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I Built My Own Audio Player

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292 points nexo-v1 | 1 comments | 22 May 25 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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mg ◴[22 May 25 15:32 UTC] No.44063073[source]▶
I wonder if one could build this in HTML, so there is no need to install anything.

On both iOS and Android, HTML can play videos and mp3s while the screen is turned off. So maybe it is possible?

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1. lukan ◴[22 May 25 15:49 UTC] No.44063233[source]▶
Sure, I did it 13 years ago and still use it daily. On a PC though, mostly. (But the actual player was mobile first, as it was my remote connection to the PC that is connected to the bass box. But works also standalone.)

I just never polished it to publish it, but it is quite easy and I guess ChatGPT can help with the basics as no arcane knowledge is required. (Except maybe the playing while screen is off.)

You also need a small node script, though or something different with system access to scan the media files. I think in browser tools make this now somewhat possible without(beware of security restrictions), but my approach is simply a node script scanning the music folder and generating a list that the media player consumes to find files for the player. I still didn't got around to make it automatic, but I don't add so much music (anymore).

I guess I will give it a try to see, how good it works a mobile player nowdays. I always wanted to upgrade it, so I can connect to spotify from my player as I hate the spotify mobile app.