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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.c

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 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.

jonursenbach 16y ago
Didn't Audiogalaxy used to be a P2P service in the early 00s?
- slackerIII 16y ago
  It did. We are some of the same folks, but a totally different service now.
  - rbarooah 16y ago
    It was magnificent back then. I know it's not the same thing, but seeing the logo and installing the new 'helper' gave me a good feeling.
  - bvi 16y ago
    Wow. Nostalgia. I'll have to try this out again, after a decade.
  - blasdel 16y ago
    Wow! I'd been thinking about researching iTunes -> iPhone streaming apps, but now I don't even have to — I know wholeheartedly that anything y'all put out is going to be awesome. It's weird to realize that 'brands' really do have worth. Audiogalaxy 1.0 was the first to really execute on an amazing new UX since the days of IRC Fserves and Napster, and after your legal problems it wasn't till OiNK (and now what.cd) showed up years later that anything nearly as good was available.
  - revorad 16y ago
    Thank you, thank you, thank you for making Audiogalaxy which introduced me to my favourite music of all times, back in the day.
  - jazzychad 16y ago
    The second purchase I ever made online was an Audiogalaxy t-shirt. Thanks for the memories :)
  - iamgoat 16y ago
    I may still have my AudioGalaxy t-shirt from back in the day. Edit: High-five to jazzychad, didn't see your response.
- baddox 16y ago
  The one where you searched from your browser and then opened some small hash file into the client which did the sharing, right? Not unlike the later BitTorrent.
  - slackerIII 16y ago
    Yeah, everything was browser based, except for the small app that ran on the desktop. We handled all the queues and the download scheduling on the server though -- no need for the client to open anything.
    - yellowbkpk 16y ago
      That was brilliant. I left the client up at home and could queue stuff up while at school. When I got home I had a bunch of new music to listen to. Great idea!
      - slackerIII 16y ago
        Thanks! That was my first lesson in how inspiring constraints can be -- we didn't have the resources to make a good client UI, so we put it on the website instead.
aphexairlines 16y ago
No linux?
- slackerIII 16y ago
  Not yet -- I am bummed we haven't been able to make it happen yet but it is definitely on the list.
  - scotu 16y ago
    In fact it works perfectly fine with wine until linux version is out
  - bambax 16y ago
    My music sits on a ReadyNAS Duo (fantastic value, low power, always on), which runs Debian. It would be very nice if the helper application worked there too.
  - highwind81 16y ago
    Yeah... no linux is a killer for me. Can I get a notification or something when there is a support for linux?
    - slackerIII 16y ago
      Yeah, send me an email (see profile) and I'll try to let you know.
malnourish 16y ago
Your site appears to be down for me. Unexpected spike in traffic? :)
- slackerIII 16y ago
  Everything looks fine on my end. Shoot me an email (see my profile) and we'll figure it out. YC doesn't hit quite as hard as LifeHacker did last year. :)
starik36 16y ago
Any plans to also stream video or photos? That would be flat out awesome.
- slackerIII 16y ago
  No -- we want to focus on making the best music experience possible right now.
ripdog 16y ago
I'm currently using subsonic on my home server to stream my music, subsonic is guaranteed to be free forever, is open source, runs anywhere java does, transcodes formats, does video, allows downloads/uploads, has multiple full-featured mobile apps for almost every mobile platform, pretty much everything you could want. Setup is easy as pie, and it will even give you a subdomain in subsonic.org if you donate to the developer. As far as I can see, your service is subsonic + the hassle of registering, yet another company with your personal details, less features and the possibility that it may become a freemium service in the future. So, what, exactly, does your service offer?
- slackerIII 16y ago
  IMHO, our setup is easier for normal people and our UI is simpler. And, it is totally free -- no "suggested donation" to get your license key.
e03179 16y ago
How does your service compare to Orb? With Orb, I can stream my DRM'd-to-hell Zune Pass content to my iPhone.
ralphc 16y ago
Just downloaded it. Is there or can there be an option to keep the traffic inside my LAN, on the home side of my router? Seems a waste of my ISP bandwidth to stream from one room in my house to another.

