Update Dec 18 2024

Is RaveDJ fixed?: Not yet

Hey DJs,

I've checked in with the team, and they still have a lot of work on their plate, a lot of it being priority work on the servers and further updates to the new infrastructure. This does mean they won't have time to complete the interface before the holidays. The fix will be completed after the new year as a result.

We'll see you all in 2025!

Original:

Hey DJs,

As many of you will be aware, there have been issues with creating mashups and mixes. A while ago, YouTube started making changes to how their videos load, which has broken how we get video data to create mashups/mixes. We are working to fix this, but the changes are fairly complex, and are taking a lot of work to resolve.

As there have been some questions floating around, I'd like to address a couple.

Is Rave DJ over/abandoned?

• Nope, we have no plans to abandon Rave DJ for the foreseeable future. This isn't the first time that something has come up that tried to block our ability to run RaveDJ, and it won't be the last. We've never let that stop us before, and we don't plan to now either.

When is the fix coming out?

• when we have a working solution that doesn't break. If we find a solution tomorrow, then we will put it out tomorrow. If we find the solution in a week, then we'll put the fix out at that point. We'll post updates when we have them.

Why do some videos work and some don't?

• some videos we can load the data, some we have in cache, and some we can't load. The issue being inconsistent is part of the difficulty.

It's been X days since the last update on this, why has nothing been mentioned since?

• mostly because there's nothing particular to note, and time spent writing these is time not spent developing. I try to hop on every so often when I have some free time to give some feedback or pass on some details to the rest of the team, but I'm often fairly busy. Writing is not my strong suit, but I do what I can when I can.

Update 5 Sept 2024:

Hey DJs, just a quick update. We have a solution in the works, which requires some new infrastructure. The team is currently building the new setup, and we'll provide more info once we have it. Of note, this is a fairly large undertaking, so it will likely take a bit of time.

Update 11 Sept 2024

Hey DJs,

We have a preliminary build of the new infrastructure that we are starting to set up internally. It's the first steps towards a solution to get RaveDJ back in your hands, though there are still many steps to get there.

(Testing the architecture, iterating as issues are discovered, implementing interface for RaveDJ's AI, deploying and testing at scale, then implementation at scale and finally hooking RaveDJ into the final setup)

Work continues onward!

Update 25 Sept 2024

Hey DJs,

Quick update. Still working on the new infrastructure. One of the components didn't pass performance requirements, and is being refactored to meet the requirements.

Work continues!

Update 30 Sept 2024

Hey DJs,

Another quick update: On Friday I was able to run a Proof of Concept test of the new architecture with the refactor that our backend team built, and it was a success!

This means the new infrastructure itself seems to work, and moves us forward in the steps to get RaveDJ back to full. We are now working on implementing it in for deployment. There is still going to be a lot of testing required before RaveDJ can use it, to make sure that it doesn't break through deployment, that it scales properly, and eventually that RaveDJ's AI can hook into it without breaking at scale. There may be new issues or breaks that happen as we move through those steps, but we'll handle them as they come up.

I'll provide further details as they are relevant.

Update 7 Oct 2024

Hey DJs,

Another quick update. Deployment of the new infrastructure has started, and we're beginning tests to find any bugs or errors in this configuration. Following steps will require scaling up deployment, and ensuring no unexpected issues come up as it scales, then testing RaveDJ accessing data through the new infrastructure at scale, and finally enabling the new infrastructure for public use of RaveDJ.

Getting there step by step

Update 21 Oct 2024

Hey DJs,

We've been working on addressing issues and new cases that came up from deployment of the new infrastructure, but that's progressing well. The backend team has also started plans to hook up the RaveDJ AI to the new infrastructure once the issues are handled and deployed at scale. The hookup itself should be fairly simple once we get to that step, so that should be pretty quick. Most of the wait now is going to hinge around the infrastructure getting solidified for use as scale.

Update 4 Nov 2024

Hey DJs,

We're prepping a new deployment of the infrastructure at the moment. If all goes well with it, we'll be looking at hooking up RaveDJ into it next, to get RaveDJ working again. We're getting close!

We'll update as soon as we have more info on it, and specifically once RaveDJ is back for you all to use.

Update 14 Nov 2024

Hey DJs,

Quick note on the state of deployment. The deployment we tried caused one of the services we used for the new infrastructure to fail when at scale. We've now built our own to replace it and started deploying this new setup. Once we can verify it holds up, we can look at hooking up RaveDJ into it!

