Æ.Mar 16

Thinking about what a good mixtape format would be today, assuming people mostly don't have actual tape decks.

One continuous audio file with all songs joined together?

Offline html page with an embedded audio player?

Other ideas? Should be independent of streaming services.

Show threadSergio GilMar 17
@aesthr lately I did this, with a zip file with the mp3/ogg/opus files (there were all of them 🤷) and a m3u playlist. I used magic-wormhole to send the actual file, a usb stick would have been nicer I guess but there were 2000 km in between. The m3u file doesn't cover "fancy mixing" like crossfade or whatever, but I also never did that when I used tapes. I also still burn CDs, but of course not everybody has a CD player around (anymore, or ever had)
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@porras yeah may work between nerds like us who know what an m3u (or even a zip) is.

But i have little confidence for everyone else

Mar 17 at 12:12pmWeb
Show threadLaura ✨🎨Mar 17

@aesthr @porras what Sergio said, this is how I always made my mixtapes post-tape and post-cd era, usually on a usb stick, honestly most non-nerds never had a problem with it 🤷‍♀️

alternatively... have the files named with the numbers in the order you want them to be played, attach a text file with the final playlist, done 😅