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Re: Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player

#21

on ubuntu desktop: "The Amazon MP3 Uploader only supports Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7) or Mac OS X running on Intel-based hardware." yet the normal clouddrive uploader works. weird.

The MP3 uploader seems to look for and scan an iTunes directory for music. Linux's lack of iTunes could be the issue.

edit: It also imports playlists, etc.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player

#23

As a non-US there is no way for me to use this. Just put aside that, is it actually any legal reason for using things like dropbox to upload music purchased and streamed for private uses? BTW that one album/20GB offers only last until the end of the year, and it only last for a year. After that, you would have the habit of using the service but be reverted to the free plan. However since all the new purchases on amaz…

> As a non-US there is no way for me to use this.

I'm in Australia and that's what it looked like to me initially too, but after manually uploading an MP3 and then attempting to play it, the Cloud Player then worked.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player

#24
Can anyone see AmazonMP3 tracks in their library? I've purchased tons of music from AmazonMP3, and Cloud Player shows an empty library & 0 purchased songs. It seems like a big miss to launch this way. Hopefully it's just a bug.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player

#25
post #24

Can anyone see AmazonMP3 tracks in their library? I've purchased tons of music from AmazonMP3, and Cloud Player shows an empty library & 0 purchased songs. It seems like a big miss to launch this way. Hopefully it's just a bug.

I don't think it's a bug; the site is pretty carefully worded. For whatever reason, sideloading from the MP3 store is not retroactive.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player

#27
If you want a free service to stream your music from your home computer to your work computer/android/iOS device, check out my service: http://www.audiogalaxy.com

Since we don't store the music in the cloud, we don't have any size limits (the current winner has about 530,000 files). Obviously this only works if you leave your home computer on, but we've found that isn't a problem for most folks.

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player

#29

If you want a free service to stream your music from your home computer to your work computer/android/iOS device, check out my service: http://www.audiogalaxy.com Since we don't store the music in the cloud, we don't have any size limits (the current winner has about 530,000 files). Obviously this only works if you leave your home computer on, but we've found that isn't a problem for most folks.

Didn't Audiogalaxy used to be a P2P service in the early 00s?

Re: Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player

#30

How long until someone posts their username(s) and password(s) to their whole music collection(s) ....

You agree not to do that, and Amazon has your real name if you've ever made a purchase &| uploaded >5gigs of music. Most people I know use their Amazon account for other purchases and won't risk their account being closed for violating the terms.

[edited for clarity]

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