Shaq
Dev tools
cli music recognition
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
10 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstPerformance: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for identifying songs in DJ streams and radio, and for scrobbling vinyl.
From 3 comments
Pretty handy for dj streams where the dj is unwilling to provide tracklists.
pacifika on HNI’ve wanted something like this to scrobble vinyl forever. This cat gets it!
drewbeck on HNThis is perfect. I've been thinking of setting up a system to automatically record the last couple minutes of every hour of my local NPR station (WAMU), Shazam the bump music…
underlipton on HN
Name is clever and funny, referencing Shaq's movie Kazaam.
From 3 comments
Incredible name.
junon on HNQuite appreciate the naming of this project
ChrisArchitect on HNReference: https://github.com/woodruffw/shaq#the-name
wgjordan on HN
Objections
Shazam's recognition has seemed to get worse recently.
From 3 comments
Is it me or Shazam keep degrading in actual recognition performance?
hartator on HNYes, I used it very frequently for years. Multiple times a week. This year I began looking for alternatives because Shazam has become so unreliable for me.
kaycebasques on HNI don't know why, but Shazam has been really hit or miss lately. I've always managed to get sources for obscure elevator songs that would pop up but now it's failing to pick up…
nidnogg on HN
Requests
Support capturing desktop or browser audio, not only the microphone.
From 1 comment
Wasn't very straight forward in the readme, but is it possible to listen directly from Firefox or even more ideally the sound from the whole computer? Shazam already has a…
Larrikin on HN
Questions
Can it listen to Firefox or whole-computer sound directly?
From 1 comment
Wasn't very straight forward in the readme, but is it possible to listen directly from Firefox or even more ideally the sound from the whole computer? Shazam already has a…
Larrikin on HN
Alternatives named
SongRec
From 1 comment
Related: songrec. Similar tool, written in Rust. Haven't used shaq yet but it seems simpler? https://github.com/marin-m/SongRec
barbs on HN
Google Assistant song recognition
From 1 comment
I don't know why, but Shazam has been really hit or miss lately. I've always managed to get sources for obscure elevator songs that would pop up but now it's failing to pick up…
nidnogg on HN
Virtual audio routers such as Loopback, Soundflower or Background Music
From 1 comment
I have needed this so many times in my life! I usually run a virtual audio device router like Loopback or Soundflower or Background Music. It's so janky.
j1mmie on HN
shazamctl
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch! I've tried doing a similar project too, but never ended up releasing it properly: https://codeberg.org/notpushkin/shazamctl If you'd like an idea for…
notpushkin on HN