Comments on: Review: Qtrax Songbird Media Player v0.2 beta

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:53:08 +0000

Sorry admin, but you’re out of luck if you expect Qtrax to work with any other MP3 player besides those compatible with Microsoft’s proprietary Plays For Sure DRM scheme. I wouldn’t bother investing time into Qtrax as a source for music, as with the cases of Ruckus, SpiralFrog, and MSN Music, which ultimately all failed, you’ll no longer be able to play any of your music due to the DRM scheme when they cease operations. If you don’t mind essentially renting your music and not knowing when the lease could suddenly end, then by all means.

By: luckybleu

luckybleu — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:55:14 +0000

Look for qtrax V1.0 to launch next week site is down now in preperations

By: admin

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:28:46 +0000

My big problem with Qtrax at this point is that the tracks are all protected in such a way that you have no way to put it on an MP3 player and listen to it on the go. And I’d like to see a solution to that which doesn’t involve proprietary players; I own one MP3 player already (Insignia Sport) and I don’t want to have to buy one that is Qtrax-specific.

By: luckybleu

luckybleu — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:43:12 +0000

Check out qtrax now is all I can say a year later but all of universal and emi catalog available now for free legal downloads Sony also signed but much music still missing as of now warner music group only holdout Look for portability with in weeks?

By: Bajadoc

Bajadoc — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:37:05 +0000

I have a partial retraction.
I guess TVT signed, and you can download a limited number of songs from that label.

Sony and Emi apparently signed, but no downloads from their labels yet.

By: Bajadoc

Bajadoc — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:38:54 +0000

Sounds like a penny stock scam. BLLN went from .02 to .05 (150% rise) on the news of Qtrax downloads. As of yet, no downloads, and I doubt there ever will be.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:58:30 +0000

Jan,

That’s all Qtrax is at the moment, sure… It’s what’s coming (possibly) that’s exciting. Hope they can work out the licensing…

By: Jan Bollocks

Jan Bollocks — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:36:52 +0000

Interesting review but a bit easy on Qtrax! Why bother with Qtrax when I can just get Songbird free without the ads! So far they’ve rebadged a free music player and have given you the benefits(!) of having to download ads!

Talk about bait and switch by any other name!

By: Ethan

Ethan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:15:12 +0000

Hello. I work for POTI, the folks that make the Songbird Player platform. A quick correction: the Songbird player is actually a platform that allows developers to seamlessly integrate their services, their devices, their user experiences and their brands to create their own branded media players.

In this case, Qtrax licensed the Songbird Player and then integrated an advertising supported music download service into it (hence the ads). They changed the look and feel and added Qtrax branding as well. And that’s the whole idea behind the Songbird Player. Any company or developer can create custom experiences using our API’s.

You can find more information about the Songbird Player at http://www.songbirdnest.com. Or, for the hackers among us, try: developer.songbirdnest.com.

Thanks,

Ethan