Building Playlists Of Free MP3s

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Motherlode of free Bollywood MP3s

Motherlode of free Bollywood MP3s 12/22/2004 01:29 AM
Xeni Jardin: Sweeter than a mouthful of ja lebi. David Boyk says:

"While I was supposed to be studying for finals, I made a mix CD to introduce dubious Westerners to Bollywood. That didn't waste enough time, so I also made a big web site that has all the tracks from the CD, plus some more, and a lot of other information to explain Bollywood movies and music, and also to help a bit with language."

Far from a waste of time, David's terrific site includes a "bollywood for dummies" primer, and a very helpful list of common Hindi words you'll encounter. As for the MP3s, man -- there are some serious gems in here, in particular the rockin' 1960s numbers.

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Bands Promoting Free MP3s Online

Bands Promoting Free MP3s Online 11/11/2003 10:23 PM
Sometimes it's good to be reminded that there are still musicians who can see through all the rhetoric and realize that it might be beneficial to them to offer their music online for free. Bands are coming to terms with the fact that free MP3s work as a promotional tool that brings people out to concerts - which is where they make their money anyway. The rest of the article includes typical quotes from the RIAA, including their favorite line: "you can't compete with free." Of course, that's a lie. You absolutely can compete with free - but you have to offer something worthwhile above what people can get for free, and that's what the industry keeps missing. Besides, the issue isn't really about "competing" with free - but using the free reproduction and distribution of the internet to your advantage. That's what the profiled band ("Q and not U") did. If an up-and-coming band can see that, why can't the industry association?

Building a Barrier-Free Web

Building a Barrier-Free Web 11/16/2002 03:57 AM
WebTechniques Nov 16 2002 2:59AM ET

Apartment Building Offers Free But Not
Permitted Wi-Fi to Residents

Apartment Building Offers Free But Not
Permitted Wi-Fi to Residents 05/19/2004 01:26 PM
An apartment resident worked with his landlord to build out good Wi-Fi coverage for free Internet access--but did he read the Comcast contract?: The page documents how "JC" worked with his landlord to build out ubiquitous coverage for the complex, incidentally benefitting himself by eliminating his personal monthly broadband bill. But he notes they're paying $60 per month to Comcast for their Internet feed, and at that rate, Comcast isn't offering shared Internet access in this fashion. Comcast clearly only allows use by people in the same household, and used to charge extra per machine and try to restrict sharing by locking down use to a single Ethernet adapter address. Given the promotion that JC's story has gotten, how long is it before either Comcast shuts them down or Speakeasy Networks steps in and offers free access in exchange for promotion? Speakeasy remains the only ISP that I'm aware of that encourages the shared use of personal or business DSL and T1 connections at all prices. [link via BoingBoing and Nigel Ballard]...

AOL Building Free Portal To Make Its
Content Pay (AdWeek.com)

AOL Building Free Portal To Make Its
Content Pay (AdWeek.com) 06/17/2005 04:35 PM
AdWeek.com - In its latest reinvention, AOL is opening up much of its content and services to the outside world in the hope of earning a bigger piece of the expanding online-advertising pie, a key goal for the Time Warner unit as its subscriber numbers continue to decline.

Aplus.Net Offers Free Online Survey
Building Tool to its Web Hosting
Customers

Aplus.Net Offers Free Online Survey
Building Tool to its Web Hosting
Customers 04/14/2004 03:55 PM
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Web Hosting News: Aplus.Net Offers Free
Online Survey Building Tool to its Web
Hosting Customers

Web Hosting News: Aplus.Net Offers Free
Online Survey Building Tool to its Web
Hosting Customers 04/15/2004 02:24 PM
Web Host Directory Apr 15 2004 6:18PM GMT

Playlists of Web-available music

Playlists of Web-available music 06/10/2004 01:22 PM
Webjay is a project to host and share listener-created playlists of songs that are freely downloadable from the Web. Link

P2P to influence radio playlists

P2P to influence radio playlists 03/14/2003 01:08 PM

Seb's getting into music playlists now

Seb's getting into music playlists now 04/23/2004 01:26 AM
Seb's musiclog goes live. I've begun rolling music selections in my sidebar using Alan Levine's handy RSS via Javascript tool. Pretty easy. You can see the musiclog on my blog's main page, just below the search boxes. (The RSS feed is here.) [Seb's Open Research]

Playlists as media integration

Playlists as media integration 06/09/2004 02:11 PM
RSS and weblogs tag team mano a mano vs. syndication and broadcatching.

RSS and weblogs tag team mano a mano vs. syndication and broadcatching

the weblog of Lucas Gonze: RSS and weblogs tag team mano a mano vs. syndication and broadcatching. "The reason for the awkwardness is that RSS is about content from the creator of the RSS feed, while playlists are about deep linking to resources not owned by the linker. (Thanks to Alf Eaton for this insight)."

