Unite Media Player

March 4, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Browse your own music and play it directly from the Unite Media Player. No sign-up, no third-party servers and no upload or downloads – just a whole lot of music for you to enjoy. The Unite Media Player connects with Opera Unite and gives you access to your music anywhere you want.

Experience a whole new world of music with Opera Unite!

This application works only with Opera 10.50. Download Opera 10.50 final for Windows from http://www.opera.com/ or download the latest beta for Mac Intel or UNIX.

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StanleyThursday, March 4, 2010 12:36:19 PM
dunno why, but when I want to share this via facebook, it gives me dialog about the abusive content...same when I want to share my blog
TamilThursday, March 4, 2010 12:40:55 PM
Espen André ØverdahlThursday, March 4, 2010 12:47:26 PM
Some comments in this article was unfortunately lost due to a mistake. We apologize for the inconvenience!
Daniel HendrycksThursday, March 4, 2010 12:51:35 PM
Can I listen to my own music?
DanieleThursday, March 4, 2010 12:54:10 PM
I've got a problem with the latest 10.5 mac snapshot...when clicking play the song doesn't start. In addition, i suggest to improve the resolution of the icon in order to be displayed more nicely on the dock of mac OSX
Joachim ZiebsThursday, March 4, 2010 12:55:20 PM
DanieleThursday, March 4, 2010 1:08:58 PM
It would be nice to have the possibility to search the songs among the ones shared instead of searching for person connected
Aleksander AasThursday, March 4, 2010 1:16:44 PM
Originally posted by freerider:

dunno why, but when I want to share this via facebook, it gives me dialog about the abusive content...same when I want to share my blog

We are aware of this issue and working hard to solve it!
Charles SchlossThursday, March 4, 2010 1:38:52 PM
ManojThursday, March 4, 2010 1:50:18 PM
Amazing!
Pablo García RiveraThursday, March 4, 2010 2:08:34 PM
Unix users please note that Opera 10.50 (Beta) has to be installed on both ends.
Ryan AlfinoThursday, March 4, 2010 2:11:33 PM
Great technology from Opera
Mağruf ÇolakoğluThursday, March 4, 2010 2:18:48 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Happy.gif -
L2D2Thursday, March 4, 2010 3:03:10 PM
I'm waiting for a final 10.5 release for Linux. And hope it works. I can't use my Opera browser on Opera Community to listen to my music player or watch videos in Linux. Haven't found out why yet. Firefox works fine.
kersurkThursday, March 4, 2010 3:03:22 PM
This is really REALLY great!
Pablo García RiveraThursday, March 4, 2010 3:17:14 PM
Originally posted by lilmoder:

Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

Can I listen to my own music?
Yes.

Without going through the Opera servers? as in playing the files directly from the hard drive.
kersurkThursday, March 4, 2010 3:19:19 PM
It does go through Opera servers, but when playing the files you'll have direct connection, so speed wouldn't be an issue. Probably wouldn't work offline though.

BTW, I would like if there'd also be download button if I want to keep a song (I assume it's in the cache though).
MorphdreamerThursday, March 4, 2010 3:20:28 PM
Awesome Would it be possible to add last.fm support?
kersurkThursday, March 4, 2010 3:25:05 PM
Seems it doesn't open directories with single quote (') in the name.
Tu0rThursday, March 4, 2010 3:58:25 PM
Amazing! No one can deny: there's no browser in the planet like Opera. I love it!
Z1-AV69Thursday, March 4, 2010 4:30:25 PM
It looks nice, but it doesn't allow a search for users with "-" in the username. So i can't find myself. For Unite "-" is no problem at all.
kersurkThursday, March 4, 2010 4:33:51 PM
Z1-AV69 try closing the widget and opening it again, and just searching for av69 maybe.
MetalRaiseThursday, March 4, 2010 4:52:53 PM
My entire CD collection is stored in the FLAC format. Is the Unite Media Player capable of transcoding them to a MP3 stream in real-time?
Z1-AV69Thursday, March 4, 2010 5:05:57 PM
Originally posted by kersurk:

Z1-AV69 try closing the widget and opening it again, and just searching for av69 maybe
It seems to be necessary to search for exact usernames. Under security aspects this is likeable. Restarting didn't help btw.
ldeaneThursday, March 4, 2010 5:35:58 PM
I'm sorry , I may be missing something but I don't understand this widget - it's not configurable ( no settings ), there's no way of browsing my local files and when I click 'get your music plugged in' it goes to 'my opera' where none of my unite applications are, instead of asking for my unite address, as would be only logical. Nice ui, though! Anyway, I'm sure if I did get it working, the only codec it could handle, like the actual 'unite media player', would be mp3s. Sorry, nice try but not usable!
Daniel ParuchThursday, March 4, 2010 6:24:18 PM
hejo!!
Adam TorokThursday, March 4, 2010 6:37:00 PM
It doesn't work with the latest unix build!
Daniel HendrycksFriday, March 5, 2010 12:10:27 AM
Originally posted by Pablo García Rivera:

Without going through the Opera servers?

