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Hi there! You know the drill, long-time lurker, creating an account only now, posts a link... But I thought you might enjoy this :)

And "this" is Goom, a music visualizer; originally created by Jean-Christophe Hoelt, with releases between 2001 and 2005, it's one of these wowzer-amazing visualizers of old that have somehow fallen from their height of popularity into near-total oblivion, such that the youngins here may not have known them at all... I feel like I almost missed the window myself!

So when I found out that VLC actually supports so much more than boring bouncing bars, and that from within the selection, Goom closely resembles the effects I remember from my childhood, _and_ that sure, it is in VLC, it must be FOSS... Figured I could get it working on the web, and did just that!

So, just drag and drop a music file, and watch the magic unfold :) Watch also the battery, as it doesn't use WebGL or anything like that for acceleration; mind you, it should still be _fast_, otherwise check that your browser is not slowing it down on purpose - I actually saw Edge do this, says that it's because this is a relatively unknown domain, and now you know one reason why I'm posting it here :-)

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Also anticipating a possible question, yup, I tried to pair it with YouTube and stuff, no, haven't succeeded, blame the CORS...

But maybe a lurker here sits close to the YouTube embed API? Just need a tiny little function to obtain some FFT... Imagine the uses... :)