Google Drive is a no more limited for cloud storage of documents, you can upload any types of files for remote backup. Google Drive currently provides 5GB remote storage space for free, however if you want to extend the storage space, you can get another 25GB or more storage space with the cost starting from $2.49 per month, as per your requirement. Thus you can store your favorite music file into the Google Drive remote server. But while you play the music file directly from Google Drive, you have to play each file at a time within the browser, if your browser support direct play of music files, such as Google Chrome, but other browsers won’t provide you the feature of online streaming of the remote music files, you will be asked to download and then play the file accordingly. But Drive Tunes has developed an application, which can play your music files stored in the Google Drive just like any other media player which we commonly use while playing offline music files, such as Windows Media Player, Winamp, VLC Media Player. You can play individual files, or you can select any folder which contains the music file, or you may opt for all music option, which will automatically show all the music files stored into your Google Drive and arrange then into the playlist.
DriveTunes is an online application to play music files store in your Google Drive account. Thus, with the use of this application, Google Drive could be used as a music store along with online streaming facility of your favorite music. Currently DriveTunes support mp3 and m4a music formats and is working to provide support of other popular music formats such as ogg, FLAC etc.
However, DriveTunes provide few additional feature to make the experience of your online music streaming much better, such as:
- Repeat and shuffle button to repeat and random selection of your chosen favorite tracks.
- Selection of the tracks either from specific folder or all tracks at a time or by individual selection.
- Ordering or indexing of tracks by title or folder name or date added or number of plays.
- Searching of tracks from the list of all songs on your drive.
How to use DriveTunes to Play Music file from Google Drive ?
If you are using Google Chrome Browser, then you may download and install DriveTunes apps for Google Chrome browser from Chrome Web Store or if you don’t want the DriveTunes apps stored into your system, then you may directly browse http://www.drivetunes.org and login using your Google account, to play your music file stored in Google Drive server using DriveTunes.
If you have installed DriveTunes apps for Google Chrome browser then, either you may open the apps directly from the apps window of Google Chrome Browser or you may login to your Google Drive account and while playing any selected music file, you will be asked whether you want to use DriveTunes to play the specific music file or not. Just Select the DriveTunes option if you want to play the music file with it.
Now if you want to select a bunch of music files from a specific folder in Google Drive account, you can do so, by selecting the “My Drive” option provided in the left side of the interface or you can opt for “All Music” option to list all music files stored in your Google Drive account or you may choose “Selected” option to play any specific music files. The track controlling features along with volume control option is present, which is a very common phenomenon of any media player.
DriveTunes not only supported by Google Chrome Browser, you can use DriveTunes music player from other browsers too, such as Mozilla Firefox. You may not get the shortcut as of Google Chrome DriveTunes apps, but apart from that, if want to use DriveTunes from other browsers, you have use the second option, that is directly browse http://www.drivetunes.org and use your Google account to login to your Google Drive account and do the same. Thus, its not browser specific, you can use this apps from any browser and from any operating system of your preference.
Overall, apps like DriveTunes can change and enhance the experience of the usage of cloud storage technology. The best part of Google Drive is that, you can integrate third party apps, to enhance user experience, which most other cloud storage provider are unable to do. Thus you can add lots of other exciting apps, which can give more enriched experience of using Google Drive.
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