Anyone else waiting on a Google Music invite?

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Spoooon

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cronos said:
I got my invite today, uploaded some songs, but I couldn't see how to link it with the Music player on Android. The new 'Music Beta' app does not show the songs I have on the cloud. Do I have to link it manually? From my understanding it should be able to link automatically if the google account with Music Beta is registered on the phone.
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I got my invite the other day. I assume that you figured it out by now, but if not, you need to select your gmail account in settings.
 
cronos

cronos

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Spoooon said:
I got my invite the other day. I assume that you figured it out by now, but if not, you need to select your gmail account in settings.
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I did figure it out when the 'Settings' option show up magically, it wasn't there before. When I asked that question above I only had two options when I hit menu, 'Search' and 'Shuffle'. It was really weird. I even restarted my phone and still there were only the two options. And because I didn't know what other options should be there, I thought that's all I'd get.

I ended up uninstalling the app and reinstall it again right away. Finally the complete menu options show up and I set the link up easily.
 
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Spoooon

Lifer
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cronos said:
I did figure it out when the 'Settings' option show up magically, it wasn't there before. When I asked that question above I only had two options when I hit menu, 'Search' and 'Shuffle'. It was really weird. I even restarted my phone and still there were only the two options. And because I didn't know what other options should be there, I thought that's all I'd get.

I ended up uninstalling the app and reinstall it again right away. Finally the complete menu options show up and I set the link up easily.
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Now that you mention it, I think you're right that the settings option wasn't initially available.
 
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Praetor

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I received my invite last week only to discover their uploader doesn't support linux. At least with Amazon's player I can upload songs individually and any new purchase is automatically loaded.
 
Zeze

Zeze

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Just got the invite after reading this thread few hours ago.

I added all my songs to their service. So I guess my music is available anywhere now?

Will check it out more later.
 
ultimatebob

ultimatebob

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I got my invite a few days ago. I like the eclectic collection of music that it came bundled with... there is some pretty cool stuff in there.
 
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Indolent

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Got mine today as well. I'm not sure how much use I'll have for it though. I already keep the music I listen to on my sd card. Streaming over the cell network is such a battery killer.
 
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Eos

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freegeeks said:
dont need it, i already have my own "cloud", it's called a 10 TB NAS + Mac Mini + Plex
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I received my invite today and promptly began to use it. Then I realized I had to upload my library somewhere. No thanks. I don't have a web-enabled phone, so the need for me is nonexistent at this time. I have an iPod Classic or a laptop for when I'm away from home.

Oh yeah, the library is stored on an unRAID server. Plus the lappy, plus two other desktops.
 
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Suspicious-Teach8788

Lifer
Feb 19, 2001
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the fail? how come i didn't see an email saying I got in?

I went to google.com/music and I could start adding -_____-

didnt know this whole time.
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

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got mine today. not sure if I'll even respond to it.

...what does it do, anyway?

:hmm:
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

No Lifer
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FoBoT said:
it plays music
you know, like napster did
back in the 90's
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i never once used napster. none of that stuff ever appealed to me.

not a fan of mp3s, to this day. :\

is it supposed to be a free service when complete--load your own files onto "the cloud" with zero repercussions and stream from anywhere you want?
 
lokiju

lokiju

Lifer
May 29, 2003
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I've been using it for the past few weeks.

Works fine. Interface is a little clunky but does the trick.
 
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