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Another method of using iTunes via the internet
Authored by: Spiken on Mar 29, '05 11:44:43AM

This is exactly what I'm looking for, exept, I have all my music on a Windows-box with iTunes (and big harddrive) and I want to listen to the music in real iTunes on my laptop (iBook with small harddrive). I need some kind of server-software like the Mp3 Sushi, for windows. Any ideas?



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Another method of using iTunes via the internet
Authored by: matx666 on Mar 29, '05 12:13:52PM

I use mp3sushi and it works well. Gotta love that streaming radio and the web interface (which can also generate playlists for playing in itunes from random searches, etc).

For Windows try Shoutcast: http://www.shoutcast.com/download/serve.phtml



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Another method of using iTunes via the internet
Authored by: Bedhead on Mar 29, '05 04:52:53PM

I love MP3 Sushi... however the random playlist feature appears to have problems. Unless I'm missing something or not doing something right, MP3 Sushi returns the same songs in the same order, no matter how many times I click "Try Again" or force-refresh the page.



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IIS, Win32 Apache, Zeus
Authored by: lullabud on Mar 29, '05 12:57:30PM

You don't necessarily need mp3 sushi to do this, you just need your iTunes Music folder shared via http. This is easily accomplished by installing IIS, Win32 Apache or Zeus. Configure your web server to share up your iTunes Music folder and do the search/replace just like in this thread's original instructions.

That said, I still think it's more reasonable to just share your iTunes Music folder via Netbios or AFP, mount the share as a drive and configure iTunes to look in that location for music. That will keep your play statistics, it doesn't require any changing of the library, and it's easy to change back. I haven't tried it over the internet using Netbios though, so I'm not sure if the speed of the internet would create a problem. It may, though, since http will use the iTunes buffer and a locally mounted disk might not.



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IIS, Win32 Apache, Zeus
Authored by: Spiken on Mar 29, '05 07:57:11PM

Of course! I have not Apache that only allows local connections on the Windows box, and use a ssh-tunnel to that box from my iBook and voiala, the music takes zero space on the iBook, and I don't send around music in "clear-tones" (compare clear-text).



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