DoubleTwist Beta for Mac Offers Easy Media Browsing and Sharing
Startup company doubleTwist has launched a public beta of their new universal media application for the Mac today. Their vision for the product is "a single, streamlined interface that connects to any device, media source or network." In many ways, they seem to have taken some cues from Apple's iTunes and iLife suite but are taking it to the next level in both functionality and ease of use.
Readers will remember that doubleTwist was co-founded by Jon Lech Johansen ("DVD Jon"). DVD Jon gained notoriety for his involvement in releasing the DeCSS software that allowed the bypassing of DVD copy protection back in 1999. Since 2007, however, he has been working on this venture capital funded project. The product was briefly released as a Windows application in early 2008 but has since evolved into today's more mainstream product.
The Mac application allows you to browse your photos, music and movies from a single interface. It also allows you to share your media to your contacts, doubleTwist friends, or seamlessly export to Flickr, YouTube or Facebook. Most notably, the application is said to support hundreds of devices including the Android, Blackberry, PSP and more. Dragging music, photos or video to and from these attached devices will seamlessly convert the media to the appropriate formats. The iPhone and iPod are not presently supported in the Mac version but support is coming in a future update. Other demo videos also available: Send Video, Device Support
The beta Mac application is available as a free download at doubleTwist (Intel Mac and Leopard required). The Windows remains in private beta but is expected for final release in March.
Readers will remember that doubleTwist was co-founded by Jon Lech Johansen ("DVD Jon"). DVD Jon gained notoriety for his involvement in releasing the DeCSS software that allowed the bypassing of DVD copy protection back in 1999. Since 2007, however, he has been working on this venture capital funded project. The product was briefly released as a Windows application in early 2008 but has since evolved into today's more mainstream product.
The Mac application allows you to browse your photos, music and movies from a single interface. It also allows you to share your media to your contacts, doubleTwist friends, or seamlessly export to Flickr, YouTube or Facebook. Most notably, the application is said to support hundreds of devices including the Android, Blackberry, PSP and more. Dragging music, photos or video to and from these attached devices will seamlessly convert the media to the appropriate formats. The iPhone and iPod are not presently supported in the Mac version but support is coming in a future update. Other demo videos also available: Send Video, Device Support
The beta Mac application is available as a free download at doubleTwist (Intel Mac and Leopard required). The Windows remains in private beta but is expected for final release in March.
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39 months ago
I've played with this app and it's really well done. I recommend everyone give it a try.
arn
arn
39 months ago
I will have to give this a shot.
I don't use iPhoto, so my knowledge of it is very limited. Does it allow for easy Flickr exportation?
I don't use iPhoto, so my knowledge of it is very limited. Does it allow for easy Flickr exportation?
39 months ago
This looks nice if they manage to support most of mobile devices and mp3 players.
Wonder if the sony Walkman range of mp3 players are going to be supported. Hope so because i dont want to use windows for that..
Wonder if the sony Walkman range of mp3 players are going to be supported. Hope so because i dont want to use windows for that..
39 months ago
"...don't have to worry about all that GEEKY stuff like file formats."
"...doubletwist takes care of all that BORING work for me."
I feel like an intelligent, sophisticated software app is working right before my eyes. Thanks, Doubletwist.
"...doubletwist takes care of all that BORING work for me."
I feel like an intelligent, sophisticated software app is working right before my eyes. Thanks, Doubletwist.
39 months ago
Hahahahaha
"It could have been any other gadget.."
Except of course the two gadgets that everyone would want to use.
"It could have been any other gadget.."
Except of course the two gadgets that everyone would want to use.
39 months ago
Looking at the supported device list my Razr V3M may be supported. I will have to try it out and see. If it is I will be buying a 2GB memory card to add music:).
I wonder if I will be able to make ringtones?
I wonder if I will be able to make ringtones?
39 months ago
Streaming from the double twist server, hmmm, whats that gonna cost i wonder?
the basic service is free.
So, as a nice example. I shared a photo, an m4a song and a mp4 video with myself (different email address) and got an email with the links. So I was able to click and see/watch/listen to all of the files within a web browser (through some sort of flash player it seemed). So, seems it'd be nice to quickly share whatever with non-tech saavy folk without having to convert to some specific format. Similar things can be done with iphoto/imovie but it's not quite as seamless and you have to have .mac/mobileme.
arn
39 months ago
As far as I can tell, this is useful for people who own devices other than the iPhone or iPod and want to interact with those devices.
That's cool.
The developers, however, seem to have more in mind:
I have to admit, I'm not really sure what any of this means beyond what I described in my first paragraph.
EDIT: Arn's last post helps, but if that's the case their website does a very poor job of explaining that. I think everything you need to know is in that site somewhere, but it's not presented in a very easy to understand way.
That's cool.
The developers, however, seem to have more in mind:
Our vision is to provide for media what the browser achieved for the web: a single, streamlined interface that connects to any device, media source or network.
I have to admit, I'm not really sure what any of this means beyond what I described in my first paragraph.
EDIT: Arn's last post helps, but if that's the case their website does a very poor job of explaining that. I think everything you need to know is in that site somewhere, but it's not presented in a very easy to understand way.
39 months ago
My God the woman in that video sounds patronising, you just want to kill her by the end of it. "Your AAAAAAAAALLLLL Set" what am? 2?!?! Im not learning how to tie my shoelaces!!
The app looks nice the way its integrated into OS X though.
The app looks nice the way its integrated into OS X though.
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