iStreamTunes
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | $0.99 | MarkelSoft, Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Use shuffle mode to randomly playing through a playlist. Can also shake the device to do a shuffle. Shaking the device while the main playlists are displayed will select your Music Playlist and do a Shuffle.
Search now does a filter showing only matching result. You can use logical OR or AND for two criteria. e.g. Coldplay | AC/DC , e.g. Underwood & Lambert
Normal playing mode will automatically play through an entire playlist unless you turn the Setting off.
REQUIREMENT
Works only with PC running FREE Media Server software provided.
The app interfaces with the iStreamTunes Media Server which runs on your PC. Included with this purchase is a free licensed copy of the iStreamTunes Media Server for your PC. When StreamTunes app for the first time, you are provided with the necessary details for downloading and installing the StreamTunes Media Server. After the server is installed, use the registration email and password in the app settings so that the app can connect to your media server.
KEY FEATURES
• Full iTunes library integration; browse ALL your iTunes playlists and tracks
• Easy setup
• Works over WiFi and 4G so can access from anywhere using home, business WiFi or 4G cell Internet.
• Access using app or any web browser (Web Client).
• Shuffle play for all playlists.
• Continuous, single and random playlist modes
• Play full playlist or single tracks
• Album artwork
• Background audio player or full screen audio player with artwork
• Full screen video player supporting HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
• AirPlay audio and video support (video requires iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch running iOS 7.0 or greater)
• StreamTunes Server Monitor
SPECIAL FOLDERS
• My Pictures special folder for serving your pictures
• My Documents special folder for service your Word, Excel, PDF, text format files and much, much more
• My Web Documents for serving up Internet web pages.
• My Other for including dynamically file types such as videos. A list of My Other files is presented using your mobile browser so access to these files can be provided.
NO NEED TO CONVERT OR SYNC
Why bother converting your stuff to an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch format before you can view it? Syncing files to your iOS device is a pain.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
iStreamTunes companion program iStreamTunes Media Server, which runs on your PC, does that for you. iStreamTunes users can download iStreamTunes Media Server for free from https://www.streamtunes.tv/mobile/. The app, will when first starting, display details on acquiring the FREE companion StreamTunes Media Server.
Can use alternative browser web client on Mac, Linux or other clients by going to https://www.streamtunes.tv and logging in from anywhere.
iStreamTunes converts the files to an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch friendly format on-the-fly, whether on WiFi or 4G so a single touch will start playback on your device in as little as 5 seconds.
UP TO HD VIDEO QUALITY
You can stream movies up to HD quality (720p) over WiFi to your iPad , iPhone or iPod Touch from most recent PCs.
WiFi or 4G Network Connection
Stream over 4G anywhere from your PC to your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. You can watch your movies, listen to your music wherever you are. Registration information can be changed at any time and is set in the iStreamTunes app settings.
Connecting through the Internet using 4G requires port forwarding on your router to open access. This is automatically configured for you by the iStreamTunes Media Server when it starts running.
Reviews
Only a frustration
mseanh
Update: 18 Dec. While it worked in a rough way at first, trying to use this app has been nothing but frustrating and it usually doesn't work at all. Even with the 17 Dec update it is incredibly unstable. They really should advertise this as a beta product. I give up!! Previous comments: I could not get the Streamtunes iphone app to work at all at first. It was only via the Safari browser interface I initially got it to work, and this after about an hour of trying to figure out how to get the right port on my router to be open to allow for the iphone to connect to the media server you install to go along with Streamtunes. In using the Safari interface to view the songs, videos etc.. in my itunes library, you cannot search by artist or album... it's one big, long list of songs... so if you have a big library of songs.... trying to get to the right song is a pain, and there seemed to be no option to play an entire album. Just individual songs (or videos). Although you can stream playlists. Next day, I tried the iPhone app again... Not sure why, but now it works. The app interface is slicker than the safari interface. Still lists songs as one big long list, but with the app you can search by key word. Best way to use the app is by making playlists on iTunes that you can then use the app to stream. One feature that's somewhere between neat and weird is the monitor feature, which allows you to see what is on your home computers screen in real time. So it didn't work at first, now it does - but no idea what caused it to start working. Overall an okay app that is confusing to set up. Would like to be able to sort songs by artist or album.
StreamTunes
Netbob
I wanted to like this app. Really. The app requires a client on your pc and also that you open a port on your router. The client works ok but when I tried to configure the iPad app, there is no place to set the location of your pc. Support seems non existent so I would avoid this app for now.
Confusing
Maceo719
This app is not easy to configure and set up. I've tried several times to get it to work and nothing has worked. The instructions they send aren't very helpful. The concept is awesome but the useability is nonexistent. I wish the developers would fix it already!!!!
Don't buy. Horrible
searchn
This software does not work. I emailed support and never heard back. I'm requesting a full refund. Don't waste your time or money.
Crap
bohica1963
Sloppy coding, a different error every minute. It is not necessary to have iTunes running nor is it useful to copy all media files into the program files (using double the disk space) and uninstalling is a nightmare of errors too! Can't turn off auto startup/can't uninstall once it's running. I feel like I need a full virus scan now. Try StreamToMe and it's companion server, ServeToMe. It's a neatly done small program that doesn't take over your computer and is very unobtrusive. I wish I could give zero stars to this junk.
Doesn't work
Mike 5405
Just wasted $3 and an hour and a half of my Saturday morning trying to coax this monstrosity into working . First you have to load a program on your pc, and the set up is buggy and hard to navigate. When I finally got that to appear to be working, the ipad app said the serving wasn't running even though there was a green light on the of server program. I gave up after a time and uninstalled. Use google play access apps instead - you don't get to access the itunes playlists but you can make new ones.
