iLounge

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yeah, could someone please explain more in-depth what this program does?

Posted by Jeremy N on September 7, 2004 at 4:52 PM (PDT)

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Jeremy & schiano: iTunes allows the streaming of music from one computer to another, but that music cannot be downloaded. myTunes allows you to search all music made available for streaming and download it without any loss of quality.

Posted by bill on September 7, 2004 at 4:59 PM (PDT)

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bill -

but its still 30 second previews?

Posted by schiano on September 7, 2004 at 5:12 PM (PDT)

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errr

or does this have nothing to do with the itunes store?

i’m so baffled.

Posted by schiano on September 7, 2004 at 5:13 PM (PDT)

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schiano: this has nothing to do with the itunes store, only with music people already have on their computer

Posted by bill on September 7, 2004 at 5:14 PM (PDT)

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No Mac version, it is kinda hard to come out with software made for Apple iTunes and not come out with an Apple Mac OS X version.  Give support to the creators.

Posted by eh on September 7, 2004 at 5:25 PM (PDT)

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oh ok, cool… i was, for some reason, under the impression it was something for the itunes store…

thanks for the explanation!

Posted by schiano on September 7, 2004 at 5:30 PM (PDT)

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eh: how is writing one for Windows not giving support to the “creators” of the windows version?

Posted by _ on September 7, 2004 at 6:12 PM (PDT)

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But doesn’t ourTunes (http://ot.f00f.com/) also work for OS X?

Posted by xvznt on September 7, 2004 at 7:31 PM (PDT)

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so how do i stream my own music and look at others streaming music?

Posted by todd2fst4u on September 7, 2004 at 8:43 PM (PDT)

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xvznt: ourTunes is written in Java.  myTunes Redux is written in C++, according to the website.  Java compiles to bytecode able to be run on any platform that supports Java.  C++ compiles to a form that can only be run on the platform it was compiled for.  OS X includes a Java interpreter, and it’s easy to download one for Windows or *NIX.  Hence, ourTunes is multi-platform.  myTunes Redux appears to have been compiled for WinXP (only?).

Like all things in life, there are trade-offs.  ourTunes went GPL and Java.  myTunes went C++ and WinXP.  Use what works for you.

eh: Actually, it’s easy to do Windows but not OS X.  It appears that these are not plugins, but applications written to interact with iTunes over networks.  They implement some or all of the communications protocol, request songs, and then divert the data streams to files instead of codecs.  The protocol is iTunes, the program something else entirely.

Posted by b0rk3d on September 7, 2004 at 8:46 PM (PDT)

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I’m still totally confused. Could someone please explain some real life applications? Can I download any streaming music from any source?

If not, what can I do with it?

Posted by JoeS in Austin on September 7, 2004 at 9:53 PM (PDT)

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if you arent on a network then you can do next to nothing with this program…

on a network, people can ‘share’ music with itunes, which effectively allows them to stream music from one computer on a network to another on the same network…

this program expands itunes functionality and allows you download and stream, as opposed to merely streaming.

Posted by FnArFy on September 7, 2004 at 10:07 PM (PDT)

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I open program and thats it.. nothing is happening.. search is not working even with “duran duran

Posted by I cant find anything on September 8, 2004 at 2:49 AM (PDT)

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Any help provided would be cool

Posted by Vladimer Nachkebia on September 8, 2004 at 2:50 AM (PDT)

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This is a prog that enables u to dload music from other people’s comps via iTunes. But instead of using Kazaa u can use iTunes. This only works if people have iTunes sharing enabled.

Posted by Unbeliever on September 8, 2004 at 4:29 AM (PDT)

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PS It also works only on networks, not the internet

Posted by Unbeliever on September 8, 2004 at 4:35 AM (PDT)

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Like Unbeliever said, this only works on local networks.  So if you have four people in your house you can see each other’s music and listen to it, and now with this program you can download it.

A practical application?  Well, for me, it was the dorm last year.  About 50 kids shared their mixes, and with the original MyTunes, my library almost doubled by the end of the year.  It was fantastic.

Posted by Jeremy on September 8, 2004 at 4:47 AM (PDT)

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We used it in our college halls of residence too, it was fantastic.

Posted by Paul on September 8, 2004 at 7:06 AM (PDT)

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b0rk3d:  I was just trying to suggest that people who used OS X and wanted myTunes-like functionality could look into ourTunes.

I suppose running everything in a Java VM is going to make the program really slow, but I think it’s a more reasonable option than installing VirtualPC or Wine or something just to run myTunes.

I’ll definitely be trying out both programs when school starts again in a few weeks.

Posted by xvznt on September 8, 2004 at 7:55 AM (PDT)