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Re: Google Music Service

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Post by mredbord »

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #31
habitualcoder wrote: post #19

The look and feel somehow looks inconsistent with other google products

Could you explain a little more? The web interface is just like the Android Market. The Android phone player is a different UI though.

I think that's precisely what parent comment is referencing; the Music design scheme may be familiar to Android users, but non-Android users likely see it as a bit surprising/inconsistent. Two quick examples: button styling and top account-bar background.

This is also somewhat revealing of how Google wants this app perceived. I see it as leaning _heavily_ toward a native experience on Android devices, and a push from that mobile experience into the browser. It's interesting.

Re: Google Music Service

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Post by mxavier »

glhaynes wrote: post #26
kin wrote: post #24

i wonder how much space we'll be given. i can't seem to find it on any of the screens

They had a slide that said "20,000 songs".

If you were to go for a (really) conservative estimate of 3MB/mp3, that tops out at 7.5GB. I'd be interested in hearing what their pricing would be for more space. I jumped the gun and bought 50gb worth of space on Amazon Cloud Drive. Their player and lack of linux support both suck so if Google can beat them on either front and price, I might switch. At this point I trust Google alot more than Amazon at developing a good software product.

Re: Google Music Service

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Post by thomasgerbe »

tybris wrote: post #66
petervandijck wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you forget the core value: listen to your music everywhere. That isn't compelling?

Cool, I'll just upload all my music, turn on my car radio, and ... hey wait a minute.

1. Upload music. 2. Turn on car radio 3. Connect smartphone to car radio

Re: Google Music Service

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Post by thomasgerbe »

lostbit wrote: post #3

We're sorry. Music Beta is currently only available in the United States It bothers me when this happens... I end giving up to find proxies or other ways to reach the site.

Why does this bother you?

Spotify doesn't work in the U.S... so I just don't use it. It's not like my life is that much harmed by it.

Re: Google Music Service

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Post by thomasgerbe »

smackfu wrote: post #9

I would have thought Google had learned their lesson about doing limited roll-outs: that artificially limiting the network effect kills your product. What worked for GMail hasn't worked anywhere else.

Svpply, Dribbble, Gmail, and Hulu all started with limited roll-outs.

Re: Google Music Service

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Post by jwinter »

slackerIII wrote: post #34

If you are interested in this problem but can't get into the beta yet, check out my app: http://www.audiogalaxy.com . You have to leave your home computer running, but it is totally free, available outside of the US, and has both Android and iOS apps.

I also recommend checking out Audiogalaxy. It works surprisingly well on 3G and is a great way to access your entire music/podcast collection from your phone. I use it all the time.

Re: Google Music Service

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Post by nek4life »

This is not what I thought they would be releasing at all. I was hoping that it would just introspect your personal music collection and allow you access to any track that it found that had a match in their music catalog. I really don't want to upload my entire music collection somewhere else as it would take forever and while it's free now there may be usage fees on transfer in the future.

Re: Google Music Service

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Post by kin »

nek4life wrote: post #77

This is not what I thought they would be releasing at all. I was hoping that it would just introspect your personal music collection and allow you access to any track that it found that had a match in their music catalog. I really don't want to upload my entire music collection somewhere else as it would take forever and while it's free now there may be usage fees on transfer in the future.

i drool to what you thought they would be releasing.

EDIT: by drool i mean salivate. that certainly sounds like an amazing service.

Re: Google Music Service

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Post by thought_alarm »

slackerIII wrote: post #34

If you are interested in this problem but can't get into the beta yet, check out my app: http://www.audiogalaxy.com . You have to leave your home computer running, but it is totally free, available outside of the US, and has both Android and iOS apps.

Audiogalaxy was the greatest thing!

I used to visit my local record shop every couple of weeks and walk out with a stack of CDs, almost all of which I would have first found on Audiogalaxy (running 24/7 on my Linux jukebox)

When the record industry shut down Audiogalaxy, that's when I stopped buy CDs from major labels. The boycott is still going strong.

Re: Google Music Service

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Post by slackerIII »

nuclear_eclipse wrote: post #59
slackerIII wrote: post #34

If you are interested in this problem but can't get into the beta yet, check out my app: http://www.audiogalaxy.com . You have to leave your home computer running, but it is totally free, available outside of the US, and has both Android and iOS apps.

Looks like exactly what I would love to use, but do you have any plans to support Linux?

I would love to do a Linux version, but we just don't have the resources right now. At some point we will get it done, I just can't say when. However, it does run under wine -- email us at help@audiogalaxy.com if you have any problems setting it up.
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