You know when your MP3 files are a mess. You have albums by The Beatles, Beatles, and Betles, four copies of the same song in different bitrates, and your friends are boggled by the files in your collection with names like 593_afeerb.mp3 and grtst_Hits_TRACK1_.mp3. It’s time to clean them up, but like the junk drawer in your kitchen, the still-packed moving boxes in your basement, or the decade’s worth of old clothes in your closet, you really don’t have the time. Fortunately, unlike any of those tasks, technology can lend a hand and practically do your MP3 organization for you. Here’s how you can straighten out a folder with gigs worth of messy MP3 files in only an afternoon.
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SMC EZ-Stream Media Receiver Review
Quote from the review:
“Taking a look at the included brochure proved to be a necessity as I usually just fire things right up, and then only after failed attempts, read the manual. In this case, you must have the included MediaServer software installed before doing anything with the EZ-Stream. MediaServer is a small application that allows you to choose shared directories, enter in addresses of Internet radio stations, and do general option settings. Turns out the EZ-Stream will not connect to anything without MediaServer running.”
Blackbird Digital Music Player
From the press release:
Blackbird offers consumers the ability to control their music from any web browser, multiple computers, anywhere their home network extends. This capability includes desktop computers, wireless laptops, wireless PDA’s, or any device with a web browser. While entertaining guests or relaxing alone, consumers can now simply take out their pocket PDA, and play any song in their entire music collection on their home audio system.
A companion to the home audio system, Blackbird’s four models can store up to 80,000 songs. Blackbird offers audio enthusiasts two high performance sound quality options: professional quality M-Audio Audiophile 2496 or Creative Technology SoundBlaster sound cards.
Virgin Enters Digital Music Marketplace
Ultimately, Virgin Digital will work on mobile phones, handheld devices and other consumer electronics gear, said Zack Zalon, president of Virgin Digital. The product will include a jukebox, the ability to burn, rip and encode songs onto CDs, access to Virgin’s digital music club and its Radio Free Virgin Internet radio stations,
Virgin Digital is planned to be available by the end of August.
Read the whole story at Reuters Technology.
Linksys Unveils Wireless DVD Player
The Linksys DVD Player with Wireless-G Media Link (WMLD54G) plugs into a TV and home stereo via standard composite, component or S-video cables. It normally operates as a DVD player but can also bring in streaming audio and video and still images from a PC over an 802.11g wireless Lan.
Users will be able to stream video files in MPEG2, MPEG4 and Divx formats and audio files in MP3 and Windows Media Audio formats from a PC or other storage device to the TV or stereo. The files can be sent over the wireless Lan or over wired 10/100Mbps (bit-per-second) Ethernet.
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