Andromeda was designed to be easy-to-use *and* fully-featured at the same time. It auto-configures and doesn't requre a database. It doesn't use Flash or Java. And it has been tweaked and tuned in response to feedback from tens of thousands of users over two years. All I want is that you at least check it out. -Scott
I agree - people accustomed to downloading music for free aren't the most likely sort to pay for software. However, believe it or not, plenty of folks decide to stick to a strict rip-my-CDs-only policy. And, generally, the pay-for versions are targeted for commercial use. Seems fair to me. -Scott
If you're looking for an easy way to share MP3s, OGGs and other files between friends, you might be interested in my software Andromeda, which dynamically builds streaming web sites with PHP or ASP. It's not dependent on any centralized service. Take a look & I hope you like it. -Scott
I've been providing streaming MP3 software for about 2 years, and had hoped that my 'tryware' approach would work. It doesn't. I have tens of thousands of users, and I've received thousands of positive emails, but I'd say that less than 0.5% ever gave anything.
You just can't support a full-time effort by relying on generosity. I still offer a free trial, but I now also have commercial versions for sale, and I only wish that I made that move a year ago.
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I just spent the weekend with some friends from The Netherlands, and they said that PayPal was increasingly popular back home. So, I'm a little suprised to hear non-US users complain.
I'd be curious to get a sense about how you feel about PayPal and *your* country.
(fwiw, I care because I use it to sell my software, and I've got lots of international users)
TOS is just a legal means to cap upstream and limit the nature of how we communicate over the network. The question is why do they provide asynch bandwidth and a TOS that limits what you can 'say'.
I think that they prefer to keep us passive consumers of their content, and that upstream poses a legitimate threat to big media hegemony.
For instance, you could easily use Andromeda to serve MPGs of your July 4th BBQ, and I'd rather watch some of that than another episode of Buffy.
Amen. There's never any mention of upstream. People don't seem to appreciate the value of outbound communication, and no doubt the cable companies would prefer to see their customers remain exclusively consumers.
I take this personally because I make software, Andromeda, that builds streaming web sites from collections of MP3s. Some folks run it on a server at home (PHP or ASP) so that they can play their home collection while at work (or elsewhere).
Capping upstream prevents people from fully enjoying the potential of the network.
Goodness there have been quite a lot of streaming stories lately. I hope you'll also take a look at my project Andromeda, which dynamically builds streaming pages with PHP or ASP.
My software project Andromeda builds streaming sites from collections of MP3s and other files (PHP & ASP). Groups of friends often use it to stream to each other. It's P2P not in the mass anonymous download kind of way, but more like friend2friend. Please check it out.
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Andromeda was designed to be easy-to-use *and* fully-featured at the same time. It auto-configures and doesn't requre a database. It doesn't use Flash or Java. And it has been tweaked and tuned in response to feedback from tens of thousands of users over two years. All I want is that you at least check it out. -Scott
In my biassed opinion, Andromeda is consistantly among Freshmeat's most popular MP3 projects for a reason. Anyways, the free version is free.
I agree - people accustomed to downloading music for free aren't the most likely sort to pay for software. However, believe it or not, plenty of folks decide to stick to a strict rip-my-CDs-only policy. And, generally, the pay-for versions are targeted for commercial use. Seems fair to me. -Scott
If you're looking for an easy way to share MP3s, OGGs and other files between friends, you might be interested in my software Andromeda, which dynamically builds streaming web sites with PHP or ASP. It's not dependent on any centralized service. Take a look & I hope you like it. -Scott
Please feel free to contact me via email for info about upgrades and whatnot - I don't want to gum up the thread...
I've been providing streaming MP3 software for about 2 years, and had hoped that my 'tryware' approach would work. It doesn't. I have tens of thousands of users, and I've received thousands of positive emails, but I'd say that less than 0.5% ever gave anything.
You just can't support a full-time effort by relying on generosity. I still offer a free trial, but I now also have commercial versions for sale, and I only wish that I made that move a year ago.
I'd be curious to get a sense about how you feel about PayPal and *your* country.
(fwiw, I care because I use it to sell my software, and I've got lots of international users)
I think that they prefer to keep us passive consumers of their content, and that upstream poses a legitimate threat to big media hegemony.
For instance, you could easily use Andromeda to serve MPGs of your July 4th BBQ, and I'd rather watch some of that than another episode of Buffy.
I take this personally because I make software, Andromeda, that builds streaming web sites from collections of MP3s. Some folks run it on a server at home (PHP or ASP) so that they can play their home collection while at work (or elsewhere).
Capping upstream prevents people from fully enjoying the potential of the network.
fwiw, Andromeda has been well received on Freshmeat. -Scott
My software project Andromeda builds streaming sites from collections of MP3s and other files (PHP & ASP). Groups of friends often use it to stream to each other. It's P2P not in the mass anonymous download kind of way, but more like friend2friend. Please check it out.