[HN Gopher] Show HN: Shaq, a CLI for Shazam
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       Show HN: Shaq, a CLI for Shazam
        
       Author : woodruffw
       Score  : 65 points
       Date   : 2023-09-02 18:27 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | pacifika wrote:
       | Pretty handy for dj streams where the dj is unwilling to provide
       | tracklists.
        
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       | drewbeck wrote:
       | I've wanted something like this to scrobble vinyl forever. This
       | cat gets it!
        
       | underlipton wrote:
       | This is perfect. I've been thinking of setting up a system to
       | automatically record the last couple minutes of every hour of my
       | local NPR station, Shazam the bump music that they play, and post
       | the results as a searchable schedule (since they refuse to do it
       | themselves). I can't tell you how annoying it is to hear like 15
       | seconds of an interesting song, and have no way of knowing what
       | it is if one's phone can't be reached in time (and to have it
       | happen, like, twice a week).
       | 
       | ...If anyone wants to steal this idea and do it themselves, I
       | won't mind.
        
       | brianzelip wrote:
       | Shaq starred in 'Kazam'. Perhaps 'Sinbad cli'? Cool project!
        
         | dier wrote:
         | That's the joke.
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         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory#Mandela_effect
        
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       | btown wrote:
       | If you're wondering how to _implement_ Shazam itself, it 's
       | surprisingly straightforward using a notion of "anchor points"
       | and "constellations" within a spectogram to reduce the search
       | space and be resistant to ambient noise.
       | 
       | https://ismir2003.ismir.net/presentations/Wang.pdf
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       | https://www.princeton.edu/~cuff/ele201/files/Wang03-shazam.p...
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       | At scale, you just need a really fast key-value lookup table -
       | and of course, the legal permissions for all the audio files. But
       | if you have a proprietary set of audio files you want to be able
       | to match ambient audio recordings against, it's absolutely
       | feasible to implement from scratch.
       | 
       | https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6269167/open-source-audi...
       | has a number of open-source solutions using similar approaches.
        
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       | extraduder_ire wrote:
       | Apple hasn't stopped people from just using the shazam API? Damn,
       | I hope this lasts forever.
       | 
       | I had been looking for an open source shazam-like for a while
       | before giving up and just installing the app under a work-profile
       | on my phone.
        
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       | despideme wrote:
       | I wonder -- is the name a reference to the mass confusion about
       | "Shazam" starring Sinbad and "Kazam" starring Shaquille O'Neal?
       | Or an example of it?
        
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         | ChrisArchitect wrote:
         | Totally. Classic/legendary example of Mandela Effect
        
         | wgjordan wrote:
         | Reference: https://github.com/woodruffw/shaq#the-name
        
       | hartator wrote:
       | Is it me or Shazam keep degrading in actual recognition
       | performance?
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | Quite appreciate the naming of this project
        
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       | j1mmie wrote:
       | I have needed this so many times in my life! I usually run a
       | virtual audio device router like Loopback or Soundflower or
       | Background Music. It's so janky.
        
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