Description
MyTunesRSS allows you to access the music and videos from your iTunes library or any simple watch folder over a local network or even the internet. You can access your music
from all over the world using a simple web browser. The user interface lets you search for titles or browse your whole library by album,
artist or genre. You can access your iTunes playlists or create new ones directly in MyTunesRSS.
MyTunesRSS updates its database from the iTunes library or your watch folders periodically if you like.
Download single tracks or play them right inside your browser. Either using a browser plugin for the file type or
directly in the Flash player. Or do you want to download a complete album, all tracks from one artist or the
contents of a playlist to your local computer? No problem with MyTunesRSS. You can also download an M3U or XSPF playlist and play them in Windows Media
Player, iTunes, VLC, WinAmp or any other player capable of playing such playlists. Get a playlist as an RSS feed on your computer and stay
up-to-date to the contents all the time. Enjoy cover images from the tracks if available in the files and supported by the RSS reader. Listen to
your music on many devices like the Nintendo Wii, the Playstation Portable and the iPod Touch.
Configure MyTunesRSS to your preferences. Create user accounts to protect your music from unauthorized access.
Any use can also configure some settings in the web interface.
Tell MyTunesRSS how many entries you want to see per page. Hide playlist and Flash player buttons for devices that don’t support them. Hide the RSS Feed button if you never need it. Configure the type of playlists you want to use. And more…
But do not worry, the default
configuration is sufficient in most cases and all you need is a single click to start the MyTunesRSS server.
Why use MyTunesRSS
Why use MyTunesRSS if you are already running iTunes? Well, using iTunes you can of course
share your music with a few other iTunes clients. But only on the local network. And you are
bound to iTunes. With MyTunesRSS you can access your music from anywhere in the world with
a client as simple as a web browser.
Either download playlists if you also have a nice player application on your system or just use the Flash player if you are on a computer with no audio client and you cannot or do not want to install one yourself.
And who does not have a web brower?
Many great features
There are countless great features in MyTunesRSS. You player does not support anything but MP3 but your library is full of AAC files? No problem, just configure an external transcoding tool and have MyTunesRSS convert your files to MP3 on-the-fly.
You want to use an external database system like Postgres or MySql for better performance? No problem with MyTunesRSS.
You want to access your library with always the same address although your external IP changes? No problem, create a mytunesrss.com account for free and use a nice name like “mytunesrss.com/mymusic” for access.
The web interface is not available in your language? No problem, just create a translation. You don’t like the look of the web interface? No problem, create your own style.
You want video playback as well? No problem. MyTuneRSS itself works with any file type you like. You can even add new ones to the list of supported type if you like. All you need is a client that supports the type of file you want to use. You could even use MyTunesRSS to manage and display text documents using watch folders.
You have an iPhone and want to listen to your music from anywhere on your iPhone? No problem, just register for a mytunesrss.com account
and access your library with an iPhone optimized interface at http://iphone.mytunesrss.com/mymusic (assuming your mytunesrss.com account
username being “mymusic”).
And even more to come…
And as if this was not enough, here are a few things you will see in version 3.7 which is currently being
developed: Remote control your media server (e.g. with an iPhone), i.e. control playback in VLC on your PC
or Mac. Support for YouTube videos. Just enter a YouTube video or video list URL and access those files
as if they were in your local library. Use MyTunesRSS for your image library as well. Smart playlist which
update their contents automatically.
Upgrades
All upgrades to any 3.x version will be free for 3.x license owners. And this does not mean the
next major feature comes in 4.0 only. Again, just have a look at the release history. There have
been lots of improvements since 3.0 was released. And nobody had to pay any upgrade fees.
Once again have a look at the list of features for the upcoming version 3.7.
Support
No software is free of bugs and no software always runs without any problems.
This does not mean MyTunesRSS is complicated or something. Usually it won’t cause
you any headaches. Nevertheless
MyTunesRSS comes with excellent support. Just have a look at the Codewave forums. Just have a look
at the release history. Questions are answered in time, bugs are fixed as fast as possible. You
are never left alone with your problems.
Platform compatibility
Since MyTunesRSS is pure Java, you can run it on any platform supporting Java 1.5.
More information
For more information, visit www.codewave.de.