jonursenbach 16y ago

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

slackerIII 16y ago
It did. We are some of the same folks, but a totally different service now.
- rbarooah 16y ago
  It was magnificent back then. I know it's not the same thing, but seeing the logo and installing the new 'helper' gave me a good feeling.
- bvi 16y ago
  Wow. Nostalgia. I'll have to try this out again, after a decade.
- blasdel 16y ago
  Wow! I'd been thinking about researching iTunes -> iPhone streaming apps, but now I don't even have to — I know wholeheartedly that anything y'all put out is going to be awesome. It's weird to realize that 'brands' really do have worth. Audiogalaxy 1.0 was the first to really execute on an amazing new UX since the days of IRC Fserves and Napster, and after your legal problems it wasn't till OiNK (and now what.cd) showed up years later that anything nearly as good was available.
- revorad 16y ago
  Thank you, thank you, thank you for making Audiogalaxy which introduced me to my favourite music of all times, back in the day.
- jazzychad 16y ago
  The second purchase I ever made online was an Audiogalaxy t-shirt. Thanks for the memories :)
- iamgoat 16y ago
  I may still have my AudioGalaxy t-shirt from back in the day. Edit: High-five to jazzychad, didn't see your response.
baddox 16y ago
The one where you searched from your browser and then opened some small hash file into the client which did the sharing, right? Not unlike the later BitTorrent.
- slackerIII 16y ago
  Yeah, everything was browser based, except for the small app that ran on the desktop. We handled all the queues and the download scheduling on the server though -- no need for the client to open anything.
  - yellowbkpk 16y ago
    That was brilliant. I left the client up at home and could queue stuff up while at school. When I got home I had a bunch of new music to listen to. Great idea!
    - slackerIII 16y ago
      Thanks! That was my first lesson in how inspiring constraints can be -- we didn't have the resources to make a good client UI, so we put it on the website instead.

aphexairlines 16y ago

No linux?

slackerIII 16y ago
Not yet -- I am bummed we haven't been able to make it happen yet but it is definitely on the list.
- scotu 16y ago
  In fact it works perfectly fine with wine until linux version is out
- bambax 16y ago
  My music sits on a ReadyNAS Duo (fantastic value, low power, always on), which runs Debian. It would be very nice if the helper application worked there too.
- highwind81 16y ago
  Yeah... no linux is a killer for me. Can I get a notification or something when there is a support for linux?
  - slackerIII 16y ago
    Yeah, send me an email (see profile) and I'll try to let you know.

malnourish 16y ago

Your site appears to be down for me. Unexpected spike in traffic? :)

slackerIII 16y ago
Everything looks fine on my end. Shoot me an email (see my profile) and we'll figure it out. YC doesn't hit quite as hard as LifeHacker did last year. :)

starik36 16y ago

Any plans to also stream video or photos? That would be flat out awesome.

slackerIII 16y ago
No -- we want to focus on making the best music experience possible right now.

ripdog 16y ago

I'm currently using subsonic on my home server to stream my music, subsonic is guaranteed to be free forever, is open source, runs anywhere java does, transcodes formats, does video, allows downloads/uploads, has multiple full-featured mobile apps for almost every mobile platform, pretty much everything you could want. Setup is easy as pie, and it will even give you a subdomain in subsonic.org if you donate to the developer. As far as I can see, your service is subsonic + the hassle of registering, yet another company with your personal details, less features and the possibility that it may become a freemium service in the future. So, what, exactly, does your service offer?

slackerIII 16y ago
IMHO, our setup is easier for normal people and our UI is simpler. And, it is totally free -- no "suggested donation" to get your license key.

e03179 16y ago

How does your service compare to Orb? With Orb, I can stream my DRM'd-to-hell Zune Pass content to my iPhone.

ralphc 16y ago

Just downloaded it. Is there or can there be an option to keep the traffic inside my LAN, on the home side of my router? Seems a waste of my ISP bandwidth to stream from one room in my house to another.