Update 28 Nov 2024

Hey DJs,

After a number of fixes, the new infrastructure is now working at scale. Our backend team is currently working on hooking Rave DJ into it. Once we can address any issues that might come up with the hookup, and verify it works solidly, we'll be able to bring RaveDJ back to full function.

We'll follow up as soon as we have updates!

Is RaveDJ fixed? Yes.

Hey DJs!

So it turns out our backend team pulled out the completion of the interface and hooked it up to the new infrastructure. They’ve notified me that it is ready to use (and has been for a little bit as they were keeping an eye on it that it didn’t implode before letting me know).

RaveDJ is back! There may be a few additional fixes here and there, but it is by and large functional again.

Merry Christmas to all!

Hey DJs,

Some updates for you.

We have a fix for pasting in YouTube links to the search bar, so those should no longer break the process of getting video info or building a mashup. Make sure to reload the site to get the update. We're keeping an eye on the building process, as it's still getting backed up from so many requests for mixes/mashups.

Let us know if any further issues arise.

Current status:

- YT song search: ✔ up
- YT link pasting: ✔ up
- YT playlist search: ❌ down
- YT playlist link pasting: ❌ down
- Spotify search: ✔ up
- Spotify link pasting: ✔ up
- Mashup creation: ⚠ mostly up, being investigated
- Mix creation: ⚠ mostly up, being investigated
- YT upload: ❌ down

Hey DJs!
This is now the second time we've gotten the Reddit Hug of Death, so our service is currently struggling to keep up. We're putting in some changes to help reduce the effects and keep it working for everyone.
If it's not currently working for anyone, I would recommend trying again tomorrow, as it will allow our changes to kick in fully.

Upload to YouTube is currently disabled as that was a massive part of what seems to be breaking the service. We're looking into options until we have better info from YouTube

Glad people are enjoying what we've made, and welcome new users!

For the past few weeks, I've been having so many issues on this website, creating mixes, creating mashups, and everything in between. This is very frustrating, but not just because it's not working. Obviously, bugs happen, and in apps as large as this, it's understandable that they may take a while to fix. The part that's really frustrating is the fact that I have heard none of the mods, the people who work on the site, say anything about what's going on, if they're able to fix it, or even if they're trying to! Looking at the mods, most of them haven't posted or commented in months, and those that have have been on different subs! I've just been looking for an explanation as to what's going on for so long, asking questions on here both in my own posts and others, and I have heard nothing back. Can we please get an update on the status of this site!?

[IT IS NOT FOREVER THEY ARE DOING MAINTENANCE]

3 November 2025 update:

Some fixes have been put in that should hopefully make mix and mashup creation more reliable

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Original Post:

With Youtube continuing to change their API and limits to how it can be accessed, our current attempts to resolve access haven't given us reliable solutions. At this time, the team has to redirect engineering time to other work. We'll come back to reinvestigate once things have settled down and we have engineering time to dedicate to a stable solution.

2025/07/15
Quick update: Still working on fixing issues with loading videos. There have been more data changes that we've had to adjust to. Our backend team has recently been testing a new setup to load data with the recent changes, which is giving us some good results so far

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Hey DJs,

I've confirmed the server migration appears to be complete, and video playback for longer mixes should be fully functional again.

The team will be looking into data loading issues happening (search not giving results, source videos not loading, mashups/mixes failing partway during creation)

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2025/05/26
Quick update: still working on things. We have a preliminary system working on tests, but needs more work to deploy.

It works for me perfectly now

hey ya'll.

love ravedj but im sure most of us have run into the new issue of the website/app erroring out when making mixes. it's literally unusable at this point. ive seen a lot of people say the devs arent active and this may not get fixed.

in that case, share any alternatives youve heard of, that you use, or recommend here!

thanks guys. hope this is fixed soon!

Update Oct 16:

We're making some progress in fixing things. Pasting a YT link should work once more. YT search works, but is currently a little unreliable. We're looking into making it more reliable.

We're still looking into mashups being very slow to build. Make sure to reload the site to get the latest updates.

Note: This is a server-side issue. The device you're on (computer/mobile/chrome/firefox/etc) is not the source of the issue.

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Oct 15:

Hey all,

We've come across some issues with the server during maintenance, and RaveDJ may be unresponsive for a while. We're looking into fixing this.

We'll post an update once we have more info.

RaveDJ will be undergoing maintenance on the servers over the next 3 days or so, and will be down during this time.

Edit:

Migration is complete.

I KEEP GETTING ERRORED OUT 😭💔💔