voxity: faq

Where do lyrics come from?

Lyrics are fetched from LRCLIB, a free lyrics database. If no lyrics are found there, none are shown. You can also manually enter lyrics by clicking the "Paste lyrics" button, or drag-and-drop a .lrc, .srt, or .vtt file to the dropzone.

Can I add my own stuff / break / mutate / mutilate / download it locally?

Sure. Download it and go wild. Voxity is yours.

Can I donate?

If you are considering donating to me, don't, instead donate to LRCLIB. I can't imagine the amount of requests they handle daily, especially considering the extremely permissive API.

Can you download Voxity?

Yes - Voxity automatically "installs" itself as an offline PWA when you visit it. There is also an experimental Electron version for Windows and some Linux distros that you can download here.

Is Voxity better than this or that?

No. Defining "better" is subjective, and regardless of which subject you pick, it's still a no.

Are you here to compete with Spotify or TIDAL or VLC or foobar or some other music player?

No, comparing on-demand streaming services (Spotify, TIDAL) or full native media players (VLC, fb2k) to a web app made by one person is quite stupid. But, knock yourself out.

Is it open source?

Yes. Inspect element. Or github.com/exerinity/voxity.

Can you jump to a specific time or playback speed or volume?

Yes. Click on the label above the scrubber and a modal will open asking for the exact value. Also, press your numerical keys to jump to the respective percentage in a song, for example, pressing 2 jumps to 20%. Holding Shift while doing this executes a half-jump, for example, pressing Shift+2 jumps to 15%.

What metadata is required?

Virtually none, but for best results, title, album, artist, and cover. Here's what does what:

Title, artist, album: shown in the main UI + used for lyrics searching (LRCLIB requires them AND duration)
Cover: shown in the main UI and favicon

That's it. I was kinda expecting that list to say more, but it's not rocket science.

What browser works best?

Vivaldi or Helium. As an installed PWA. Chrome and Firefox also work well, but the first two feel best.

What can you click and what does it do?

Almost everything you see, you can click. Here is a list of what does what:

album cover: opens a larger version in a modal, and clicking the larger version opens the raw image in a new tab
title, artist, album: copies the respective metadata to your clipboard
status bar text: copies "Title by Artist" to your clipboard
slider labels: opens a modal to enter a specific value (speed, time, volume)
the reverse button: restarts the track
a line in the lyrics zone: jumps to that line
the visualizer canvas: a modal to change the mode
"Voxity" in the top left or right corner (conditional on playback): opens an about modal

You can also scroll over sliders to, well, slide. and also, pressing numeric keys jumps to the percentage of the song played through (e.g. pressing 4 jumps to 40% done).

How much RAM is it? Is it lighter than this or that? And if not, WHY?

I didn't fine-tune Voxity to use minimal memory. However, I also didn't fuck it sideways with unnecessary frameworks or whatnot. Depending on how much you have queued, its actual memory usage is quite low. Typically under 150 MB.

Here, you can see I have the entire "Welcome to the Future" album by Mord Fustang queued, in FLAC, and its only using 92 MB.

Does Voxity sound better than normally playing audio in a browser?

No - Voxity literally uses the normal <audio> element to play, so it's identical.

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