Amazon Launches Prime Music - Page 3

CRussel · 06-12-2014, 03:00 PM

This was a nice addition to my Prime. I already stored quite a bit of music on Amazon, some bought directly from them, others matched up with my Amazon CD purchases, and still others uploaded from my local library. Now I just added a whole bunch of albums and "almost albums". (There are many albums where all but one or two tracks on the album are Prime, but because of those one or two tracks, they don't show when you search on Albums and Prime. But you can add all the individual tracks that are Prime.)

Overall - a good fit for me. I like to listen to music while I work. Especially when I'm heavily writing - I put on the headset and crank up the volume to drown out the world. I wish we could download to our PCs, but I'm not surprised that the didn't offer that option.

Atunah · 06-12-2014, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jersysman

I just added some music to the cloud and can't wait to get int on my Fire. I also have it on my Roku device. This is sweet!!!

Can you tell me where to find it on the Roku? I looked all over. I have the cloud player and amazon video, but can't find any other app and this prime music doesn't show anywhere.
This is a bit confusing. I can't really figure out what I am doing on the website. Am I downloading when I click that blue button, or what. How do I just play something without downloading. But I really need it on the Roku. I have to have big speakers and sound with music, don't really listen to it on small devices.

bullet · 06-12-2014, 03:46 PM

I saw it this morning and thought Google Play Music All Access might have some competition.
1 MM tracks vs >15MM. Cannot download to SDC for playing music offline. Guess I will stick with my $10/month subscription and use the Amazon teaser for fun. Curated playlists are nice though.

tubemonkey · 06-12-2014, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Atunah

This is a bit confusing. I can't really figure out what I am doing on the website. Am I downloading when I click that blue button, or what. How do I just play something without downloading. But I really need it on the Roku. I have to have big speakers and sound with music, don't really listen to it on small devices.

When you click the big blue button, you're sending the album or song to the cloud for Your Music Library. That's where you'll stream (WiFi) the songs from on your PC. On your Android or iOS device, you can either stream (WiFi) the songs or you can download them for playback when WiFi isn't available. The download option only exists for mobile devices.

fjtorres · 06-12-2014, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kristalana

Interesting that they made an Android app for this but not Instant video.

In music they have to contend with Apple, Pandora, and Spotify, all deeply entrenched.

In video, Hulu and Netflix have different business models from Prime so its not quite as cutthroat. They can afford to sacrifice android users to drive tablet sales. Plus, worse, if they had a generic android app, the generic Android STBs would undercut the Fire TV. They tend to think ahead at Amazon.

jersysman · 06-12-2014, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Atunah

Can you tell me where to find it on the Roku? I looked all over. I have the cloud player and amazon video, but can't find any other app and this prime music doesn't show anywhere.
. . .

I was mistaken. It's not on the Roku just yet. I've got it on Amazon Music on the PC, but not on the Roku just yet.

sirmaru · 06-12-2014, 11:15 PM

Amazon just updated the PC Amazon Cloud Player to Amazon Music as well.

Go here to see what changed:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1001226941

Atunah · 06-12-2014, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jersysman

I was mistaken. It's not on the Roku just yet. I've got it on Amazon Music on the PC, but not on the Roku just yet.

Ah thanks, I thought I was blind.

I hope it will be on Roku. I listen to music only through my system and love my cloud player on it already.
And once they give me an Audible app for the Roku, I'll be really happy.

Jessica Lares · 06-12-2014, 11:39 PM

The new app on the Mac is very nice. Much better than the website now.

Catlady · 06-12-2014, 11:40 PM

I just wasted a lot of time happily adding music to my library, only to find out that none of it has shown up in the Amazon Cloud Player for the Roku. WTF?

jersysman · 06-13-2014, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

I just wasted a lot of time happily adding music to my library, only to find out that none of it has shown up in the Amazon Cloud Player for the Roku. WTF?

It hasn't made it to the Roku yet, Catlady. I'm waiting patiently as well. For now, I'll play it through Amazon Music on the PC and wait for it to be available on the Fire and Roku. Hmmmm... does anyone know if it is available through Fire TV yet?

