Ezmo
Encyclopedia
Ezmo was a free, online music player which let you listen to your and your friends' entire music collections anywhere. Ezmo was in its beta phase. The service uses technology from Fast Search & Transfer
and Adobe
Flex. Ezmo is a fully owned subsidiary of Fast Search & Transfer
and is based in Oslo
, Norway
. Ezmo closed on the 14th of March 2008 due to a lack of funding.
installed.
(1) using the Ezmo Music Uploader or,(2) through the Manual Upload
All songs will appear in the user's Ezmo account shortly after completed uploading. With the latest version of the Ezmo uploader, you can adjust the upload speed anywhere between 20 kbit/s to 10 Mbit/s. However, the speed of the Ezmo Music Uploader is limited by the upload capacity provided to the user by their local ISP. For users who want to upload a large collection of music, it is recommended to leave the uploader running overnight as uploading large collections could be time consuming.
If you experience that some of your songs fail transcoding, retry uploading, or report the song title and your username to Ezmo
With the manual upload option a user simply add songs to their collections by choosing the songs he wish to upload from a file folder and start uploading by clicking the "Upload" button. A progress bar will then appear, moving from left to right below the list, showing how much of the topmost song in the list has been uploaded.
While the manual upload is running, a user is free to go back to the player, listen to music and explore their friend’s music collections, as long as they don’t log out of Ezmo or close the browser.
Ezmo does not yet support DRM-protected audio files.
Users can use offline ID3 editing to get their music collection uploaded perfectly tagged on Ezmo. Offline editing could easily be done by using a media player, a standalone ID3 editing program such as Mp3 Tag Tools, or by editing the tags manually.
, and is possible via any browser with support for Flash 9. The music is streamed directly from the Ezmo server at approximately 128 kbit/s. When logged into Ezmo, you are able to access your own and 10 of your friends complete music collections from any computer with internet access
, 3G
or Wi-Fi
connection.
The Ezmo mobile music player is accessible from the mobile browser at the url: m.ezmo.com
Ezmo provides 14 skins to customize the feel of Ezmo, and has several social features allowing users to interact with their friends through for instance writing on each others walls or recommending songs. Ezmo also has a search feature which lets users search for other Ezmo members or songs available to them through their friends.
Fast Search & Transfer
Fast Search & Transfer ASA is a Norwegian company based in Oslo. FAST focuses on data search technologies. It also has offices located in Germany, Italy, Sri Lanka, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil, Mexico and other countries around the world. The company was founded...
and Adobe
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
Flex. Ezmo is a fully owned subsidiary of Fast Search & Transfer
Fast Search & Transfer
Fast Search & Transfer ASA is a Norwegian company based in Oslo. FAST focuses on data search technologies. It also has offices located in Germany, Italy, Sri Lanka, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil, Mexico and other countries around the world. The company was founded...
and is based in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Ezmo closed on the 14th of March 2008 due to a lack of funding.
The online music player
With Ezmo, users can play and listen to their music from any PC connected to the Internet. Ezmo has unlimited storage space for its users, and once registered, users can upload their entire music collections and share it with up to 10 of their friends. The music is streamed directly from the Ezmo server at approximately 128 kbit/s. The Ezmo player runs inside any web browser that has Adobe Flash Player 9Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
installed.
Upload
Users have two alternative methods for uploading music to their Ezmo account:(1) using the Ezmo Music Uploader or,(2) through the Manual Upload
Ezmo Music Uploader
The easiest way for a user to upload their entire music collection to their Ezmo account is to download and install the “Ezmo Music Uploader”. After the uploading client is installed and launched, users are given four options for uploading music:- iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
Library (uploads all the songs that you have in your iTunes library) - Windows Media PlayerWindows Media PlayerWindows Media Player is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices...
(uploads all the songs that you have in your Windows Media Player library) - WinampWinampWinamp is a media player for Windows-based PCs and Android devices, written by Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of AOL. It is proprietary freeware/shareware, multi-format, extensible with plug-ins and skins, and is noted for its graphical sound visualization, playlist, and media library features.Winamp...
Media Library (uploads all the songs that you have in your Winamp library) - File folder (uploads all the songs in the folder of your choice)
All songs will appear in the user's Ezmo account shortly after completed uploading. With the latest version of the Ezmo uploader, you can adjust the upload speed anywhere between 20 kbit/s to 10 Mbit/s. However, the speed of the Ezmo Music Uploader is limited by the upload capacity provided to the user by their local ISP. For users who want to upload a large collection of music, it is recommended to leave the uploader running overnight as uploading large collections could be time consuming.
If you experience that some of your songs fail transcoding, retry uploading, or report the song title and your username to Ezmo
Manual Upload
The manual uploader allows users to upload a folder or a track at a time to their Ezmo account from the browser.With the manual upload option a user simply add songs to their collections by choosing the songs he wish to upload from a file folder and start uploading by clicking the "Upload" button. A progress bar will then appear, moving from left to right below the list, showing how much of the topmost song in the list has been uploaded.
While the manual upload is running, a user is free to go back to the player, listen to music and explore their friend’s music collections, as long as they don’t log out of Ezmo or close the browser.
Supported filetypes
Ezmo supports the following formats:- MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
- WMAWindows Media AudioWindows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs...
- Ogg Vorbis
- M4A
- AACAACAAC refers to Advanced Audio Coding, an audio compression format successor to the MP3 format.AAC may also refer to:-Aviation:* AAC, IATA airport code for El Arish International Airport, Egypt...
Ezmo does not yet support DRM-protected audio files.
Editing metadata
Ezmo currently supports online ID3 editing which allows you to rename an album or an artist, or the name of a song. At present, editing metadata is limited in the sense that it does not yet store year or genre data. Neither does Ezmo allow simultaneous editing of a few selected tracks from an album or artist.Users can use offline ID3 editing to get their music collection uploaded perfectly tagged on Ezmo. Offline editing could easily be done by using a media player, a standalone ID3 editing program such as Mp3 Tag Tools, or by editing the tags manually.
Playback
Playback in Ezmo is done via streamingStreaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
, and is possible via any browser with support for Flash 9. The music is streamed directly from the Ezmo server at approximately 128 kbit/s. When logged into Ezmo, you are able to access your own and 10 of your friends complete music collections from any computer with internet access
Ezmo Mobile Music Player
Ezmo released their Ezmo mobile music player the 28th of January 2008. This mobile player allows users to listen to their and their friends' music collections from any Flash Lite 3 enabled cell phone or a Windows Mobile with Flash Player 7. The mobile player streams music in CD quality in areas with an EdgeEnhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
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, 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
or Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
connection.
The Ezmo mobile music player is accessible from the mobile browser at the url: m.ezmo.com
Other features
Ezmo is working to make the users music available from any device capable of streaming music. A browser and mobile version is already released, but Ezmo is planning to release more clients for different devices sometimes during the first half of 2008. Next on the list is the Nintendo Wii.Ezmo provides 14 skins to customize the feel of Ezmo, and has several social features allowing users to interact with their friends through for instance writing on each others walls or recommending songs. Ezmo also has a search feature which lets users search for other Ezmo members or songs available to them through their friends.