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April 21st, 2009 at 8:42 am
I have tried KavaTunes and accessTunes but they both left me wanting more. This is what I was looking for. I have the 16GB iPhone and, surprisingly, that space fills up fast. This is a terrific workaround for my media that didn’t make the cut (mostly TV shows.)The only issue I have noticed is that some media does not play in the javaplayer. It is only DRM protected media that will not play in a web browser, so I suspect that is the reason. There is probably nothing that can be done about that anyhow. I am, none the less, satisfied. I bought it.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:57 am
The lack of good ways to stream my iTunes repository to my iPod touch has always bothered me. (Honestly, why isn’t that just build-in?)
Most methods of streaming are either Flash-based (e.g. WiiTransfer), which won’t work on a iPhone, or try to use embedded QuickTime stuff (e.g. KavaTunes), which just ends up as an ugly full-screen QuickTime window on the iPhone.
I tried to give MyTunesRSS a shot, but couldn’t add any data sources. (All the buttons were greyed-out.) I might just be missing something.
So I did some searching around and found SimplifyMedia. The server piece is free. And there’s an actual native iPhone app for 4 bucks to which it streams.
http://www.simplifymedia.com/
So far, it’s working well for me. And was cheaper. (Although the difference between 4 bucks and 10 really doesn’t bear mentioning, even though I did.)
I’d still like to give MyTunesRSS a try, if the developer drops in and has an easy suggestion for my Data Source problem.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:39 am
Hey Tommy,
it took me a few minutes to figure out how to get my media to show up. You have to click on the ‘data sources’ button and navigate to iTunes Music Library.xml (which is in your top level iTunes folder.)
I almost forgot about Simplify. I had tried that out back in the early App Store days when that was still free. I can’t exactly remember the issues I had with it but it wasn’t my cup of tea. Also, I don’t think you can stream video or DRM protected files with it, but that all seems to work with this in MobileSafari.
If you want to stream iTunes video content, you should play around with this today. I am really pleased. But if you are only interested in streaming music and can’t stand the big QuickTime ‘Q,’ you might not be as thrilled.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:26 am
Hi Tommy,
if the buttons are all grayed out you probably already started the server. Some configuration options are not available once the server is started. There is a documentation available at http://docs.codewave.de if you like to have a look. It’s not a step-by-step tutorial yet though.
Regarding the iPhone or iPod Touch you can use the default interface in the browser and play songs using the embedded Quicktime player. There’s no other way with a web application. You can also register a free mytunesrss.com account at http://mytunesrss.com and enter that data into the MyTunesRSS configuration. Then you can use an iPhone optimized interface at http://iphone.mytunesrss.com/your_mytunesrss_com_username.
Michael
April 21st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
@Michael
I didn’t know about that. It is not too difficult to navigate on my iPhone but a mobile optimized version would be very nice. Is there any plan to include that in the application in the future rather than going through your server? Or is it that you want people to sign up for an account? Because I probably won’t sign up; though I would love to see that option included.
April 21st, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Codewave: That was it! Thanks!
April 21st, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Hi Jim,
the mytunesrss.com accounts did exists before the iPhone app came out. It was a way to give people an easy to remember address to access their home server. MyTunesRSS simply sends its IP address to mytunesrss.com and so you can always access your server using the same mytunesrss.com address no matter what your external IP is.
Registering is free, so there’s no reason to not create an account. :-)
Regarding the iPhone app there’s a simple reason for the online version. I did not need to update MyTunesRSS for each change/fix in the iPhone app. Now that it has become rather stable I will probably include it into the next release of MyTunesRSS (still keeping the online version to apply fixes without the need for a server release).
Michael
April 21st, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Michael,
I already have URLs redirecting home, so I just don’t need another. Thanks for the info. I don’t think I would use an iPhone app either. Optimization for MobileSafari (like in Transmission, for example) would be the best I am digging this application all the same. It is a really nice fit for my mobile life.
April 21st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Well, just to be sure you did not misunderstand me. The optimized interface is no iPhone app but a standard web application just optimized to fit the iPhone’s screen.
Michael
April 21st, 2009 at 1:43 pm
There was some confusion. I was unsure what we were talking about when you said; “Regarding the iPhone app.” Anyway, I think we are on the same page now.
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