Submit Response is a weblog by Jack Mottram, a iTunes 4, Streaming Server
Seeing as I’ve missed the boat on pontificating about the world-shattering ramifications of iTunes 4 and the implementation of the integrated music shop (if you happen to live in the US) I’ll just note what is, for me, the best new feature, and one that hasn’t been getting the attention it deserves: streaming over the internet.
To turn your copy of iTunes into a streaming music server, open the Sharing pane in Preferences and check the Share my music button, or choose some Playlists to share. If you are behind a firewall, be sure to open up port 3689. You can then control-click on a given playlist to find it’s Sharing URL, or distribute your IP address to friends to allow them access to all your music files. The number of connected users is displayed at the bottom of the Sharing pane.
To access a friend’s files in turn, choose ‘Connect to Shared Music’ from the Advanced toolbar menu and enter a friend’s IP address.
It’s as simple as that and, on a local network with Rendezvous, simpler still.
The one hitch is the fact that most folk don’t have a static IP address, so I’m in the process of working out how to make a page to list the current IPs of my iTunes chums. Doubtless the Lazyweb will beat me to it, or provide a more elegant solution than mine.
In the meantime, if you’re hungry for more comment, analysis and bullshit about the new Apple products, try these sites:
- Todd Dominey on the neat integration of the music store.
- Signal vs. Noise have a improvements in mind
- Steven F.’s first impressions, and a brainwave concerning the discovery of like-minded music fans
- Daring Fireball get a little technical
That’s enough drop ‘n’ draggage from NetNewsWire for now, but I’ll update this post as new widgets and ideas emerge.
the last couple of days have been a pleasure plundering (all be it just as a stream) everyone on our networks libraries. one or two had no idea that their previously private collections were now exposed to the (i think the downloads default setting is “share my music”?). it’s been a revelation in more ways than one…
Posted by g.ape at 4pm on 01.05.03
++ does icommune still exist? dying to burn all these newly accessible tracks to disk. (excuse prev posts errors)
Posted by g.ape at 5pm on 01.05.03
Yep, there’s a new iCommune out, as a standalone application. I haven’t tried it out yet, as the last version did terrible things to Donna/Sis Phon’s computer, and we are each others’ designated technology testers…
What’s your IP g.ape? Can you open up the firewall for the Sub office? Bet there’s a few gems lurking on them there hard drives…
Posted by Jack at 7pm on 01.05.03
I am not touching that iCommune again, it scared the shit out of me, unless you have evidence that i won’t have to do peculiar things to retrieve my email and passwords and settings and everything and we will all live happily ever after in one big i-Commune one day…
phew
Posted by Donna at 8pm on 01.05.03
arse
Posted by nicky at 3pm on 05.05.03
I saw this about IPs right before I ended up on your site. It was
… but I would suggest that the author add the ability to post the IP on a web page (a simple html file and an ftp process does it). Other utilities do this but are not very elegant (DropIP and IP Reporter).
Posted by Doug at 5pm on 21.05.03
I saw this about IPs right before I ended up on your site. It was
… but I would suggest that the author add the ability to post the IP on a web page (a simple html file and an ftp process does it). Other utilities do this but are not very elegant (DropIP and IP Reporter).
Posted by Doug at 5pm on 21.05.03