Catlady · 06-13-2014, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jersysman

It hasn't made it to the Roku yet, Catlady. I'm waiting patiently as well. For now, I'll play it through Amazon Music on the PC and wait for it to be available on the Fire and Roku. Hmmmm... does anyone know if it is available through Fire TV yet?

My beef is that when you go to the primemusic.com page and click on the link for the "Free Amazon Music Apps," Roku is listed. So what else should one assume but that Prime Music plays on Roku, through the existing app?

fjtorres · 06-13-2014, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

My beef is that when you go to the primemusic.com page and click on the link for the "Free Amazon Music Apps," Roku is listed. So what else should one assume but that Prime Music plays on Roku, through the existing app?

Maybe they submitted an update and it hasn't gotten through?
The Fire Tablets are supposed to get an update... real soon now... I did get an update yesterday...to the email app.

It is annoying not to be able to play with the new toy right away but this sort of stuff is hardly new. We see it every time they do an update, in fact.
Some get it early while others have to wait.

Not fun being in the latter camp.

My disappointment was seeing that the cloud player doesn't work on XBOX. (PANDORA's web-based player does.) I'll just swallow my disappointment and make do with the phone app for now and hope they do something for XBOX soon.

shalym · 06-13-2014, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

My beef is that when you go to the primemusic.com page and click on the link for the "Free Amazon Music Apps," Roku is listed. So what else should one assume but that Prime Music plays on Roku, through the existing app?

I would say that the update to the channel for Roku hasn't gone through yet, since I see this in the Amazon instructions:

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Enable the Amazon Music service.

For Roku: Install Amazon Music (formerly Amazon Cloud Player) from the Channel Store.

But when I look on my Roku, "Amazon Music" doesn't exist yet, and "Amazon Cloud Player" still does. Hopefully the people at Roku will push the update through quickly...

Shari

Atunah · 06-13-2014, 10:07 AM

Thanks shalym for finding that. Just a matter of time then. I'll have fun with this through my roku. I already found some nice music I like. I'll just keep adding what I see and then I am ready to go once the new channel shows up in the channel store.

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06-12-2014, 03:00 PM	#31
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,322 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	This was a nice addition to my Prime. I already stored quite a bit of music on Amazon, some bought directly from them, others matched up with my Amazon CD purchases, and still others uploaded from my local library. Now I just added a whole bunch of albums and "almost albums". (There are many albums where all but one or two tracks on the album are Prime, but because of those one or two tracks, they don't show when you search on Albums and Prime. But you can add all the individual tracks that are Prime.) Overall - a good fit for me. I like to listen to music while I work. Especially when I'm heavily writing - I put on the headset and crank up the volume to drown out the world. I wish we could download to our PCs, but I'm not surprised that the didn't offer that option.

06-12-2014, 03:46 PM	#33
bullet Rookie Mucker Posts: 56 Karma: 568004 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NW Montana-near center of universe Device: Pixel 7. Moto G, Kobo Glo HD, PW2, Linux PCs	I saw it this morning and thought Google Play Music All Access might have some competition. 1 MM tracks vs >15MM. Cannot download to SDC for playing music offline. Guess I will stick with my $10/month subscription and use the Amazon teaser for fun. Curated playlists are nice though.

06-12-2014, 11:15 PM	#37
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Amazon just updated the PC Amazon Cloud Player to Amazon Music as well. Go here to see what changed: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1001226941

06-12-2014, 11:39 PM	#39
Jessica Lares Wizard Posts: 2,240 Karma: 5759170 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA Device: iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th gen)	The new app on the Mac is very nice. Much better than the website now.

06-12-2014, 11:40 PM	#40
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,423 Karma: 52734361 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	I just wasted a lot of time happily adding music to my library, only to find out that none of it has shown up in the Amazon Cloud Player for the Roku. WTF?

06-13-2014, 10:07 AM	#45
Atunah Wizard Posts: 1,817 Karma: 23400001 Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3	Thanks shalym for finding that. Just a matter of time then. I'll have fun with this through my roku. I already found some nice music I like. I'll just keep adding what I see and then I am ready to go once the new channel shows up in the channel store.