MOG - My jukebox buzzkill

[TxGlenn]

So I’m cleaning up all 50,000 of my mp3 files, getting and resizing CD art, sorting out genres, etc waiting for the day to slap this baby together with my touchscreen and be ready to rock. 

Then I find MOG.

Unlimited access to 8 million songs, on demand, including new releases the day they come out, all presorted, playlist creatable (including the ability to use and rate others’ playlists) for $5/month.  I mean I can’t burn CD’s with these songs and the UI isn’t a slick touchscreen, but as far as a box to play music, this seems to make my projected set-up seem silly by comparison.  Has anyone subscribed to this?  It doesn’t have the “coolness” factor my jukebox would, but I also wouldn’t have all the new releases the day they come out.  I was planning on spending $20-$25 a month on new music and after finding this I thought “why bother even doing that?”.

[TxGlenn]

Question for the developers in the group:

Would it be possible to create an app that sits on top of a webpage so that we could get a touchscreen UI but interface with mog.com for the content? 

[Gremlin73]

  Not available in uk

[nipsmg]

Question for the developers in the group:

Would it be possible to create an app that sits on top of a webpage so that we could get a touchscreen UI but interface with mog.com for the content? 

Short answer:
It's POSSIBLE, but not likely to happen.  Apps that "sit on top of a web page" generally rely on the site operating a certain way, links operating a certain way, etc.  If the design of the site changes even the tiniest bit, the app is broken.

If mog were to release some kind of API for interfacing with their servers, than it is likely an app would be written rather quickly.  I looked, and as far as I can tell, right now, there is no API.

[drventure]

According to this

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/02/rhapsody-pulls-plug-on-non-public-apis-effectively-shuts-yottamusic-down/

Mog actually uses rhapsody's service for streaming. And Rhapsody DOES have a public api, though I've never used it

http://webservices.rhapsody.com/

Might be something to investigate....

[TxGlenn]

Might be something to investigate....

Well if someone could pull this off I think they would be sitting on a cash cow.  This seems the logical next step in the evolution of home-stereo...similar to how movies on demand will make owning dvds pointless.  Someone needs to get on it!  I'll be your first customer.