How to Access Your Music from Any Computer

Steps

1. Go to the Vibe Streamer website (see external link below) and download Vibe Streamer installer to your desktop.
2. Install the program to the default location.
3. Alternatively, for a portable installation that does not touch your registry, use Universal Extractor to extract the program to a suitable directory (see external link below)
4. Launch the program via the shortcut or by double clicking vibestreamer.exe

• Step 1: Add yourself as a user.
  • Click the Users and Groups tab.
  • Right-click in the Groups area and create a group called Family or another name for a group you could fit into.
  • Right-click the Users area and create a user called Me or something self-referential.
  • Set Max number of Users and Max connections per IP to 1.

• Step 2: point vibe streamer to the directory containing your music files.
  • Click the "Sharing" tab, right-click in the Shared Directories area and point the program to your music using the Browse button, eg: "C:\Music"
  • Make sure that you add yourself and your group to the permitted users of this directory by clicking the check boxes.

• Step 3: Fine-tune your settings
  • Click on the Settings tab and turn on Log streamed files and Log failed logins.
  • Set the Maximum connected users to a number based on the number of users you have created.
  • Select Activate Server on program startup

• Step 4: Note the address to access your music at
  • Note your IP address down using a service such as whatsmyip.org (see external link below)
  • Append the number in Port in the Settings tab to the IP address using a colon.
  • If your IP address is 67.40.127.78 and your Port number was 8081, you would use http:// 67.40.127.78:8081 to access your music from another computer.

• Streaming music consumes bandwidth ? you may have a bandwidth limit, so check with your ISP to make sure you don?t violate your user agreement.
• Providing people access to music they did not purchase may violate laws in some countries. Make sure you do not share music with unauthorized people and open yourself to attacks from the RIAA, particularly if you are an old lady or a minor.
• The energy costs associated with leaving the computer that contains your music on all the time can accumulate into a significant sum over time.
• Leaving a computer connected to the net is risky. Make sure that your antivirus software and firewalls are up to date. If you don?t know what these are, do not stream music from your computer.

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Sources and Citations

• Vibe streamer
• Universal Extractor
• WhatismyIP

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