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Web Based Music Player/Manager

Hey folks, a friend of mine and I have begun working on a web-based music player/organizer. He and I feel that it's time to have a decent alternative to Foobar2K that isn't bound to Windows. So, the first thing I know you guys are going to say is "if it's based in the browser, what about FLAC and other 'bit-level' configuration settings?" My answer to you is that, while yes, you can use the browser to play the music (using HTML5 Audio or a crappy, dreaded Flash fallback), you can also use an external player that would run on Linux, Windows, Mac, etc similar to that of MPD. When I say stream, I don't mean transcoded and streamed, I mean the source file is sent over to the daemon and it does all the configuring.

So, in essence, your collection would reside on a remote server and you'd have players that connect to it. Raspberry Pi with a little player daemon outputting through a USB DAC to your HiFi system? Sure! On the road and wanna listen to tunes in your car, Android... using the web interface to remotely control what's being played.

All-in-all, I think we have the architecture to really do some cool stuff. The backend file indexing is being written, and the front end is looking pretty good. The only piece of this puzzle is an AngularJS guy.

If you're an AngularJS developer, I'd love to chat and maybe see if you'd be interested in helping the project out.

Right now, it's OSS with no license yet, but if things became well supported, there's a chance to commercialize... I'm thinking a Plex model where you get some sorta upgrades if you become a subscriber, or maybe team up with a hardware vendor to sell a cheaper version of Sonos... uck.

Web Based Music Player/Manager

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I'd like to answer any questions you guys might have. There's a lot to go over, but again, I think we have a good framework to nail all the concerns any of you might have.