MediaMaster’s motto is “Your music. Anywhere.” This effectively explains what kind of service it provides; for all of you that just didn’t get it, MediaMaster allows you to stream music you uploaded from a computer to any other device that can access the internet. The term device is used because the music can be streamed to a variety of mediums – from your Facebook profile or blog to your Smart Phone or PDA. Convenient? You betcha.

The site is run with HTML and some touches of Flash, but the uploader uses Java. Also, for some reason, it took away the Aero from my Vista interface, leaving a very bland Basic theme. The uploader is pretty straightforward and easy to use, which is great because it’s essential to the whole process. I especially found the drag and drop functionality extremely useful – saved a bunch of time when compared to that boring ol’ “Browse button” method.

It took a while to upload those files as I had selected 15 songs for upload (hey, that’s just a fraction of a fraction of my music collection). I can’t say I expected differently, because I didn’t – even though we’re entering Web 2.0, there are still physical hardware limits to how fast the upload goes – which I would like to see improved (not significantly, but even a slight change would mean a lot per song).

Playing music couldn’t be easier, and is quite an interesting (to say the least) experience. I’d like to mention that Aero was still available when I was accessing this page, so I’ll blame it completely on the uploader. Music is encoded at a maximum 128-kbps when uploaded, which is great quality when compared to the rest of the competition. You can choose what rate music you’d like to stream, as your internet speed might vary from place to place (understandable). Also, there are album covers! 14/15 were matched correctly, and the one that wasn’t was probably due to the fact it was not released yet. Not bad.

MediaMaster is definitely an underhyped addition to the internet, so I hope this breaks its empty streak. I’ll try to upload some screenshots later. In the meantime, sign up for MediaMaster – it’s free!

Link: http://mediamaster.com