VortexBox is an open-source CD ripping and media server solution. Based on Fedora 10, VortexBox is capable of streaming in multiple formats allowing you to hear your music on your other computers, iTunes, media centers, slim devices like squeezeboxes and other media devices.
If you need to increase the volume of an MP3 or WAV file and you're either away from your regular suite of audio-tweaking software or don't have one to begin with, webapp Vloud can help.
You just got a new iPod or other music player over the holidays, and your older iPod looks like Craigslist fodder. Here are at least 10 reasons to re-consider its worthiness.
Load up your iTunes playlist with some holiday cheer but save a few bucks in the process with almost 20 classic holiday recordings that are available as a free download from the Garritan music community.
Load up your iTunes playlist with some holiday cheer but save a few bucks in the process with almost 20 classic holiday recordings that are available as a free download from the Garritan music community.
After nearly 35,000 lawsuits against alleged illegal file-sharers, the RIAA is halting legal action. Instead, the music industry says it will work with ISPs to shame and punish pirates.
After nearly 35,000 lawsuits against alleged illegal file-sharers, the RIAA is halting legal action. Instead, the music industry says it will work with ISPs to shame and punish pirates.
Like Firefox, the open source media player Songbird is a pretty neat alternative to a big-name competitor on its own, but the ability to extend it through add-ons is what really makes it boss.
New MP3 market site Bopaboo says it has a legal means of letting owners of non-restricted MP3s sell them, for prices starting at 25 cents a track, to other users. The site's founder says users are protected under the "first-sale doctrine," as in re-selling a CD, and that the site prevents selling a track more than once.
Linux only: Amarok 2, the open source media center we'd previously toured while it was in beta, is now available in a release version for Linux systems, and in pre-released beta for Windows and OS X.