Installing Simplify Media on Ubuntu

Download and unzip simplifymedia.tar.gz. Review the ReadMe and, for Rhythmbox, run the setup script.

Launch Simplify Media and review the software license.

Create your free account by entering a screen name and password. Use your same screen name to sign in on your other computers.

Add an email address and a name for this computer. Your email address is used to send you a new password in case you forget yours.

Final set-up step: pick music to share. You can select folders - or nothing at all.

Only you and the people you invite can stream music from your computer.

Note: it will take several minutes for your songs to start to be available, and it may take an hour or more for the scan process to complete if your library is very large.

The Media List displays the status of the computers you are connected to.

To access more music, invite friends (limit 30).

To chat with friends, click on their names. The Messages tab lets you see when others are playing your music.

To play music, open Rhythmbox. Simplify Media libraries appear under Shared.

Tip: use search and browse to explore large libraries.