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Ask HN: Feedback on my app - SongTwit, it's TwitPic for music

7 points by danhak 17y ago

Hi All, I've been home on summer break for the past week and just hacked together this Twitter application to keep busy. It's a quick and easy service for sharing music. There are a few similar sites out there but to my knowledge this is the only one that lets you preview songs before tweeting them or upload your own MP3s. I'd really appreciate it if some fellow hackers could try it out, give suggestions or let me know about any bugs. http://www.songtwit.com Thanks!

jsonscripter 17y ago
What's supposed to happen when I click on a listing after a search? Right now nothing happens. There's also a blank grey rectangle on the right. I'm using Chrome 1.0.154.65. Do I need flash installed for something to happen?
- danhak 17y ago
  You're supposed to see a preview of the song that you picked (either a YouTube or iMeem flash embed). Yes, you need flash installed. But I'm installing Chrome right now to see if there's something else going on.
zeedotme 17y ago
I tried uploading a track, tweeted it to all my followers, then was told that the track wasn't ready to play yet...grrrrr....
- danhak 17y ago
  Sorry about that...looks like it's up now. I'm using iMeem's API to handle MP3 uploads and it takes a few seconds for them to process everything. I don't think there's anything I could do about that. If you could think of an alternative I'd love to try it out as I find this annoying too. Thanks for the blog post, too, by the way.
  - zeedotme 17y ago
    no probs, i genuinely think there's a place for this...
indexzero 17y ago
What's your anti-RIAA (read copywritten material) story? Seems like a good idea (I'm about to try it out), but seems like a slipperly legal slope.
- danhak 17y ago
  I'm taking the Songza approach: all the music is directly from YouTube or iMeem...I'm not hosting anything.
zeedotme 17y ago
Btw, I think playbacks of uploaded songs are shortened to only play a segment of the track. Can you verify that's definitely the case?
- danhak 17y ago
  hmm..are you outside the US by any chance? I think iMeem limits songs to 30 seconds if they don't have the rights in that country. It sucks pretty hard but I'd rather go through this (legitimate) channel than host the songs myself and face potential legal issues.

7 points by danhak 17y ago

jsonscripter 17y ago

What's supposed to happen when I click on a listing after a search? Right now nothing happens. There's also a blank grey rectangle on the right. I'm using Chrome 1.0.154.65. Do I need flash installed for something to happen?

danhak 17y ago
You're supposed to see a preview of the song that you picked (either a YouTube or iMeem flash embed). Yes, you need flash installed. But I'm installing Chrome right now to see if there's something else going on.

zeedotme 17y ago

I tried uploading a track, tweeted it to all my followers, then was told that the track wasn't ready to play yet...grrrrr....

danhak 17y ago
Sorry about that...looks like it's up now. I'm using iMeem's API to handle MP3 uploads and it takes a few seconds for them to process everything. I don't think there's anything I could do about that. If you could think of an alternative I'd love to try it out as I find this annoying too. Thanks for the blog post, too, by the way.
- zeedotme 17y ago
  no probs, i genuinely think there's a place for this...

indexzero 17y ago

What's your anti-RIAA (read copywritten material) story? Seems like a good idea (I'm about to try it out), but seems like a slipperly legal slope.

danhak 17y ago
I'm taking the Songza approach: all the music is directly from YouTube or iMeem...I'm not hosting anything.

zeedotme 17y ago

Btw, I think playbacks of uploaded songs are shortened to only play a segment of the track. Can you verify that's definitely the case?

danhak 17y ago
hmm..are you outside the US by any chance? I think iMeem limits songs to 30 seconds if they don't have the rights in that country. It sucks pretty hard but I'd rather go through this (legitimate) channel than host the songs myself and face potential legal issues.