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Show HN: Juicebox – Listen to music with others

23 points by lawrencewu 10y ago

parad0x1 10y ago
What separates this from other turntable.fm clones?
- lawrencewu 10y ago
  One difference is that Juicebox is still alive :P Kidding aside, one feature I really like about Juicebox is that it will play songs that have been previously added to the queue. One problem I had with turntable.fm and plug.dj was that it required a lot of energy to keep the music going (you have to continually keep adding songs to the queue). On Juicebox, I can just join my room and I can enjoy music without too much hassle.
  - toki5 10y ago
    On plug.dj, this isn't true. Playlists that are in the queue will repeat after all the songs from that list have been played once.
lawrencewu 10y ago
Juicebox is a great way to share your music with others. You can create rooms, add songs, and share the URL with others, and they will be synced to the same song as you when they join. It's built on React, Node.js, and Firebase. I've been working on this for fun for the past few months, and I'm hoping to hear some feedback from the HN community. Thanks for checking it out!
toki5 10y ago
When I clicked on the link, it brought up a page that was already playing a song. I tried to pause it and couldn't. I had to look for the volume control instead? Why can't I pause the song?
- toki5 10y ago
  It even shows the YouTube pause icon thing when I click on it. This is really frustrating.
  - lawrencewu 10y ago
    You're not supposed to be able to pause. But this is a UI flaw. Sorry about that -- I've disabled interactions on the player so it's more clear.
    - toki5 10y ago
      Oh. Hmm. On other sites like plug.dj you can pause and when you unpause it just catches you back up!
      - lawrencewu 10y ago
        I'll consider adding that functionality. Thanks for the feedback!
dianya 10y ago
This is perfect for parties so people can add tracks but won't skip the songs that have already been added
chatmasta 10y ago
Really cool! Recommendation: hover over a chat message, see which song was playing when the message was sent. Most of the messages are referencing the current song, so most value is lost at the end of the song.
Nick_Flamel 10y ago
I just queued a 10 hour repeat of the Jaws theme. A time limit on a per-server basis might be a good idea.

23 points by lawrencewu 10y ago

parad0x1 10y ago

What separates this from other turntable.fm clones?

lawrencewu 10y ago
One difference is that Juicebox is still alive :P Kidding aside, one feature I really like about Juicebox is that it will play songs that have been previously added to the queue. One problem I had with turntable.fm and plug.dj was that it required a lot of energy to keep the music going (you have to continually keep adding songs to the queue). On Juicebox, I can just join my room and I can enjoy music without too much hassle.
- toki5 10y ago
  On plug.dj, this isn't true. Playlists that are in the queue will repeat after all the songs from that list have been played once.

lawrencewu 10y ago

Juicebox is a great way to share your music with others. You can create rooms, add songs, and share the URL with others, and they will be synced to the same song as you when they join. It's built on React, Node.js, and Firebase. I've been working on this for fun for the past few months, and I'm hoping to hear some feedback from the HN community. Thanks for checking it out!

toki5 10y ago

When I clicked on the link, it brought up a page that was already playing a song. I tried to pause it and couldn't. I had to look for the volume control instead? Why can't I pause the song?

toki5 10y ago
It even shows the YouTube pause icon thing when I click on it. This is really frustrating.
- lawrencewu 10y ago
  You're not supposed to be able to pause. But this is a UI flaw. Sorry about that -- I've disabled interactions on the player so it's more clear.
  - toki5 10y ago
    Oh. Hmm. On other sites like plug.dj you can pause and when you unpause it just catches you back up!
    - lawrencewu 10y ago
      I'll consider adding that functionality. Thanks for the feedback!

dianya 10y ago

This is perfect for parties so people can add tracks but won't skip the songs that have already been added

chatmasta 10y ago

Really cool! Recommendation: hover over a chat message, see which song was playing when the message was sent. Most of the messages are referencing the current song, so most value is lost at the end of the song.

Nick_Flamel 10y ago

I just queued a 10 hour repeat of the Jaws theme. A time limit on a per-server basis might be a good idea.