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Stream your Personal Music Library over the Web

Just wanted to share a cool little web script with you called Andromeda, by Turnstyle Software. This script allows you to set up a personal web server to stream your music library to any web-connected device. I use it to access my music from whatever internet-connected PC I happen to be working on.

What's really slick about Andromeda is that it parses your music directory structure and displays a simple menu to let you navigate your library, play albums or tracks, or even create playlists. I used to use this back in California with compressed music files (due to my limited upstream bandwidth). Thanks to a higher upstream, I'm now able to stream my lossless music. Very cool - check it out if you have a chance!

Oh, and you may also find Turnstyle's Bitty Browser interesting if you end up using Andromeda. It's described as picture-in-picture for the web. I think of it as a great Live.com gadget that allows me to access my music from my home page. (Just wish Live.com worked with Safari on the Mac, but that's a whole other story.)

 

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Posted: Jan 19 2007, 03:36 PM by Ozymandias | 10 comments |
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RomeoDude said:

That's pretty cool, but for me, I don't think it's worth $20, because I don't see any real instances where I need to get my music through a web browser(maybe it'd be good for people who want to access it from a PS3 or Wii web browser?).  That would be cool to have on XBox Live (as mentioned by many people in the 'suggestions for the future' post): being able to sign on your gamertag from a xbox connected to the internet and accessing all your media from your home PC.

# January 19, 2007 5:34 PM

Charles said:

Very cool.  Have you seen Orb yet (www.orb.com), it's a media server that sits on your box that allows you to do  audio, video, and pictures for free.  You can also use it to record internet radio stations.  Pretty cool stuff

# January 19, 2007 6:11 PM

Mike Hermansen said:

were you paid to put this on ur blog? (sellout....)

# January 19, 2007 6:24 PM

Ozymandias said:

Re: "were you paid to put this on ur blog? (sellout....)"

You guys crack me up. Yes, this is my new line of business - forget this whole Microsoft thing. I'll pimp random websites for a career. ;)

In case that wasn't clear, no, I was not paid to put this on my blog. Sadly, I fear *I* paid my $20 bucks just like you'll have to. Personally, well worth it for me. YMMV.

# January 19, 2007 11:04 PM

Mike Hermansen said:

I was just kidding...

# January 19, 2007 11:17 PM

Leo Nelson said:

I came across something called Jinzora ( http://www.jinzora.com/ ) that I believe can do something very similar.

# January 20, 2007 10:56 AM

Jason said:

I'll second Charles - that's neat and all, but it doesn't look as cool as Orb.

# January 20, 2007 11:35 PM

Ranger7722 said:

Does anybody know if a PSP web browser could handle this kind of stuff?  That would be really cool.

# January 21, 2007 6:05 PM

Ozymandias said:

Re: "Does anybody know if a PSP web browser could handle this kind of stuff?  That would be really cool."

That's a great question... I'll have to try. I enabled WMA on my PSP, so there's a chance.

# January 22, 2007 9:35 AM

Ranger7722 said:

Cool, if you figure out it would be great if you could shoot me an email.

Ranger755@gmail.com

Good luck!

# January 24, 2007 4:46 PM