Stream your music anywhere
February 12th, 2007 (11:19am) Chris Gilmer 4 CommentsTweet This
Music is at the core of a lot of peoples lives. Being able to listen to music on the go wherever you are is also extremely important. I for one find it an absolute must when pounding away at the keys of my computer. But what happens when you’re on the road and don’t necessarily have access to your important music collection? That’s where MP3tunes new Oboe music locker can come into play.
The new music locker has free unlimited music storage, and an unlimited streaming service with a web player that streams a user’s personal music library from within any IE of Firefox browser window. The Oboe Sync software syncs up the users Oboe locker with their PC music collection, along with album artwork, allowing users to enjoy their music collection wherever they are. Not only can Oboe be accessed with any computer that is connected to the internet, it can also be accessed via web-enabled devices.
If you choose not to listen to music in your browser and prefer to use your trusty Winamp or iTunes music players, thankfully you can do that as well. To do this, you require a special media plug-in that MP3tunes offers for download. For instance, if you wish to stream into iTunes, you need the Oboe for iTunes Media Player plug-in [available for Mac or PC] and version 6.0 or newer iTunes. Once the plug-in has been installed, you can instantly start using your iTunes to listen to your streaming remote music library through the Shared Music panel.
The free version of Oboe has unlimited space in your music locker. The unlimited storage for $39.95 allows users to store music that is up to 50MB each, backs up DRM tracks, shows album art, and takes off all advertising from the online player.
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Sounds great but I can’t imagine how long it would take to send my rather large collection over the network. They should offer a service where I can send an external hard drive to them so they can transfer it manually. Then it might be worth $40/year.
I’m also one of the million people who can’t just do my work without my headset on. It’s a habit. that’s why i always have my player with me. :) thanks for sharing anyway.
Sounds great as I would love a backup of my music but “unlimited” seems unlikely. My music collection is 200gb.. How long would that take to upload!
Ya, it looks like the unlimited plan got knocked down to 1GB until further notice from MP3tunes.
As for uploading music, ya, that might take a while dangerfield!!