YouTube is a great source of live music performances and other audio treasures. Music companies get upset that their tunes are used without permission in lip sync and other types of videos on the site. Where they see conflict, others see opportunity.
We've seen a number of new services lately that focus on the audio in YouTube videos, but the most enjoyable one so far is Mixtube - a mixtape maker for YouTube audio. It's based on the metaphor and interface of the now "sleeping" Muxtape.
The sound quality on YouTube is often not so hot but we appreciate the opportunity to do things like set up an auto-advancing playlist of Dar Williams live performances. There's all kinds of nice little interface touches here, making it a really easy site to use.
We expect the site will be operable indefinitely, as YouTube rarely comes down on derivative services. Thanks to Andy Baio for finding this one.
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hmmm, not bad, but I can kind of already do this with songza.com.
Posted by: aandarian | September 22, 2008 9:30 PM
i did a project like this at rhadio.com, except in mine you could search youtube as well as watch the videos in the playlist. And, it's not limited to just music. In case you are into music though there's a music discography option that lets you find youtube videos that match album tracklists.
Posted by: jim | September 22, 2008 9:34 PM
It sounds like a good idea but can be limiting if it's strictly for video and you can't do it for continuous video clips or the one of many youtube series that are out there.
Craig
www.budgetpulse.com
Posted by: Craig | September 23, 2008 11:11 AM
Soundflavor.com has had this capability for nearly a year -- hardly a new idea.. Plus Soundflavor makes "one-click" playlists for you (using YouTube videos) based on the sound of any song or artist you like.
Posted by: Shawn | September 23, 2008 4:27 PM
Dude, MixTube like totally ROCKS! Love it.
Jiff
www.anonymize.us.tc
Posted by: John White | September 23, 2008 5:17 PM
Not sure how viable this is, but great idea.
Posted by: Jazzy | September 23, 2008 10:25 PM
That's cool. Thanks for the information.
Posted by: Free Xbox 360 Premium | September 24, 2008 5:17 PM
Found that out sometime ago. It seems like a great serveice to remember those "mixed tape" days lol.
Posted by: free xbox 360 | September 25, 2008 8:38 PM
Nice, easy, and useful. 2 points!
Posted by: web design | September 25, 2008 11:23 PM