Overview
Adding Music
For starters, you’re a little bit limited in what will work with the Cloud Player. It’ll work with DRM-free MP3 or AAC files, no Vorbis, FLAC, etc. If you’ve got DRMed music, you’re out of luck. But then again, you probably already know that.
It will scan your computer for music on startup, but you do have the option to stop the scan and manually select the music of your choice, or optionally import from software such as iTunes. Unfortunately, it will attempt to scan your drive again the next time you launch the uploader. And the next. And the next…
And they’ll be available in the Cloud Player web interface. Speaking of which…
Cloud Player Web Interface
Now that you’ve got you music up, its time to do something with it. On the left you’ve got a navigation panel similar to many local music player applications where you can view your collection by Artist, Genre, etc. Cloud Player even handles the fetching of album art (if it can).
Playlists are fully supported as well, and items are added to the playlist by dragging them from any browsing view and dropping onto the playlist name.
The Non-Free Experience
If you’re interested in expanding your storage space without necessarily buying an album, the prices are as follows (as of the time of this writing)
5 GB FREE 20 GB $20.00 / year 50 GB $50.00 / year 100 GB $100.00 / year 200 GB $200.00 / year 500 GB $500.00 / year 1000 GB $1,000.00 / year
Conclusion
Josh Price is a senior MakeTechEasier writer and owner of Rain Dog Software
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