A walk around the room
Everything Dil Ki Cassette can do, in one place. Each number on the map is a stop below; tap one to jump to it, and every stop has a link to try it.
Press play
A song is already waiting when you arrive: everyone who opens the room in the same minute gets the same one. Browsers won't play sound until you tap once, so the play key glows until you do.
- Space
- Play or pause, from anywhere on the page
- ← →
- Previous or next song
- Shift ← →
- Back or forward 10 seconds
- ↑ ↓
- Volume, or turn the Volume knob
Pick a mood
Seven keys along the bottom of the player (on phones and tablets, the Mood button). Each one picks the songs for that feeling and changes the weather and the colour of the player to match. Pick the same mood again to go back to everything.
- 1 – 7
- A mood; press again to clear it
- 0
- Clear the mood
Wipe the window
The rain is live, not a video. Drag across the glass to wipe the fog off and it slowly mists over again. Barsaat brings thunder; Safar puts city lights outside. The Rain knob mixes in the sound of the rain under the music.
- Drag your finger or mouse across the window
- B
- Rain sound on or off
- On phones and tablets: the rain icon at the bottom of the player
Change the sky
The light outside follows your own clock, from dawn to late night. Pick one from the menu at the top left if you'd rather sit in the evening at noon.
- T
- Next sky
- Top left menu → Follow the clock to go back to automatic
Search the library
Every song in the room, searchable by title, film, singer or number. Filter by singer or decade, see what plays next, and keep favourites on My Cassette with the heart.
- /
- Open the library and search
- Q
- Up next
- L
- Save the playing song to My Cassette
Audio, preview or full video
Music starts as a spinning CD in the corner. Switch to a small floating preview you can drag anywhere, or a large video. Minimise it and it drops back into the CD.
- V
- Cycle CD → preview → large
- Drag the preview to move it
Play your own playlists
Bring any public playlist from YouTube or Spotify and it plays here, in this player. Spotify songs play from their YouTube uploads, label channels first. Your mixtapes stay saved in your browser.
- Library → Mixtapes → paste the link → Add
- Liked Songs and Watch later are private; copy them into a public playlist first
Car mode
Big, simple controls you can hit without looking twice: the song, previous, play and next, nothing else.
- C
- Car mode on or off
- The car button at the top right
Search and every shortcut
Tap the search button at the top, or press ⌘K / Ctrl K, and start typing: a song number, a title, a singer or a mood. Results appear as you type; ↑ ↓ to choose, Enter to play. With nothing typed, it lists the pages and every shortcut.
- ⌘K / Ctrl K
- Search songs by number or name, or see this list
- Space
- Play or pause
- ← →
- Previous or next song
- Shift ← →
- Back or forward 10 seconds
- ↑ ↓
- Volume
- M
- Mute
- 1 – 7
- Mood presets; press again to clear
- 0
- Clear the mood
- T
- Change the sky
- B
- Rain sound on or off
- S
- Shuffle
- R
- Repeat: all, one, off
- L
- Save the song to My Cassette
- /
- Search the library
- Q
- Up next
- V
- Video: audio chip, preview, large
- C
- Car mode
- Esc
- Close whatever is open
Keep exploring
Every mood, decade and voice has its own page, and every song credits the label it plays from.