The funny thing is I was thinking about emailing Lucas about his thoughts on RSS 2.0 and the proper integration of audio posts and playlists integration into it when I saw this post. 

I don't know if I totally agree that RSS is always about content from the creator and never and can't be about deep linking to resources not owned by the linker.  I think that is what Lucas is trying to say above.  When CNET uses RSS maybe but not when webloggers and blog software outputs it.

Lucas points to some good links about the integration of RSS 1.0 and playlists.  It looks likes he's spent some time thinking about this.  I just don't know if I missed a whole online conversation around the subject and how he came to his conclusions.

When I try to think about this area's awkwardness, I keep thinking something is missing.  Maybe we need to study the best practices of mixing the two.  Should there be more then one "best" way in RSS of refering to playlist as a whole and others for deriving playlists out of RSS?

One thing I noticed it that when the big pubs starting using RSS they made RSS work for them. 

[Audio/Mobile Blogging News]

The nature and location of the payload is crucial to the success of all this.

Enclosures don't have meta-data - so they're worthless.  What ever happened to OpenMedia?

Oh yah, I dropped the ball on that - too.

Playlist: Brilliant Playlists

Playlist: Brilliant Playlists 02/05/2005 09:19 PM
As our music libraries swell to gargantuan proportions it can become increasingly difficult to manage the music we listen to (or would like to listen to if we could just find half the tunes we possess). Thankfully iTunes offers a leg up with Smart Playlists -- a tool for automatically creating playlists that contain exactly the kind of music you want in iTunes and on your iPod.

Are Playlists Factual Information?

Are Playlists Factual Information? 09/17/2004 11:55 AM
When Microsoft launched their new music service, one of the "features" was that they tried to mimic a number of radio stations by offering streaming versions of their playlists, minus all the DJ chatter, commercials and songs that weren't licensed for online usage. This raised a bit of a stink and then quieted down. Now, Wired News is taking a look at the legal issues here and wondering if radio stations have a case against Microsoft? First, they admit that it's a little amusing that Microsoft, who is a strong believer in intellectual property laws, suddenly finds themselves on the other side of this issue. However, it does seem pretty clear that, just like real- time sports data, playlists are protected as being factual information. What the article doesn't say is whether or not the radio stations could claim intellectual property protection over the way they organize those songs -- something that has received some protection in the past, and which may get more protection soon. The other, perhaps stronger case for radio stations is trademark violations. Microsoft is claiming their streaming versions are "like 100.3 FM KSFI FM 100 Continuous Soft Hits," or whatever station they're imitating. The radio stations might make a case that this could confuse users into believing the stream is somehow from that radio station or sponsored by them. Microsoft, of course, will counter that the "like" clearly distinguishes their streams as separate. Either way, there is the question of whether or not this fight is worth it for the radio industry. They don't see internet radio as that big of a threat (yet), and a lawsuit could give Microsoft extra publicity for the service (which might be just what they intended).

Footlights organizes video with
playlists

Footlights organizes video with
playlists 09/23/2004 06:06 PM
Radical Breeze on Thursday released Footlights 1.0. The video playing application arranges movie files into playlists, lets you view them in full screen or compact views, and can loop, shuffle, change speed and more. Movies can also be exported to QuickTime-supported formats and codecs as well. Footlights requires Mac OS X v10.3 or higher and costs US$15; it's free to registered users of DiscBlaze 4.0 and higher.

Make M3U playlists play in Safari

Make M3U playlists play in Safari 05/11/2004 10:51 AM
I bet you hate it when you go to a website that offers free music downloads and/or previews (like Broadjam) with Safari, and instead of playing the M3U link, Safari just downloads it to disk. I bet you think "those poor Wind...

Share playlists of videos to Xbox

Share playlists of videos to Xbox 03/25/2005 11:25 AM
This tip follows a previous tip on how to share your files from your Mac via Samba to Xbox Media Center. As some of you may or may not know, you can create a .m3u playlist (of videos or music) using VideoLan Client (VLC) by l...

Import playlists and songs into iTunes

Import playlists and songs into iTunes 04/29/2004 10:44 AM
I've not seen this hint anywhere else, but maybe I've just missed it. If you have an iTunes folder at home, and another at work, and you want to merge the two you can do the following: Copy the work iTunes folder onto your ...

Smart playlists that truly follow your
mood

Smart playlists that truly follow your
mood 05/06/2004 10:14 AM
With thousands of tunes in your iTunes library or in your iPod, it's high time to consider using it as the radio you've always looked for: the one that delivers only tunes you like, and that fit your mood in a unheard of way....

