locserendipity.com
Creative
music streaming player
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
12 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good sound quality and surprisingly enjoyable song selection
From 2 comments
So far I didn't hit skip once, I'm surprised by the overall quality! I've had nice Cuban music, nice classical music, songs from various countries (Sweden, etc), some jazz and…
wazoox on HNFirst song I've got is awesome:…
wazoox on HN
Minimal design and useful m3u playlist export
From 2 comments
I like it. I especially like the minimalism.
checkyoursudo on HNAbsolutely love this. Thanks so much. Is there a way to stream this playlist to my Kodi box. Maybe with an m3u file?
igitur on HN
Objections
Streaming from archive.org may be impolite use of its bandwidth
From 1 comment
Congratulations, very cool. BUT... I can't help but feel this is an... impolite?... use of archive.org? I see archive.org as being a repository, not a streaming service. I would…
jl6 on HN
Some playback failures and a missing play button on the low-static version
From 2 comments
For some reason, 78 RPM (https://www.locserendipity.com/Listen.html) doesn't work for me - I press Random, then link, then Play, and nothing happens. Chrome, MacOS 10.14, no…
folex on HNI’m not getting a play button on the low-static version. I did manually copy one of the mp3 URLs [1] and it sounds great though. I’m on iOS (Safari on iPad) if that makes a…
drivers99 on HN
Requests
Add a like button or most-liked list
From 1 comment
Now add a "like" button and make an additional list of "most liked" pieces, and beat streaming services at their own game :)
wazoox on HN
Link each song to its archive.org page
From 1 comment
Love it. A feature suggestion is to add a link to the Archive.org page for the song.
vortico on HN
Support for favourite players via m3u playlist
From 2 comments
Really Cool. Can we have any form of playlist or something to use our favourite player?
entropie on HNAbsolutely love this. Thanks so much. Is there a way to stream this playlist to my Kodi box. Maybe with an m3u file?
igitur on HN
Questions
Why do many m3u entries return 404 errors
From 1 comment
Very nice. Thanks. Many 404s, whats the reason?
entropie on HN
Alternatives named
78_sampler Twitter bot
From 1 comment
I love this! I previously used Parker Higgens' 78 sampler twitter bot to discover new entries in the collection, but I really like your autoplay/jukebox feature.…
jd3 on HN
WKHR radio station
From 1 comment
You just need to listen to more WKHR! (wkhr.org) It’s a radio station in a Cleveland high school with octogenarian djs playing 78s!
subpixel on HN