Yahoo! Music Jukebox

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Yahoo! Music Jukebox
Other namesYahoo! Music Engine
Developer(s)Yahoo!
Initial release2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Final release
2.2.2.058 / February 6, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-02-06)
Preview releasenone (n/a) [±]
Online radio
LicenseProprietary
Websitemusic.yahoo.com/jukebox

Yahoo! Music Jukebox, formerly known as Yahoo! Music Engine, was a

MusicMatch Jukebox, another music player acquired by Yahoo! in 2004,[1] it was designed to be the main client for Yahoo's array of music services, which were centered around Yahoo! Music Unlimited, a paid music streaming service and digital music store; in addition to being a music management software. In early 2008 Yahoo! sold off its music assets, including Yahoo! Music Jukebox to RealNetworks' Rhapsody and replaced it with a web-based music player.[2]

History

The idea of a dedicated music player was born from Yahoo! audio search engine, which was divided into two segments: audio files openly found on the Web; and licensed music from Yahoo! own music service that can be searched by several criteria (e.g., artist, title, album, etc.) and downloaded for a price, typically $1 per track.[3][4] Yahoo! wanted a product that would compete with Apple's iTunes and consequently acquired Mediacode —a digital music startup founded by former Nullsoft developers Ian Rogers and Robert Lord— in 2004 to build its in-house music subscription service[5] and create a media player/digital jukebox as the main client for that service.[6]

Features

Its features include

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. 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 the program it's superseded.

System 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 the computer must have at least a Pentium III 300 MHz processor & 128MB RAM.[1] It currently does not support running on other operating systems. Due to its dependence on ActiveX, a proprietary technology developed by Microsoft, it is likely not to be ported to other operating systems.

Shutdown

In February 2008 Yahoo! sold all its music assets to

Rhapsody.  All servers were switched off by end of September 2008.[7] Left with no way to access their DRM-protected songs due to the shutdown of DRM validation servers, Yahoo! customers were offered a chance to download a DRM-free version of their existing files from Rhapsody.[8]

As of summer 2008, the Jukebox no longer streams online content.  The Jukebox may still be used to manage purchased music and local music, but no longer connects to any online services.  If one wants to continue streaming Yahoo! Music, they should proceed to music.yahoo.com and listen to "My Station" from the website.

See also

References

  1. ^ Borland, John (September 14, 2004). "Yahoo's long and winding music road". CNET. CNET Networks.
  2. ^ "Rhapsody and Yahoo! Announce Strategic Partnership in Digital Music" (Press release). Sunnyvale, CA and Seattle: RealNetworks. February 4, 2008. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  3. ZDNet
    . CNET Networks.
  4. ^ Hansell, Saul (August 4, 2005). "Yahoo Introduces Search Service for Music". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Rogers Named Yahoo! Music GM". Billboard. Nielsen. February 22, 2007.
  6. ^ Hu, Jim (February 4, 2004). "Yahoo composing music download plan". CNET. CNET Networks.
  7. ^ Schroeder, Stan (February 4, 2008). "Yahoo Kills Yahoo Music Unlimited, Signs Deal With Rhapsody". Mashable. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
  8. ^ Schroeder, Stan (July 3, 2008). "With the closing of Yahoo's music download store, old DRM'd songs now useless". TechCrunch. TechCrunch.

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