That is a problem for me then.
ErikFriday, March 5, 2010 12:19:53 AM
IT DOES go trough third-party servers... in fact at the moment i realized that, i stopped using Unite... is such an epic and great idea but traffic trough Opera servers is not good...

i think I'll use unite when another technology is developed that let me communicate DIRECTLY with the other person

thanks for the 10.5 work really nice, i may report 1 or 3 glitches but i think they are minor
Jakub MartonFriday, March 5, 2010 1:00:44 AM
Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

Can I listen to my own music?

yes you can. Just run unite's Media Player application on your computer. Then, you can connect to it using this widget from anywhere (or just using any browser from anywhere).
Originally posted by Morphdreamer:

Awesome Would it be possible to add last.fm support?

I requested the same thing in the comment that get deleted by accident. Now I am happy that I am not the only one asking this question
Cutting SpoonFriday, March 5, 2010 4:56:07 AM
Bah, still waiting for someone to fix the corrupted output from certain buttons in Scientific Calculator.
AliuFriday, March 5, 2010 1:07:37 PM
How and where can i get a media player application
kasluj amosFriday, March 5, 2010 1:21:39 PM
Too bad, i use a proxy server password protected, and this widget ask me for user name and pass about 10000000 times
WeatherlawyerFriday, March 5, 2010 1:45:19 PM
Originally posted by download error:

Sorry, this widget is not approved for your device/browser

This widget contains elements which will not be displayed correctly on your device. This may be the result of a choice made by the author or by Opera Software staff.

The FAQ says it runs on Linux. I'm using Kubuntu.

Oops I had Unite disabled. But now it won't let me log it in.

Back later.
Michal SnopkoFriday, March 5, 2010 1:49:42 PM
Sorry, this widget is not approved for your device/browser

This widget contains elements which will not be displayed correctly on your device. This may be the result of a choice made by the author or by Opera Software staff.
PurdiFriday, March 5, 2010 1:50:44 PM
Originally posted by shaktiIIIgta:

IT DOES go trough third-party servers

That's just a DNS like setup to make sure you can use readable URLs and not just the IP address. It's like saying that all data goes through your ISP's DNS servers...
Cutting SpoonFriday, March 5, 2010 5:56:33 PM
Like nearly any file-sharing service, SOMETHING has to tell the computers how to find each other. When someone types your address the Unite proxy will show them how to DIRECTLY CONNECT to you.
KISS YOUR ASSFriday, March 5, 2010 10:26:48 PM
Why unite. Why opera software asa don't make it to software like Opera browser.
simolaFriday, March 5, 2010 10:52:42 PM
The address was not found (Error 404)

The address could not be found on this Opera Unite server. Visit the Opera Unite Home page to see available applications.
ASRUL SYAMSaturday, March 6, 2010 11:08:58 AM
you have hard works, Mr. Espen
reebokerSaturday, March 6, 2010 3:14:43 PM
what logo
will try the player
tambaramwinners2010Sunday, March 7, 2010 1:20:00 PM
good hmmmm
LinhSunday, March 7, 2010 1:44:50 PM
cool widget!
Doc Flay™Monday, March 8, 2010 5:31:46 AM
I was hoping to be able to use this, as the new version of the Unite media player doesn't seem to work with the new Opera.
As previously pointed out "-" is not accepted in the user name, so I can't look for myself.

Great. now I have no Web-player at all
Cutting SpoonMonday, March 8, 2010 5:45:13 PM
The new player bundled with my shipping 10.50 Final, works fine and I can play files even when offline. Are you talking about the third-party "Stream media" app? Please provide more detail if possible.
Doc Flay™Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:29:12 AM
I have Opera 10.50 build 3296.
I have re-installed all of my Unite apps and most of the recently updated OperaUnite own made apps I use, now don't work.
e.g. Photo-sharing, file-sharing & media-player.

I even physically deleted the widgets from their folder after deleting them & emptying them from the Unite Apps trashcan, before re-installing them once again.

I hoped that I could use the Widgetized version of the media player instead, but it doesn't work as you cant find me anyway because my profile is "Dr-Flay" and I've already changed it to that to keep Unite happy. I'm damned well not changing my user name again!
Nwauzor BertrandTuesday, March 9, 2010 10:03:07 AM
i am happy i can brower wit opera on facebook
prd3Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:27:47 PM
Originally posted by duyphuongdotnet:

Why unite. Why opera software asa don't make it to software like Opera browser.

What are you trying to say?

Unite is a new innovation, and it's just getting started.
Cutting SpoonWednesday, March 10, 2010 5:48:29 PM
That person was saying Unite should be a separate program.
NicsonicThursday, March 11, 2010 2:29:35 AM
Хороший плеер!