Who’s Anna? What is this about?
Anna’s archive, known for “open-sourced” books. They scraped spotify recently.
I would recommend against a new player when existing scriptable ones like
vlcandmpvalready exist.Instead what I would do is a plugin for either, eventually repackaged as its own player (if somehow installing the script itself is too much for some) for which the script would
- include a very small torrent client
- point that client to the torrent (which AFAICT is still not public, so for now a reconfigurable URL)
- include a search function that when it fails, proposes to search within the trimmed cleaned torrent metadata then does the torrent download then plays.
What features would people expect/want such software to have?
- Search
- Play
- Edit and save playlists
Those are the main ones. Sharing playlists would be nice but not necessary for a minimum viable product. I like the architecture @utopiah@lemmy.ml proposed too.
they haven’t released any of the files yet, just metadata
? Download and play the file, no?
Yeah, it’s an odd question. Spotify is that frontend.
If they mean for local playback, then yeah, that’s just any media player.
If they mean something hosted somewhere, then good luck getting funding for hosting costs, and lawyers for the barrage of C&D’s.
Then it’s not an odd question. Spotify is the frontend for Spotify, not Anna’s Archive. Local playback is different from streaming. And the content is already hosted somewhere (or will be soon).
It’s one thing to host a gigantic torrent somewhere.
It’s another thing entirely to offer up a nice frontend for everyone to play files from that torrent. First off, the traffic costs will inflate dramatically. Second, lawyers would be all over it.
They can host what they have currently because it’s low-profile enough that it doesn’t make waves. That will not be true if my mom can roll up and easily pirate her favorite songs.
It’s another thing entirely to offer up a nice frontend for everyone to play files from that torrent.
The content will be there whether people are streaming it or not. When OP said “anyone”, they were not necessarily referring to AA.
the traffic costs will inflate dramatically.
I imagine they considered this before they acquired the content.
They can host what they have currently because it’s low-profile enough that it doesn’t make waves.
The question is not whether or not they will be hosting the files. They have already said they will. So that’s neither here nor there.
It’s made waves several times. Including the time Meta scraped all the books from it.
That will not be true if my mom can roll up and easily pirate her favorite songs.
Guess we’re going to find out!
The content will be there whether people are streaming it or not. When OP said “anyone”, they were not necessarily referring to AA.
Sure, not sure how that applies to what I said though.
I imagine they considered this before they acquired the content.
Why would they account for someone developing a tool to slurp up their bandwidth?
The question is not whether or not they will be hosting the files. They have already said they will. So that’s neither here nor there.
Why is that the question?
It’s made waves several times. Including the time Meta scraped all the books from it.
That’s not even remotely comparable to someone creating a publically accessible, friendly UI for reading all those books.
Guess we’re going to find out!
I would guess we never find out because no one is ever going to make such an app, for all the reasons I listed.
not sure how that applies to what I said though.
Because if the files are hosted, they can be streamed. And they’re going to be hosted. They can’t control that.
Why would they account for someone developing a tool to slurp up their bandwidth?
Because it’s an inevitable reality?
I would guess we never find out because no one is ever going to make such an app, for all the reasons I listed.
The reasons you listed specified why AA cannot or should not host the files. But that is not in question. They have said they are hosting the files. They have nothing to do with why anyone anyone else cannot or should not create an app to stream those files.
Because if the files are hosted, they can be streamed. And they’re going to be hosted. They can’t control that.
Who can’t control that? AA? Of course they can. If their bandwidth spins out of control, they can just pull the torrent. The Law? They can compel whoever is hosting the frontend to take it down, or persue legal action against AA.
Because it’s an inevitable reality?
Not really, no.
The reasons you listed specified why AA cannot or should not host the files.
That’s not true.
First off, the traffic costs will inflate dramatically.
Not how torrents work
Second, lawyers would be all over it.
Also not how torrents work
it’s low-profile enough that it doesn’t make waves.
It was covered in many major news outlets.
Buddy, we’re talking about streaming directly from AAs servers, not torrenting as a concept.
It’s another thing entirely to offer up a nice frontend for everyone to play files from that torrent… we’re talking about streaming directly from AAs servers
???
Do you not know how torrents work?
Anna’s Archive is a site for downloading pirated material. They already host a bunch of pirated books and other media. Don’t ask me how they get away with it.
Recently they pirated the entirety of Spotify library. OP is asking for a frontend to stream that library.
Yup, my comment was made with that understanding.
Aah, the streaming generation.
I assumed that they meant a streaming torrent client with some sort of search within that torrent’s file listing.
it’s 300TB
It’s one file?
it’s in big batches
Are you looking for something like Lidarr?
