• lurch@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    3 days ago

    i have different directories named after moods/styles filled with hard links to my music. works better than playlists for me

    • shimdidly@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      So real. I’ve always thought music apps like iTunes/Spotify etc. were superfluous when you already have a file system and sym links.

      • lurch@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        2 days ago

        i used symlinks first, but they break when you rename target files or directories.

        as long as it’s one file system, hard links work better for me. so one day i replaced them all with hard links.

  • FlickeringScreens@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    real. I was using “mpv --shuffle soundcloud-playlist-link-here” for a while because soundcloud’s shuffle literally does not work

        • PlexSheep@infosec.pub
          1·
          2 days ago

          But can that be automated? I have a yaml file and a glorified crib job that checks my subscriptions and playlists every 8h and downloads new stuff automatically.

          • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            4·
            3 days ago

            Shazam what I hear around me and like. Often it’s just bus drivers listening to music, and since I sit in the front if possible, I can discover music. Or just radio, whether it’s FM, DAB+ or internet. AM is usually limited to news and bazillion chinese stations.

            • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
              6·
              3 days ago

              Haha so many times I’ve heard stuff playing that sounds catchy in like random sandwich shops, and hunt down where I can get a clear detection on it.

              It’s actually pretty impressive what the average smartphone mic can pick up … For better and worse. =\

              But I’ve found some favorite songs that way. It beats the old days of trying really hard to discern some words in the lyrics and hoping a search engine would help!

              • bitwaba@lemmy.world
                2·
                3 days ago

                I’m impressed with my pixel’s ability to do it. I forget it’s on sometimes and I’ll walk in a pub. Having only been inside 5 seconds and my phone in my pocket the whole time, it already has the song playing on display on the lock screen. Its almost like it works better when the volume is lower. I have a harder time detecting music with it if I turn the volume up or hold it near a speaker. Put it my pocket and have 30 people talk over it? Probably has a 95%+ successful detection rate in those conditions

    • cumEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      They don’t, the ppl who do this are probably listening to the same boomer rock albums

      • DogWater@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        Yeah I switched to it from Plex. Plex wouldn’t stop forgetting my libraries and revoking permissions.

      • PlexSheep@infosec.pub
        5·
        2 days ago

        Really well actually. The mobile app does not support download “caching” of music, but third party apps like synfonium do.

        The jellyfin music experience is really good, not perfect, but still really good.

      • macniel@feddit.org
        2·
        3 days ago

        For kinda every type of media. I use it as a cloud (private VPN) music repository/library as well.

  • JetpackJackson@feddit.de
    19·
    3 days ago
    #!/usr/bin/env bash
mpc load $1
mpc volume 80
mpc random on
mpc play

    Name it shufflenplay so then you can shufflenplay <playlist name>

    • renzev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      Oh man are we sharing mpd scripts? I have this one that lets me search through music directory and add anything to the play queue (so I can add a single track or an entire album or whatever):

      #!/bin/bash

MUSIC_DIR=$(grep -m 1 -E '^\s*music_directory\s+' "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpd/mpd.conf" | awk '{printf $2}' | tr -d \" | tr -d \')
MUSIC_DIR="${MUSIC_DIR/#\~/$HOME}"

cd "$MUSIC_DIR"
CHOICE="$(find . | cut -c 3- | dmenu)" || exit 1;

mpc insert "$CHOICE"
mpc play

      There’s also this one that lets me save the currently playing song to a playlist of my choice. It’s good if I’m listening to a new album or a new artist and suddenly think “yeah, this song really fits with the mood of X playlist”:

      #!/bin/bash

MUSIC_DIR=$(grep -m 1 -E '^\s*playlist_directory\s+' "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpd/mpd.conf" | awk '{printf $2}' | tr -d \" | tr -d \')

choice="$(mpc lsplaylists | dmenu)" || { echo "No choice." ; exit 1; }
MUSIC_DIR="${MUSIC_DIR/#\~/$HOME}"

mpc current -f '%file%' >> "$MUSIC_DIR/$choice.m3u"

      Here’s my script to shuffle play an existing playlist as well:

      #!/bin/sh

choice="$(mpc lsplaylists | dmenu)"
mpc clear
sleep 0.1
mpc load "$choice"
sleep 0.1
mpc shuffle
sleep 0.1
mpc play

      The sleeps are to prevent Cantata (graphical mpd client) from shitting itself if I run this script while it’s open. Also notice mpc shuffle instead of mpc random on. It shuffles the current playlist, but keeps the linear play order, so that I can add songs to play right after the current one.

      • JetpackJackson@feddit.de
        3·
        3 days ago

        Oooh those are nice! I’ll have to try mpc shuffle out then, and even though I generate my playlists with beets, I’ll definitely try out the save to playlist one!