[HN Gopher] The Infinite/Eternal Jukebox has been revived
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The Infinite/Eternal Jukebox has been revived
A project called The Infinite Jukebox was started back in 2012 and
allowed users to endlessly loop songs at similar-sounding parts,
creating the illusion of an infinite song. It works better for some
songs than others and often requires you to use the "Tune" feature
to make it loop better. The original Infinite Jukebox went down
years ago, leading to "The Eternal Jukebox" being created not long
after. Sadly, that tool stopped working in mid 2023, possible due
to Spotify API changes. A few weeks ago, Reddit user davioitu
announced that they had revived the project and the tool is now
once again available to use. Here's an example of a basic loop:
https://jukebox.davi.gq/jukebox_go.html?id=2pNMoqwpAGDmoLWnn...
Author : Pikamander2
Score : 120 points
Date : 2024-01-02 15:40 UTC (7 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (jukebox.davi.gq)
(TXT) w3m dump (jukebox.davi.gq)
| msoucy wrote:
| I have fond(ish) memories of being at a hackathon and hearing
| Ignition Remix for two hours nonstop with Infinite Jukebox. I
| look forward to trying this new incarnation!
| dinkleberg wrote:
| This is great to see! I used to use the original and then the
| eternalbox fork, glad to see another instance is back up.
|
| If you haven't used it, it might seem weird at first. But I've
| found that playing the same song on loop rather than listening to
| albums/playlists is the perfect productivity hack.
| maxglute wrote:
| Youtube autoplayed 100 hours shreksophone while I was meal
| prepping and I ended up just keeping it going for 4 hours. I
| like listening to the same few songs on loop at the gym, but
| doing one meme song was surprisingly also effective. Girlfriend
| found it very objectionable though.
| for1nner wrote:
| Am I blocking too many scripts, or has it been HN'd to death with
| requests?
| joombaga wrote:
| I'm using uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, and it was working
| for me until a few minutes ago.
| Pikamander2 wrote:
| I tested it just now and it seems to work fine.
|
| Sometimes there's a short delay before the music circle
| appears.
| s09dfhks wrote:
| It's not outputting any audio for me on mobile, anyone else?
| Synaesthesia wrote:
| Worked for me (iPhone, no content blockers)
| lbourdages wrote:
| I had to get out of silent mode for it to work.
| whywhywhywhy wrote:
| This was impressive the first time I saw it in 2012 and it's
| still impressive today.
| kouru225 wrote:
| I think we might a killed it cause it's just endlessly loading
| for me.
| xnzakg wrote:
| Also seems to never load for me, stuck at "Fetching the
| analysis"
| iforgotpassword wrote:
| Blast from the past!
|
| Surprised this one serves the music too like the original. at
| least when I tried the eternal jukebox fork later on, you had to
| provide the music file yourself.
| snarkconjecture wrote:
| As of right now, it seems to work for any song on Infinite
| Jukebox mode but the Autocanonizer gets stuck on loading for any
| song that isn't one of the presets.
| MrPoush wrote:
| It looks like Autocanonizer depends on (the now defunct) Echo
| Nest (http://the.echonest.com). Spotify bought it back in '16,
| and the site stopped serving content sometime mid-May of 2020.
| sanqui wrote:
| I really miss the Infinite Jukebox. The original had MP3 upload
| support though, and this one doesn't...
| stkai wrote:
| I tried a few songs that didn't quite feel right with the default
| settings, but Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin completely slaps:
| https://jukebox.davi.gq/jukebox_go.html?id=78lgmZwycJ3nzsdgm...
| Bluecobra wrote:
| Whip It by Devo is really good as well:
|
| https://jukebox.davi.gq/jukebox_go.html?id=4sscDOZCkbLSlDqcC...
|
| This would be perfect for music on hold :D
| pimlottc wrote:
| This is neat but the UI is a bit confusing to me... how do you
| tell which way a "shortcut" goes? Some seem to go forward and
| some backwards. Mentally I think of a loop as "going backwards"
| so this confused me, e.g. I expected basic demo [0] to loop at
| the 2 o'clock position.
|
| And how do you "activate" a loop in a track when there are
| multiple possible auto-generaed loops [1]? Is it just random? Or
| am I missing something? It would be nice to be able to control
| it.
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| 0:
| https://jukebox.davi.gq/jukebox_go.html?id=2pNMoqwpAGDmoLWnn...
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| 1:
| https://jukebox.davi.gq/jukebox_go.html?id=78lgmZwycJ3nzsdgm...
| epiccoleman wrote:
| After getting frustrated at being unable to load a song I wanted
| to try, I just bit the bullet and downloaded the repo, and ran a
| local copy with Docker.
|
| It was _very_ worth it to get to try It 's All Clear to Me Now by
| Lotus. It's an interesting song in that it has a lot of
| repetition already, so it was rife with loop points. I found
| myself laughing a few times as I waited for a transition only to
| be sent back to the start of some melodic section.
|
| It's not quite as cool as some of the better examples here
| (Immigrant Song really works too well), but it was easy to set
| up. This thing is awesome, will definitely be playing with it
| more.
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