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Show HN: Milkshake – Real-time playlists with friends over websockets

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26 pointsjshakes13 comments

Looks pretty neat, reminds me of a private Turntable.fm, Plug.dj, or Soundtrack.io.

FYI: I managed to break the flow on my first try. I clicked on the number discs, thinking they were some kind of step indicator, and I ended up selecting the 3rd one. When I was prompted to pick tracks, I ended up stuck in a loop as I had not set track 1 or 2 and thus could not continue.

You should be able to click one of the first two discs to select them, then add a track from the search results. Thanks for the feedback though, it's interesting to know that you thought the discs were step indicators

Nice! I've got a similar project currently in the pipes. I've noticed that the playlist can get pretty out of sync when one of the clients disconnects and reconnects, sometimes by a few minutes. But otherwise really well done.

This is fucking awesome. Nice work!

http://milkshake.mu/Wkd-yR5mS

It's kind of like twitch meets soundcloud. I like it. Give us a demo with more than 2 users.

Works great! Would be awesome to add more tracks collaboratively once in the playlist.

Might want to disable script tags in messages.

ha! i've built a prototype of this same thing 3 or so years ago! (not over websockets tho).

nice job!

Is it limited to three tracks?

It is. We felt that people were more likely to focus on the experience with a shorter, more curated set of tracks.

Curious, why did you limit it to just two people?

I would just want to send a playlist of three items out asynchronously to my friends, so they can listen whenever they want.

I think the point of the experience is to be in sync while listening, rather than just sharing a playlist with friends.

I get the idea of not creating a massive playlist but I think more than three would be good - I wanted to create a downtempo/ambient playlist and had at least seven tracks in mind. I think 7-9 would be a good number.

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