Yahoo! Music Jukebox

Yahoo! Music Jukebox

Infobox Software
name = Yahoo! Music Jukebox



caption =
developer = Yahoo!
released = ?
frequently_updated = yes
programming language = ?
operating system = Windows 98/Me, 2000, XP, Vista
language = ?
genre = Media player
license = Proprietary
website = [http://music.yahoo.com/jukebox/ music.yahoo.com/jukebox]

Yahoo! Music Jukebox is a freeware music player released by Yahoo! in 2005. Its appearance is vaguely similar to the "MusicMatch Jukebox", related to the fact that MusicMatch, which developed the Jukebox, was purchased by Yahoo! in 2004.

Recently it has been upgraded and renamed to Yahoo! Music Jukebox (from Yahoo! Music engine).

Features

Its features include CD ripping and burning, access to LAUNCHcast and the Yahoo! Music Unlimited music subscription service, playlist creation, transfer of music to select portable devices such as mp3 players and USB flash drives. The program allows Yahoo! Messenger users to stream music to one another (not to be confused with uploading and downloading or filesharing) and browse one another's playlists. Only those subscribed to Yahoo! Unlimited can add entire songs to their collections, however. Non-subscribers are limited to a thirty second sample.

One can rip songs in a variety of formats including .wav, .mp3, and .wmv. Interestingly, one cannot rip songs in the .wma format, despite the fact that songs purchased from Yahoo! are encoded using that format. Another strange format issue within the player, the CD burner; it can burn .mp3 CD's, however, the player itself is incapable of playing an .mp3 CD. The engine also has a number of plugins available for free download from the program's official website below. The programming interfaces for the engine are open; anyone may create a plug-in or skin to modify the behavior of the engine.

Yahoo! strongly encourages users of MusicMatch Jukebox to upgrade to the latest version of Yahoo! Music Jukebox. The two products are relatively different in functionality. MusicMatch Jukebox has many more features, and it appears that Yahoo! Music Jukebox is a stripped-down version of its originating program.

ystem Requirements

Yahoo! Music Jukebox (YMJ) requires Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-Bit) or Microsoft Windows Vista (32 or 64-bit) with Internet Explorer 6 or newer and Windows Media Player 9 or newer. Also your computer must have at least a Pentium III 300 MHz processor & 128MB RAM. [http://music.yahoo.com/jukebox/] It currently does not support running on other operating systems. Due to its dependence on Active X, a proprietary technology developed by Microsoft, it is likely not to be ported to other operating systems.

Demise

According to the Yahoo site, the software is no longer available for purchase as it's been bought out by Rhapsody (online music service) all clients will be switched by the middle part of 2008. [ [http://mashable.com/2008/02/04/yahoo-kills-yahoo-music-signs-deal-with-rhapsody/ Yahoo Kills Yahoo Music Unlimited, Signs Deal With Rhapsody] , retrieved April 28, 2008]

ee also

*Musicmatch Jukebox
*Comparison of media players
*List of media players

References / External links

* [http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/music/rhapsodymigration/faq.html?pageid=unagi.19316243.wrapper&pageregion=div_02&src=rh_yahoo&pcode=yahooreal&opage=rh_yahoo&rsrc=yahoo&ocode=yahooreal&cpath=ufooter Yahoo FAQ about the switch to Rhapsody Music JukeBox]
* [http://music.yahoo.com/jukebox/ Yahoo! Music Jukebox Official Site]
* [http://gallery.yahoo.com/technology/2 Yahoo! Music Engine Plug-ins]
* [http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=206022 Official press release about rebranding of Yahoo! Music Engine to Yahoo! Music Jukebox]


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