Currently it is possible to play only one mod through embedded player:

<iframe
  width="100%"
  height="200"
  src="https://coolmodfiles.com/embed/178980"
  frameborder="0"
></iframe>

It would be nice if we support randomized play as well. That's the whole point of the project, after all.

https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_genres

would be great :-)

I'm back with probably what's another edge-case issue.

Playing track id 138328, you can not skip ahead further into the track. Attempting to do so ends the track and loads a new one - unless one has repeat turned on, in which case it will just not skip ahead and do a weird echo (double playing every note) for the duration of a single pattern before fixing itself. I don't know if this has something to do with libopenmpt handling .xm files, but I don't remember all .xm files doing this, just this specific track.

Here is the details in bullet list form, for further clarification:

• You can skip backwards. If the current playing time is 01:00, you can skip back to 00:30.
• You can not skip forwards. If the current playing time is 01:00, and you attempt to skip to 01:30, it fails.
• If you wait until the song plays to 02:00, and try to skip to 01:30, it works.
• Track id 138328 is the only instance of this occuring that I know of.
• Big player or compact player mode doesn't matter.

My browser is Mozilla Firefox, if that matters.

This is a very nice project. I've been listening on nightride.fm for a very long time. Now I have a new alternative. It's not a big problem, but the interface is not responsive. This retro design looks very good on small screen browsers.

The volume slider shouldn't have been this close to other UI elements.

Steps to reproduce:

• Skip a few songs, push some buttons on the "big player"
• Try to hover your mouse pointer over the volume slider
• If unable to reproduce, keep playing around with buttons and repeat

Expected
You can play the songs contained within the songs.

Actual
There doesn't seem to be a way to do that.

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=38420
2. In the "Subsongs" dropdown select "Song 1", "Song 2" and "Song 3"
3. Go to https://coolmodfiles.com/?trackId=38420 (notice the same id)
4. Try to play the "subsongs" - there doesn't seem to be a way

Possible solutions
Maybe if subsongs are detected then another "next" button would show up somewhere that would just switch to the to the next subsong. Maybe on the bottom, beside the playlist button or the loop button.

Preferably via a button in the expanding "Favorite Mods" section.

Expected
Play mods that aren't on Modarchive from URL.

Actual
Only seem to be able to play files from Modarchive.

Why

• Use cases: unfinished track, not added yet to Modarchive, uploaded to another module sharing site, hosted on own site, or only showing some short musical idea that's not meant as a full song.
• Every now and then looking for a player when sharing modules (that aren't on modarchive) with people who don't necessarily know how to play them. If they do just want it to be more convenient. I know that you could render mod files to mp3 but that's not the same, although it's the next best thing.
• Maybe this player could additionally be a player for such modules.

Possible solutions

• Syntax could be: https://coolmodfiles.com/?trackurl=https://example.com/foo.s3m
• CORS would have to accept other domains
• allow data URI for tiny modules
• allow shortened links (via url shorteners)

Extra

• Bassoon tracker seems to load via URL: https://www.stef.be/bassoontracker/?file=http://modland.antarctica.no/pub/modules/Protracker/Radix/crisis%20inverted.mod

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start one favorite mod (x) (currentId = 0; prevIds = [x]);
2. Start another one (y) (currentId = 1; prevIds = [x, y]);
3. Start the first mod (x) from favorite mods list and turn on repeat mode (stays currentId = 1).

After the first mod (x) ends the second track (y) starts and repeats.

Recently modarchive.org had a outage thus CMF also failed to load. We should show a message on the front page instead.

In Firefox 110.0, the first time you enter CMF, it shows a page refresh message on the button, not a first time welcome message.

We have an export feature but no import. It would be nice if it was possible to import favorited mod files from a txt.

Expected
The song loops the way the artist intended it to loop (usually so it continues seamlessly like an infinite song)

Actual
The song loops from the very beginning with the intro again

Steps to reproduce

1. open https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=180439
2. fast forward it near the end, notice how the song continues after it's over
3. open https://coolmodfiles.com/?trackId=180439
4. make sure "repeat" is on, fast forward near the end, notice what happens when it's over

Extra
I don't know if it's a bug or a feature. Personally I prefer the originally intended looping, even if it breaks immersion.

There's another issue of "sub-songs".
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=38420
This is three songs in one. The following link only plays the first one.
https://coolmodfiles.com/?trackId=38420

Do you think maybe there's some clever way to still get to have sub-songs and the intended looping but without breaking the "typical playback" experience? Most songs don't use this so maybe it wouldn't be a big deal if some songs had an extra "song select ui"? I like the overall design by the way.

More of a discussion than a feature request as I'm not extremely well-versed in the topic.

I'm wondering if the browser couldn't be used for syncing liked mods between machines, thanks to things like Firefox Account. Browser plugins have a dedicated place in the API for e.g. syncing settings. If I understand correctly, CMF stores the mod list in local storage, maybe there's

a) a way to make that syncable
or
b) some other place a browser can use for that purpose?

We might want to add another list of random messages for showing on page refresh.

Inspiration comes from #38 ✨

Currently we show a random message on mobile about CMF is not being supported. However, if you click the button you can still use the player. The problem is, the playback is sometimes jittery and glitchy on mobile.

But still, mods do work a significant number of times. Maybe we should show a warning in header/footer about this and make it more apparent that CMF is still usable on mobile.

Another idea is adding a "tap me to proceed to the player" sort of mini-text.

Ideas and feedback are welcome!

Simply add a button to change the background.

Unclickable, as in the case of mod id #72975.

I tried:

• refreshing the page
• going to next track
• toggling pause/play

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