Musictube

Just a quick note to announce that Musictube is now available on the Mac App Store and on the Ubuntu Software Center. Yay!

In the middle of summer an idea came to my mind and I quickly noted it in my GMail tasks. Weeks later, when back in Rome, without thinking too much about it, I started working on it in my usual code-as-theres-no-tomorrow style.

Here’s the idea: YouTube is full of music videos. I have coded a YouTube player. I have coded a music player. These things converge. And the place where they meet is a kind of YouTube player specialized in music. Or a music player that streams music from YouTube.

I’m really proud to introduce you to Musictube. Musictube lets you listen to music on YouTube in a much more convenient way. Musictube integrates album covers, artist pictures and lyrics. Musictube also features a “Live” mode for listening to live performances only, and a “Cover” mode that plays covers and remixes of the original song. There are many other details to talk about, but since this is a one-of-a-kind app, you’re better downloading it and see for yourself.

Musictube is available for Mac, Windows and Ubuntu. Get it.

Translate it!

I automatically imported some translated strings from my other apps into Transifex. If you care, you can finish the translation for your native language here.

A note to Linux users

Musictube is not Free Software. The Ubuntu package is for sale just like for the other platforms. Other Linux distros are just left out in the cold for now. Please don’t bash me for this: not everything can be GPLed. Bear with me as I experiment with various business models. By supporting Musictube you indirectly support my other GPLed projects: they share large amounts of code and many enhancements can flow from Musictube to Minitube and Minitunes.