MusicStreamer for Mac UserGuide

Add Your Music Collection

Setup Music from your Mac

To select your Music folder simply:

Click the cog icon
Select "Music Sources"
Click "Add Music Source"
Click "Choose Music Folder"
MusicStreamer will autodetect your music folder.

If your music is stored in another folder on your Mac, follow the "Setup for another Computer or Network Drive" steps.

Setup for another Computer or Network Drive

To add Music on a Network Drive or from another computer on your Network simply:

Click the cog icon
Select "Music Sources"
Click "Add Music Source"
Click "Scan" and follow the setup wizard.

See our help documents on how to connect to your Mac, Windows or TimeCapsule in the app for more information.

Switch Between Multiple Music Libraries

Add multiple libraries, your home collection or a network drive. If you have a laptop connect to your friends music collections from their WiFi.

Play Queue

The 'Play Queue' is the current list of tracks being played. This could be:

Songs
Albums
Playlists
Or a mix of all the above

Clicking Play on an Album or a Playlist will insert the tracks at the top of the Play Queue so that they will be played next, letting the current track finish.

If you want the tracks to play when you click them rather than queue them. Change this by clicking the cog in the top right -> Preferences there is an option to change this to:

Play Next
Play Now
Queue Up

Once you are done, scroll down and click "Done"

You can click the 'Edit' menu option to re-order it without changing the original album or play list.

Playlists

Create a Playlist

Click the 'Create Playlist' button under the play controls.

Adding tracks to a Playlist

Add a Song or Album to a playlist by clicking the context menu icon and choosing the playlist you wish to add them to.

Edit a Playlist

Click the Playlist context menu icon and choose 'Edit'. Now you can:

Re-order your tracks by using the drag controls.
Remove unwanted tracks by clicking the delete icon.

Once you have finished editing your playlist, click 'Done Editing'.

Import a Playlist

You can import your iTunes playlists by simply:

Click the Cog icon in the top right.
Select 'Import Playlist'
You are looking for a file named
'iTunes Music Library.xml'
or any .m3u, .m3u8 playlist files.
Simply navigate to where your iTunes folder is for example:
your username\Music\iTunes\
Click on this file, then all your Playlists will be displayed.
Select the playlist you wish to Import, and click the 'OK' button on the prompt to create this Playlist.
You can continue to add other playlsts in the same way, just click 'Done' when you are finished.