Reviews for AudD® Music Recognition
AudD® Music Recognition by AudD, LLC
Review by Farras Octara
Rated 5 out of 5
by Farras Octara, 3 months ago114 reviews
- Rated 2 out of 5by szczoch, 4 days agoit works but after sometime it just shows Recognition failed: authorization failed: wrong api_token
Developer response
posted 7 hours agoSorry about that, it is a known bug. Could you please share your OS and Firefox version? - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18727640, 10 days agoI have used it only on YouTube and it managed to find all the songs so far, even those that were overlapped with someone's voice or other sound effects. Will change my review if enshittification happens.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13331269, 11 days agoIn most sites streaming music I get the message "start error: can't find any unpaused media elements.". Please fix it!
Developer response
posted 7 hours agoWe uploaded an update that should hopefully fix this bug on most websites, though it might take time for it to go live through the Firefox review because of the holidays. - Rated 4 out of 5by william, 19 days agoWorked great the first few times I've used it, but now whenever I try and identify a song on YouTube (and other sites) using this, I get this error:
"Recognition failed: authorization failed: no api_token passed and the limit was reached. Get an api_token from dashboard.audd.io and make sure you're passing the token in the `api_token` parameter."
What should I do because I don't want to pay for the API thing? Developer response
posted 7 hours agoThere should not be any adware. Our add-on is fully open-source, not minified/obfuscated, and you can look at the source code to check for anything shady. We'd be extremely surprised if the extension is related to any ads.- Rated 2 out of 5by Mikaïl, a month agoDidn't work 20% of the time.
Didn't give me the right song 50% of the time.
And gave me songs that didn't exist 30% of the time.
Two stars because it at least worked once. - Rated 5 out of 5by mooney, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by PWN3D_, a month agoI've tested this extension and for some times now and while it's being really great and responsive, something doesn't really work correctly on the Firefox extension only.
I have tested the AudD extension on both Firefox and Chrome, and it appears that the Firefox extension has an issue at the end of song identification.
In Chrome, when initiating a song search, there is an audible cut (similar to a pop) when the extension begins listening, and another when it either identifies the song or fails to do so, which is expected behavior.
However, in Firefox, the initial cut is heard when starting a song search, but not when it ends; the issue arises when any subsequent song is played in the same tab, producing the cut/pop at the beginning of each song, as if the extension continues to listen even when inactive.
The only solution seems to be refreshing the tab after using AudD to prevent the cut/pop from occurring when a new sound plays from the same tab. - Rated 5 out of 5by Dream, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by The_Mechanic, 2 months agoI was using aha-music before this and this addon has really opened my eye with just how awful aha is. This extension finds exact songs that are exclusive to websites I haven't even heard of before, nuts
- Rated 1 out of 5by TechnoM4tter, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Madeyoulook, 3 months agoWas skeptical at first because of the amount of one stars, but it actually works great. Has given me no problems whatsoever.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Karam Jameel Moore, 3 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by dbaser, 3 months agoChanged my original 1-star review to 4 stars after reading Developer response. I was originally under the impression that this requires Sign Up and is only a Free Trial of an extension. I thought this for a few reasons:
1) Before using, I read other reviews stating the same thing.
2) When I first tried to use it without an API token, it did not find any songs I tried. I then opened Settings and saw a field for an API token and the words "API token, paste it below" and thought that it must not work without an API token. I signed up for the API token (not knowing the API is a separate product) and after creating an account the dashboard shows that the user is on a 2-week Free Trial. I thought this applied to the extension, not the API.
3) There is a link on the main extension page to a Privacy Policy which differed from the one I read on the API dashboard, which further contributed to my impression that it is a paid extension, as I was unaware they are two separate products.
Now that I have read the Developer response, when I go to Settings, I can clearly see that it reads "If you're subscribed to the AudD® Music recognition API and have an API token, paste it below." I didn't notice this at first and thought the API token was required.
I have tried it and you can indeed use the extension to find songs without any API token. I gave the extension four stars instead of five only because the AHA extension is still better at actual song recognition. Thanks for the response developer! My apologies for assuming the worst in my original review.Developer response
posted 3 months agoApologies for causing confusion; the extension does not require a sign-up. You can use it without an API token. The API token field is for people with an active subscription. The free trial is for our API product and shouldn’t be used in the extension; the extension works without an API account and is completely free.
Extension users are subject to the add-on's privacy policy. Website sign-ups are not required to use the add-on.
(Thanks for taking the time to review! It’s valuable to know people might think a token is required; we’ll make changes to make it clear that it’s not.
Users can also reach us at hello@audd.io).
If there are any particular songs AHA recognizes that we don't, please also let us know- our music recognition accuracy should be higher on average - Rated 1 out of 5by Josxy, 3 months agoDoesn't work on Reddit. It just says "start error: can't find any unpaused media elements." when a video is playing.
Developer response
posted 3 months agoUnfortunately, some websites play audio in isolated elements, which prevents it from being captured by a Firefox extension. On Reddit, the solution would be to mention u/auddbot, which will identify the song. Alternatively, you can use our Chrome extension. - Rated 4 out of 5by OKDmrz, 3 months agoMusic recognition works pretty well, but I think the widget could use some UI improvements. Like managing individual songs from the history (not just clear the entire list) and also a way to just view the list even if current tab is still playing music. Also synchronizing listening history across different devices would be great.
Developer response
posted 3 months agoThanks, we'll take these improvements into consideration. Everything except for synchronizing the history seems very doable! - Rated 5 out of 5by Klementine Des Pêches, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mayank, 3 months agoThis addon is magical. It identifies background music/score from youtube videos and matches it *to the exact second of the original music* and then redirects me to a page that has multitude of options where I can hear the original music. Absolutely love this addon!
- Rated 3 out of 5by GrisburT, 4 months agoThe extension used to work perfectly, but since I changed computers the extension doesn't recognize anything at all.
Developer response
posted 3 months agoSorry to hear that! What’s your OS, browser version, and audio card? - Rated 2 out of 5by folgoris, 4 months ago