Unlike its predecessor HipHopApp, which has now been removed from the web, Atraci loads both the music and the video clips. It seems to work mostly within the legal framework of the YouTube API's terms of use.
The results are not just of interest for hard-core music fans: Atraci offers a simple, easy-to-use search box that lets you access the more than 60 million tracks on YouTube without having to create an account or wade through commercials. In contrast to the classic music players, however, Atraci does not load its music from your computer's hard disk but takes it directly from YouTube as streamed video.įigure 1: Atraci focuses on playing music videos hosted on YouTube. The application, which is coded in JavaScript and Node.js, shows images of covers and artists in search results and playlists ( Figure 1) in the style of traditional audio players such as Rhythmbox or Amarok. AtraciĪtraci combines the ability to play back YouTube movies with appropriate queries for metadata in iTunes, Last.fm, and SoundCloud.
The following applications extract YouTube videos from the website. Web movies still push the CPU load right up, consuming huge amounts of memory and wasting bandwidth for those who just want to listen to music. Accessing the service in a browser, though, is not really much fun, despite the fact that YouTube increasingly relies on HTML5 videos.
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Although access to many music videos is blocked in some countries, the huge YouTube archive still is an almost inexhaustible, permanently self-replenishing video jukebox.