Mac Tip: Smarter iTunes Smart Playlists

Mac Tip: Smarter iTunes Smart Playlists 07/16/2004 06:47 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 16 2004 11:17PM GMT

Publish iTunes 4.5 library and playlists
to the web

Publish iTunes 4.5 library and playlists
to the web 05/03/2004 10:44 AM
I just had one of those Eureka moments. Instead of futzing around with iTunes and Excel to make music lists, I just need to use the new iTunes 4.5. I don't know how Apple does it, but it just keeps getting better. Of course t...

iTunes Celebrity Playlists: Anything But
Ordinary, Please

iTunes Celebrity Playlists: Anything But
Ordinary, Please 05/27/2004 12:16 PM
Writer Dan Kois profiles the pitfalls and rare successes of iTunes Music Store's celebrity playlists. Turns out, most famous people like the same crappy music as the rest of us.I can't think of a better summation of Avril Lavigne than...

Add logic to smart playlists in iTunes
4.5

Add logic to smart playlists in iTunes
4.5 04/30/2004 12:17 PM
I've been thinking hard about how to bypass what I think is a limitation in iTunes' smart playlist capabilities, that is to create a list with a combination of logical operands. You can create lists with only AND or only OR ...

iVCD 2 adds menus, playlists to Video
CDs, more

iVCD 2 adds menus, playlists to Video
CDs, more 04/27/2004 05:36 PM
Mireth Technology unveiled iVCD 2.0 on Tuesday, a new version of their application for authoring Video CDs and Super Video CDs. The update adds the ability to include menus and playlists in Video CDs, a preview mode for encoded MPEG and more.

iTunes Smart Playlists can cause slow
app loading

iTunes Smart Playlists can cause slow
app loading 07/07/2004 09:23 AM
I recently reinstalled Panther on my shiny new 300GB hard drive. iTunes used to load all my songs (about 1,700 total) with one bounce. Soon after, it would take about seven to eight bounces to launch, with nothing else going ...

Web Sites for Music Playlists and Baby
Blogs

Web Sites for Music Playlists and Baby
Blogs 04/22/2004 01:13 AM
Webjay.org lets people create music playlists; Microsoft has a site that lets lurkers follow the hottest newsgroups; Trixie Update, a `baby blog' with detailed charts.

Rename iTunes playlists to control order

Rename iTunes playlists to control order 12/15/2003 11:44 AM
iTunes does a nice job of organizing your playlists by type (i.e. Smart Playlists and custom playlists). However, when you transfer those playlists to your iPod, the playlists get re-ordered in alphabetical order. In order t...

Organize in-progress iTunes playlists
via renaming

Organize in-progress iTunes playlists
via renaming 05/11/2004 10:51 AM
I've got a ton of playlists in iTunes and until Apple lets us have folders in the iTunes sidebar, I'll use this method for creating a new playlist. Right after creating the empty playlist, I'll re-name it " " (just...

MSN Music hijacking radio station
playlists?

MSN Music hijacking radio station
playlists? 09/07/2004 07:53 PM
So far, feedback for Microsoft's newly launched MSN Music has been pretty positive. Until now. SFGate.com is reporting that more than 900 radio stations have complained after Microsoft nabbed effective copies of their playlists.

Although some members might remember the old adage that to be copied means one is admired, Radio station owners don't seem to be seeing it this way. When they broadcast on-air, they have adverts; Microsoft are broadcasting online without the adverts, and without the stations DJs. Rob Bennett, senior director for MSN Entertainment commented "It results in a more pleasant experience because you don't have the ads or the DJs." How kind.

Not surprisingly, radio stations across the nation see this as Microsoft piggy-backing their hard work, and an unfair way to compete in the market. MSN Radio is part of MSN Music, and was largely over looked when MSN Music launched. One of it's features is the 'localised radio', offering content from 1,200 radio stations.

The current situation is arguably quite confusing. Microsoft label sites with "like XY.Z FM" and then list what Microsoft describe as a factual piece of information - the name - rather than a trademark. One can't but wonder, if the tables were turned, would there be trademark cease and desist letters being sealed?

View: SFGate Article
View: MSN Music | MSN Radio

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Refresh Smart Playlists in iTunes using
AppleScript

Refresh Smart Playlists in iTunes using
AppleScript 05/25/2004 10:14 AM
A healthy discussion on smart playlists over at the Apple iTunes forum has yielded this tidy little piece of AppleScript, which refreshes a specific list of smart playlists (as long as they have "live updating" checked): set...

Smart playlists can cause slow iTunes
launch times

Smart playlists can cause slow iTunes
launch times 07/06/2004 09:58 AM
I recently re-installed Panther on my shiny new 300GB hard drive. iTunes used to load all my songs ( about 1700 or so) with one bounce. Soon after, it would take about seven to eight bounces to launch, with nothing else going...

