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Why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl

70 points · 109 comments · beardyw

jonplackett · 1790941854 · focus · HN ↗
I just finished making a ‘physical’ music system for my daughter.
The inverted commas are because it’s actually all MP3s that are stored on a phone.
But the phone is in a box
Connected to a speaker
Running an app I made that plays playlists when she places an nfc card on the box
Basically it’s a bootleg Yoto / Tonie box but completely free, and our own music.
Also got a desktop app where I download stuff, make plays lists and it auto syncs to the phone.
She actually really likes it. Having a physical sense of what you own feels good!
I wish I could take all the credit but Codex helped, a bit…
1. gosub100 · 1790942579 · focus · HN ↗
  That gives me an idea: a "CD player" that accepts the entire jewel case and has a camera inside that reads the barcode, retrieves the album, and plays it.
  1. jonplackett · 1790948998 · focus · HN ↗
    I LOVE THAT IDEA SO MUCH.
    It's so dumb and so functional at the same time.
    My favourite ideas usually hug that Pareto frontier.
  2. jonplackett · 1790975247 · focus · HN ↗
    There's a free API for getting albums from QR codes
    <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/?query=barcode:5099746580223&fmt=json" rel="nofollow">https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/?query=barcode:50997465...
    This was the first CD I ever owned
    throw0101a · 1790987568 · focus · HN ↗
    Also:
    * <a href="https://gnudb.org" rel="nofollow">https://gnudb.org
    * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDDB" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDDB
    * <a href="https://github.com/RecursiveForest/py-cddb" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/RecursiveForest/py-cddb

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