void.pointer Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Hello, I'm not sure if this is possible, but I would like a way to be able to conveniently place OC Remixes on my iPhone. I'm at work most of my days and I only sync my iPhone at home, which means I cannot put songs on it through your typical means (iTunes sync). To me, an ideal solution would be for OC Remix to publish their music to the iTunes store as "free" downloads. That would allow me to purchase them on my iPhone and have them immediately. I'm not sure if this is feasible for the community though. The only other alternative I can think of is to listen to some oc remix radio broadcast, but I'm not sure of what apps I would need to download on my iPhone 3GS to make this possible. Guidance is greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Unfortunately iTunes doesn't really support free downloads. Independent artists can get their music on it, but iTunes basically determines the pricing for you unless you have a LOT of leverage. They only do free downloads for promotional purposes, and only then, it's rare. So, it's not feasible to do anything through the iTunes Store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Whelchel Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 The best way that I know of to do this would be to do a podcast, with each new release as a new entry. It's gimmicky, but it's been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I don't have an iphone, but.... can't you just download them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanthos Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Or, download them at work, bring them home on a USB drive, and sync at home? Or, just download them at home? How long does it really take to download a few files a week and sync your iPhone? It's not like you have to sync for every new track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level 99 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 This was definitely a reason I got my iPhone in the first-place, but it took me a few months to gather my wits and actually endeavour to do this. First, you're going to have to jailbreak your iPhone if you want to do a direct download. Technically, you can just Safari-browse to an OCremix's webpage and play it streaming through the browser and not jailbreak the phone, but that's a waste of bandwidth if you do it more than once, plus cell phone signal isn't always great at (*insert job location here*). So, if you've decided to jailbreak the phone (which, if you're reading this far, have enough interest to possibly do it), go ahead and get that out of the way. There's plenty of web resources for how to do it, so go ahead and get to googling. If you end up having trouble, I'll try to find you some of the resources I used. Next, make sure you have Cydia installed. You're going to want to install the following: 1. Safari Download Plug-In 2. dTunes The download plugin allows any MP3 you try to access in Safari to be downloaded directly to an iPhone local directory. dTunes is a media player that plays MP3s directly from said download directory, and features editing and browsing so you can organize the musics you get. Hope this helps! Edit: To address Taucer's "just download" thing: the iPhone can stream stuff from the data connection, but doesn't let you download anything like that. You have to be connected to WiFi to buy and download anything on the iPhone's iTunes store, and furthermore any games over 10 mb need a WiFi connection to download. To get new stuff in the library, most people have to download it on their computers and sync with iTunes, which is a PAIN more often than not. Jailbroken iPhones have more capabilities for doing things on-the-fly than the vanillas do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 The best way that I know of to do this would be to do a podcast, with each new release as a new entry. It's gimmicky, but it's been done. Yeah, we could do that, but we won't. We want people to come here to get the music, not subscribe to it automatically with an RSS downloader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Whelchel Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Yeah, we could do that, but we won't. We want people to come here to get the music, not subscribe to it automatically with an RSS downloader. I agree 110% with this philosophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Biznut Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I was about to suggest the podcast thing too, but in the end it is better if people come here to get it, great comment DarkeSword. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmonious Dissonance Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Can you do this with the iTouch also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level 99 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Can you do this with the iTouch also? If you're refering to my post about dTunes, I believe it's possible, since there is a way to do a jailbreak-type thing on the iPod Touch, but I have never done it myself before. If you're able to get cydia on the iPod touch, you can probably get those two programs. Since there's no built-in access to data without WiFi though, you obviously will have to be connected to wireless internet in order to get stuff. It will let you bypass iTunes though, which is always a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.