Comments on: Soundflavor DJ = iTunes Meets Pandora http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora Tech News, Reviews and Guides Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:29:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Steve Skrzyniarz http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-129567 Steve Skrzyniarz Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:52:46 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-129567 @Jill Hennessman Not sure who the "Association for Safe Computing" is, but the information in the post above is NOT ACCURATE. Soundflavor cares deeply about respecting the privacy of its users. Soundflavor DJ identifies the songs in your music library -- as do many jukebox packages (such as iTunes) -- for the purposes of pulling album covers for the songs in your library and making recommendations of other songs from your library. Soundflavor DJ stores all of its identification data on your computer, not on our servers. By default, Soundflavor keeps no record of the music in your library. If you choose to do so, you can publish playlists on our website, share them with others online via widgets, or show your play history on our website. Again, these are optional features. Finally, Soundflavor DJ does not "sneak around" your hard drive. The only folder the app looks at is your music folder, again, for the purposes of simply allowing the application to do what it does (picking music for you to listen to based on similarity of sound). If anyone has any specific questions about our privacy policy, feel free to refer to it at http://www.soundflavor.com/about/privacy.php or email info@soundflavor.com Steve Skrzyniarz CEO, Soundflavor @Jill Hennessman

Not sure who the “Association for Safe Computing” is, but the information in the post above is NOT ACCURATE.

Soundflavor cares deeply about respecting the privacy of its users.

Soundflavor DJ identifies the songs in your music library — as do many jukebox packages (such as iTunes) — for the purposes of pulling album covers for the songs in your library and making recommendations of other songs from your library.

Soundflavor DJ stores all of its identification data on your computer, not on our servers.

By default, Soundflavor keeps no record of the music in your library. If you choose to do so, you can publish playlists on our website, share them with others online via widgets, or show your play history on our website. Again, these are optional features.

Finally, Soundflavor DJ does not “sneak around” your hard drive. The only folder the app looks at is your music folder, again, for the purposes of simply allowing the application to do what it does (picking music for you to listen to based on similarity of sound).

If anyone has any specific questions about our privacy policy, feel free to refer to it at http://www.soundflavor.com/about/privacy.php or email info@soundflavor.com

Steve Skrzyniarz
CEO, Soundflavor

]]> By: Jill Hennessman http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-129422 Jill Hennessman Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:58:06 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-129422 So called DJ from SoundFlavor is one of the very few programs that bluntly violates one the most basic Internet privacy rules that Internet programs should work only in special zone of your hard drive. This program sneaks around all your hard drives and sends data back to SoundFlavor. None of the browsers or players is doing that. If you have this program installed UNINSTALL IT IMMEDIATELY. Jill Hennessman Association for Safe Computing (ASC) So called DJ from SoundFlavor is one of the very few programs that bluntly violates one the most basic Internet privacy rules that Internet programs should work only in special zone of your hard drive.

This program sneaks around all your hard drives and sends data back to SoundFlavor. None of the browsers or players is doing that.

If you have this program installed UNINSTALL IT IMMEDIATELY.

Jill Hennessman
Association for Safe Computing (ASC)

]]> By: titanium_geek http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-37747 titanium_geek Sat, 04 Nov 2006 06:25:06 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-37747 Itunes 7 has "get CD names" which works. :) Itunes 7 has “get CD names” which works. :)

]]> By: Kyle Korleski http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-32577 Kyle Korleski Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:32:19 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-32577 I can't wait for this to be released ^_^ I can’t wait for this to be released ^_^

]]> By: PaulStamatiou.com http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-30853 PaulStamatiou.com Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:23:59 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-30853 <strong>Tangerine Enters a Crowded Market, Pwns All...</strong> Over the last few weeks I have talked about applications and services that enhance iTunes, such as Qloud’s tagging plugin and Soundflavor’s iTunes add-on. Get ready to welcome one more application to this group, Tangerine. Tangerine is most... Tangerine Enters a Crowded Market, Pwns All…

Over the last few weeks I have talked about applications and services that enhance iTunes, such as Qloud’s tagging plugin and Soundflavor’s iTunes add-on. Get ready to welcome one more application to this group, Tangerine. Tangerine is most…

]]> By: Shadow http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-28302 Shadow Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:01:07 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-28302 Recently released is The Filter - a similar application and this one is in part collaboration with All Media Guide! I think it would be cool to see a comparision/review between the two apps...? Recently released is The Filter – a similar application and this one is in part collaboration with All Media Guide!

I think it would be cool to see a comparision/review between the two apps…?

]]> By: Soundflavor launches — a new way to discover the music you already own at FactoryCity http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-27906 Soundflavor launches — a new way to discover the music you already own at FactoryCity Sun, 08 Oct 2006 23:26:15 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-27906 [...] Reviews so far seem good, and I’m eager to see their playlist-cum-mixtape sharing community launch (think deviantART meets iMix) — and hopefully, someday, Lucas Gonze will have his way (I rallied for ya, man!). [...] [...] Reviews so far seem good, and I’m eager to see their playlist-cum-mixtape sharing community launch (think deviantART meets iMix) — and hopefully, someday, Lucas Gonze will have his way (I rallied for ya, man!). [...]

]]> By: Brian Schiller http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-27415 Brian Schiller Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:58:50 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-27415 titanium_geek: Actually, if you notice there are two scanning processes. The quick scan looks at the metadata first and then there is a background scan. This takes much longer but I left the app open for a couple hours and when I returned it had finished. Most of my bad metadata tracks were actually recognized. Cool. titanium_geek: Actually, if you notice there are two scanning processes. The quick scan looks at the metadata first and then there is a background scan. This takes much longer but I left the app open for a couple hours and when I returned it had finished. Most of my bad metadata tracks were actually recognized. Cool.

]]> By: Matteo Scotuzzi http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-27398 Matteo Scotuzzi Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:42:15 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-27398 @ titanium_geek: try musicbrainz.org: it has a good user-contributed database of id3 tags. Their software scans your tracks and tries to find out the matching entry in the db. The last time that I used it, it wasn't perfect, but it was better than editing every track by hand; in alternative you can rip every cd again and use the function integrated in your program to retrieve the infos for the whole cd that usually is much more accurate than musicbrainz (I think that iTunes can do that). @ titanium_geek: try musicbrainz.org: it has a good user-contributed database of id3 tags. Their software scans your tracks and tries to find out the matching entry in the db. The last time that I used it, it wasn’t perfect, but it was better than editing every track by hand; in alternative you can rip every cd again and use the function integrated in your program to retrieve the infos for the whole cd that usually is much more accurate than musicbrainz (I think that iTunes can do that).

]]> By: titanium_geek http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-27354 titanium_geek Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:39:19 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-27354 My music consists of CD's that were ripped when offline, so they are named "track 1" etc. Is there any good way of restoring the ID3 tags? My music consists of CD’s that were ripped when offline, so they are named “track 1″ etc. Is there any good way of restoring the ID3 tags?

]]> By: Paul Stamatiou http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-27274 Paul Stamatiou Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:18:19 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-27274 It will be a few months apparently, but yeah I'll be sure to blog about that Chris. It will be a few months apparently, but yeah I’ll be sure to blog about that Chris.

]]> By: Chris Spinks http://paulstamatiou.com/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora#comment-27272 Chris Spinks Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:10:13 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/10/04/soundflavor-itunes-meets-pandora/#comment-27272 This looks like an amazing app. Please let us know when you see that it becomes available for Mac. This looks like an amazing app. Please let us know when you see that it becomes available for Mac.

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