Download shared music over LAN with OurTunes

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Added On: 29th Jan 08

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ATTENTION: There is a better alternative to OurTunes called Mojo. Read this article.

Save files from you networked computers, while listening to an iTunes shared library. You can save your friends - sorry, YOUR - mp3s and aacs across a network.

Tips for making it work better:

  • Start iTunes just before starting ourTunes.
  • In OurTunes, select a download directory. This MUST already exist.
  • Select the shared library you want from within OurTunes.
  • It’ll say “creating passthrough thread…” and should then give some information about the library you chose.
  • Back in iTunes, select the second version of the library. This should have just appeared…
  • Play a song to download it. You can pause to speed it up.
  • It helps to fully listen to the first song; “speed downloading” often causes iTunes to disconnect from the share which is an inconvenience.

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8 Comments

  • GravatarMac Site Admin:

    This program also runs on a Mac. There are a few bugs however, but the core functions still work. See here.

  • Gravatarcharles engberg:

    Hello, I can not get the jar file for our tunes to open it tells me there are errors and to check the console?

  • GravatarEverything iTunes:

    Sorry, i’m not sure about that error. Maybe try updating Java? Restart iTunes (and the computer?) Reinstall iTunes? I don’t know if any of this will work, but give it a try and get back to us okay?

    What are the errors, anyway? Good luck.

  • GravatarEverything iTunes:

    As the article now shows, there is a much better equivalent to Ourtunes called Mojo.

  • Gravatarconfused:

    Where do the songs get downloaded to? I can’t find them! : (

  • GravatarTraci Carlson:

    Ya, I can’t find the songs either, here is what I have typed in to the format outputted file, and I can’t find them in the file I specified!
    %R_%a-%t.%eC:\Documents and Settings\Traci Carlson\Desktop\New Folder

  • Gravatarit keeps screwing up:

    when i click the song, it downloads instantly and goes to the next song and instantly downloads that too–and then the next and the next and the next. but when i open the songs in itunes to listen, only the first two seconds or so of the song are there–what the cupcake is going on?!?

  • Gravatarnot working:

    error message comes up
    java.lang.NullPointerException.
    This program will terminate shortly. To view errors with ourTunes,lauch the jar file from the Console or Terminal

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