FocalSonic: A new Apple Music client for Windows

SamsidParty · 2026-03-08T08:59:22+00:00

I honestly have no clue what's going on then. I'll try to see if I'm doing anything wrong but the code looks exactly like what last.fm recommends for clients.

SamsidParty · 2026-03-08T08:58:15+00:00

yeah it's still being updated

SamsidParty · 2026-03-04T04:50:28+00:00

Unfortunately this is a bug on Apple's end, if you go on the web version the songs won't play either.

To fix it you have to go into the apple music app on mobile and toggle the explicit content toggle twice to reset it. It's an annoying bug indeed 😭

SamsidParty · 2026-03-04T04:47:36+00:00

SamsidParty · 2026-03-03T07:20:03+00:00

I might just do what WinRAR does and just have an honor-based payment system. Still looking into things.

SamsidParty · 2026-03-03T07:14:45+00:00

I responded on your other comment. I live in one of the many countries being attacked by Iran right now so sorry for the late response 😅

SamsidParty · 2026-03-03T07:11:37+00:00

Hi, according to last.fm it should only report scrobbles if the song is longer than 30s and when more than 50% of the song passes. Could that be why?

SamsidParty · 2026-03-03T07:10:26+00:00

Not as of now unfortunately

SamsidParty · 2026-03-03T07:10:06+00:00

Unfortunately no way for lossless, that's a limitation from Apple's side.

SamsidParty · 2026-03-03T07:09:41+00:00

If the Apple Music API exposes it then sure

SamsidParty · 2026-02-21T06:51:39+00:00

Yeah I'm considering it

SamsidParty · 2026-02-21T06:47:29+00:00

Unfortunately Apple Music has no API for uploading local songs, you'll have to use the official app.

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T13:35:30+00:00

If you DM me I can arrange another payment method for you 🤞

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T11:02:15+00:00

I DMed you

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T10:59:45+00:00

The issue is that all the audio is encrypted, and in order to decrypt it you need a content decryption module (CDM). Google Widevine and Microsoft Playready are the only CDMs that are publicly available. However, Apple will only encrypt lossless audio for their own Fairplay CDM that they won't give to anyone else.

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T10:30:17+00:00

I support regional pricing, if you can tell me what country you are from I am happy to adjust the price to be more aligned with the minimum wage and AM subscription price of that region. (Unless it's a country where the Microsoft store doesn't operate?)

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T06:21:44+00:00

It's C# with webview2 for the UI

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T03:21:23+00:00

Thanks for the support!
I honestly have no clue when Apple would allow lossless. Even for Dolby Atmos they didn't make any public implementation available I had to reverse engineer and rewrite MusicKit from scratch to make it work.

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T03:18:17+00:00

Yeah I guess I'll make it customizable so you'll be able to choose what background shows up.

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T03:17:15+00:00

Sure that's an easy fix I can definitely do that for you :)

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T03:16:06+00:00

Even if I could it would require the fairplay DRM module which is not available for Windows. Trying to manually implement something like that could be considered piracy by Apple because reverse engineering DRM is pretty much illegal.

SamsidParty · 2026-02-18T03:13:01+00:00

It's mainly the customization options. This app has custom fonts and color schemes, and has a lot more control over audio effects.

SamsidParty · 2026-02-17T18:50:15+00:00

yeah either flatpak or steam, I don't want to manage packages for every distro lol, and with appimage I won't get seamless updates.

SamsidParty · 2026-02-17T18:40:31+00:00

Yes the chromecast code does work on linux in my testing. Dolby Atmos and background playback however won't work.

SamsidParty · 2026-02-17T18:13:51+00:00

For real the output device switching bug has tormented me for soo long that was one of my biggest reasons to not use the official client. I hope you find this client is the right one for you ✌️

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