Manage iTunes audio streams with smart
playlists

Manage iTunes audio streams with smart
playlists 12/19/2004 02:59 PM
This is a very basic tip on how to match audio streams such as the ones broadcasted with nicecast or shoutcast etc. Basically, all you have to do is create a smart playlist with kind contains "Stream," and you will have a s...

The perils of iTunes Music Store
celebrity playlists

The perils of iTunes Music Store
celebrity playlists 05/27/2004 02:08 PM
Slate's Dan Kois takes a humorous look at the celebrity playlists featured on Apple's iTunes Music Store...

Move iTunes playlists and songs via file
export

Move iTunes playlists and songs via file
export 07/06/2004 09:58 AM
Say you have a Smart Playlist of songs you want to copy to iTunes on another machine. Usually, you can mount the other machine's drive on your Desktop, and drag all the songs from the playlist to the folder you want, then go...

You want MP3s with that?

You want MP3s with that? 04/14/2004 05:23 PM
McDonald's plans to use its Wi-Fi network to deliver digital content, including music files, to customers as well as to support in-house business applications.

coolass mp3s

coolass mp3s 05/01/2004 10:56 PM
Browse MP3it's collection - Some free music for fans of gybe!, Black Heart Procession, Rumah Sakit, The Champs, Sea and Cake, and others.

More on "Why can't the BBC play MP3s?"

More on "Why can't the BBC play MP3s?" 06/13/2004 12:56 AM
Following up on this earlier BoingBoing post about the curious tale of Rodeohead MP3s, BoingBoing, and the BBC -- reader and geek sleuth Rupert Goodwins says, "I asked Mike Todd, one of BBC Radio's Broadcast Duty Managers, what was with that MP3 ban on the wireless. He said:

"A lot depends on the amount of compression in the original MP3, but the CD-R request would be either to allow a linear version to be supplied, or a very much less compressed version. Every time lossy-compressed audio goes via a lossy part of the chain it gets worse (depending, of course, on the original level of compression and the type of audio)."

A BH studio to the FM transmitter network is not a problem, but it is when it goes to DAB/Freeview/Dsat ... and then the studio itself may be being sourced via a lossy ISDN (as indeed Peel is). Add these together and the results could be dreadful ... therefore there's a policy to (a) not use MP3s unless editorial imperatives demand it and there is absolutely no other way, (b) not us Minidiscs except in certain circumstances and (c) have computer playout systems working with linear audio.

BoingBoing reader Rupert continues:

"There we have it. DAB is the European terrestrial digital radio system, Freeview is the UK's digital terrestrial TV system which has multiple radio channels too, and DSat is the digital satellite system. There's one heck of a lot of digital broadcasting round these parts, each with its own compression system, and that's before you start to worry about the streaming stuff on the Net."

[Xeni speaking again here]. I'm still not sure that explains it. The BoingBoing reader who pointed John Peel to the Rodeohead MP3s says that when he learned Peel couldn't play the MP3s, he burned them to CD, sent them to Peel at the BBC, and they aired on Peel's show shortly thereafter. So, either (a) the issue was that Peel's show was simply unable to deal with downloading, storing, and playing digital files (but popping a CD in a player was no prob), or (b) the above theory is true, and Peel's show obtained and then aired a non-lossy version of the material, from someone other than this BoingBoing reader.

Amplify your MP3s

Amplify your MP3s 09/09/2004 03:06 AM
G4 Tech TV Sep 9 2004 7:39AM GMT

Pay To Have Your CDs Turned Into MP3s

Pay To Have Your CDs Turned Into MP3s 01/26/2004 12:42 PM
I've mentioned before that I'm still a bit behind on using digitized music, as it seems like quite a chore to rip all my CDs. It's been something of an ad hoc process. Every once in a while, when I want to listen to a specific CD and have the music stored on my computer, I'll rip that CD. However, ripping them all (over 1,000) seems like quite a process. That said, I'm still not sure I'd be interested in a service that would rip your CDs into MP3s for you. Still, it appears plenty of people are interested and are paying about a dollar per CD to have the process done. While the service was originally intended for DJs, many people are apparently signing up to have their personal collections ripped as well. Of course, you have to wonder how sustainable this business is. You certainly aren't going to have many repeat customers.

I have a dream that my children will one
day be judged not by the color of their
skin but by the content of their iTunes
playlists

I have a dream that my children will one
day be judged not by the color of their
skin but by the content of their iTunes
playlists 11/13/2003 05:26 AM
“ITunes Undermines Social Security” .. playlistism .. Wired

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