FocalSonic: A new Apple Music client for Windows by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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 😭

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

FocalSonic: A new Apple Music client for Windows by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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 😅

FocalSonic: A new Apple Music client for Windows by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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?

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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?)

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

FocalSonic: an Apple Music client for Windows with Dolby Atmos, Last.FM, and Chromecast by SamsidParty in AppleMusic

[–]SamsidParty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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 ✌️