walterbell » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:52 AM UTC

mueslix wrote: post #6

walterbell wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it support local files?

It does, of course. You can mix your local library with Spotify, SoundCloud and many more.

Is it identifying song names by file metadata, binary fingerprints, audio fingerprints?

Re: Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#8

Post by mueslix » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:55 AM UTC

mueslix wrote: post #6

walterbell wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it support local files?

It does, of course. You can mix your local library with Spotify, SoundCloud and many more.

It's currently identifying songs by meta-data only. There is an audio fingerprinter (using Last.fm's service) in the works, but as you can imagine that only solves part of the problem: getting fingerprints for data from all the various supported sources is a lot harder.

Re: Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#9

Post by terhechte » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:59 AM UTC

mueslix wrote: post #2

Hope you guys like it. We've got a major update in the works too, as well as an Android app. All free and open source.

I like the idea, would it be possible to add YouTube support (or does that maybe already exist)? (Of course, only playing the audio part and ignoring the video)

Re: Tomahawk – A meta source music player

#10

Post by mueslix » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 8:00 AM UTC

terhechte wrote: post #9

mueslix wrote: post #2

Hope you guys like it. We've got a major update in the works too, as well as an Android app. All free and open source.

I like the idea, would it be possible to add YouTube support (or does that maybe already exist)? (Of course, only playing the audio part and ignoring the video)

There is a working resolver here: https://github.com/tomahawk-player/tomahawk-resolvers/tree/m...

Mind you, it does require Tomahawk's latest nightlies / git version.