Feature Request: Can we enable loop and offline playing?
mrinterestfull opened this issue · comments
Hello,
Is it possible to host live_beats, and upload the mp3, and then set it to play in loop, and at the same time exit the browser.
Almost like a radio podcast. Any user can join and start listening to my mp3's. I would login tomorrow and set a new playlist.
If there is a different place to discuss this please let me know.
Thanks
Lucas
Hi there, I'm not involved in this project but I'm following/lurking it since the beginning, mostly because I have had a similar idea for 10+ years and when I've seen it implemented in Elixir/Phoenix I was very happy about it.
Considering that owning/uploading mp3's is way more rare nowadays, I've seen the limits of this project (which remains and excellent work and example for many things about Phoenix).
If you want something similar to what you described, perhaps you need other tools which are tailored for this kind of needs. For example icacast, or even liquidsoap.
I did a similar thing (first in Elixir/Phoenix, then in Rust): a web radio that plays 24h/7d and fetches the songs from a playlist I own on soundcloud. the backend just keeps track of the playlist and the current playing song, when one finishes, the next one is sent to clients through websockets. Users, regardless of when they joined, will listen the same song at the exact playback time as the other users, like a broadcast radio. When the playlist has been played, it reloads again from soundcloud (to get the updated one), shuffles the tracks and restarts. I can edit the songs from soundcloud, so no need for mantainance of the backend.
So, you can achieve something similar to what I did for your needs, but I'm not sure this project can help you, I mean, you should modify it so that it only supports one active user/playlist/show and keep the others as listeners. Also, the register/login mechanism will potentially allow everyone to join, not just your friends. I didn't checked how/where the uploaded mp3 are stored, but I suppose you will need some storage to host them, and you might need to write code for that.
my 2 cents
We don't accept feature requests, but the app is MIT licensed if you'd like to make your own fork. Thanks!
Sounds good on the feature request part.
As per other comment.
I currently have a elixir hosted site, with liveview connection, and wanted give users options to upload their mp3, and users visiting their site listening through liveview widget.
aka
dedicated stream per user, just for them.
others in circle can listen.
(its not music)
Thanks
Lucas