I see some people posting #SpotifyWrapped updates again. I do still occasionally use spotify, but I mainly just run my own music streaming service. using #funkwhale
I don't have stats on my specific usage (or any of the other 40+ users that are on my pod) , but the overall stats are rather nice. My pod is open to all users no account necessary unless you want to upload your own library.
On the other hand, keeping the project alive costs money. So if you want to support us instead of buying stuff you don't need just because it claims to be cheaper than usual, visit https://funkwhale.audio/donate
Funkwhale has some issues handling artists, particularly in classical music.
I love the idea of Funkwhale, and I have been trying it out for a little while now. I've tried uploading Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, but I stumbled across a few issues, particularly regarding artists.
The first thing that I noticed was that artists separated by commas get merged into one "artist". In my case, "Sviatoslav Richter, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra" was registered as one single person. I'm guessing there is some workaround for this, but since comma separation is a widely used format, you're bound to get a lot of double artists.
Another thing I noticed was that composers and conductors don't get registered as artists. That is quite annoying, because the composer is the one you care the most about in classical music. Even when I go into the track details, I see no Sergei Rachmaninov or Stanisław Wisłocki, even though they're clearly tagged in the files.
Then, a smaller issue is different spellings for the same name: JS Bach and Johann Sebastian Bach are shown as two different artists. I understand that it is difficult to prevent given the decentralised nature of Funkwhale, but some form of reminder to keep it to some standard would be nice (perhaps the one used on Discogs).
Overall, Funkwhale is a great idea and I am going to use the hell out of it, but it needs some standarisation and support for multiple contributors.
@randulo not sure as I haven't used it as an artist - try it out and see if it's for you! it sees a fairly good amount of use though, and it's run by one of the project maintainers, so there's that.
questa versione dovrebbe migliorare la velocità su browser, eliminare i bug e permettere un migliore funzionamento dell'app ufficiale (solo su fdroid):
Happy Monday, #Fediverse!
To celebrate a new week and all the new opportunities it brings, here's a song I discovered on #Funkwhale.
I didn't see how to share it from Funkwhale, but I found the video for A Brief Breath of Spring, by Alone With Everybody. Enjoy.
So I've come around to #faircamp and find it a good thing to have around even if I remain on #bandcamp, as I shall for some time to come.
And my #funkwhale will still be available for as long as I can maintain it.
I'll slowly upload releases to https://faircamp.thurk.org ... If anyone notices any strangeness, please let me know. I'll possibly style it a bit differently in the future.
@radiofreefedi@flavigula@jrp this downloads thing happened me at first… it was with an older version of Faircamp. There was a conflict between folder naming (“downloads” vs “download”) that has been corrected now.
Also, the non-functional player happened on an older release (when there weren’t loads of fallback audio file formats like now)
So I reckon you might have installed an older version? This happened someone recently with using “cargo”
This week I boosted posts from #GoToSocial and #Akkoma instances and followed someone on a #Funkwhale instance all from my #Mastodon instance, as if they were all Mastodon posts and accounts.
Not only do other instances like Akkoma recognise my domain display name change from "mastodon.moule.world" to just "moule.world" thanks to a Mastodon domain trick, but they also recognise that I changed my favicon to my logo instead of the Mastodon one! 🙌
Unser neues Musikvideo ist da!
Regenbogenexpress ist jetzt überall verfügbar. Neben den großen Plattformen natürlich auch bei Bandcamp, PeerTube und Funkwhale.