The music industry is holding onto the hope that music lovers will buy their CD’s and inflate their profit margins but we all know the future of music is digital and most probably via a web stream. Many people who read this site will undoubtedly have iPods and carry their music around with them but what if you could connect to your music collection wherever you were just as long as you had an internet connection?
No, it’s not Spotify, it’s your own version; Vibe Streamer. This clever piece of software installs itself onto your computer and makes a private server for all of your music, allowing it to be accessed from anywhere with a browser.
Once installed, you can configure the settings, access controls and security before allowing it to be completely internet facing. You need to make sure your router unblocks the ports used by the program for external access, but once you have everything as you like it and configured, you simply need to point your browser to either a local address on your network or your IP address of your computer connected to the internet.
The software is free and is continually updated. The Vibe Streamer website is full of helpful information including manuals, FAQ’s and a user forum.
