Listen to my music
I keep my iTunes library on my server, so that I can listen to it when I'm away from home. Sometimes I'll let friends listen to a streamed track or two from here also. Its true, you can play music from my iTunes to your own computer. Its like the "Radio" part of iTunes, but you get to choose what you hear from a web page. This should work with any application that can play mp3 streams from the internet, but here's how to do it with your iTunes:
- Click this link to add the music stream to your iTunes Library or other MP3 stream player: http://qt1r.org:9000/stream.mp3 This is like adding a new station to the Radio section of iTunes, but it looks like a track in your Library. If clicking the link doesn't add it for you, read this.
- Start playing the stream - you won't hear anything at first, because the server isn't sending anything to you.
- To browse my collection, and control what's being sent to you, first ask me for the password. Then point your browser at http://qt1r.org:9000/ and look around there. My music library is on the left, and on the right are your controls, and the music you've queued up to hear. Browse the library and add stuff to your queue.
Thats it! My server now shows up as a "track" in your iTunes. To use it again, just start playing the track, then go to the web page to choose your music. For more info, and if you don't use iTunes, look here. PS: More than one person can listen to my server at once. To make sure you're controlling what YOU hear and not someone else, look here.
