A whole lot of Alternatives exist today on the Internet when it comes to listening to streaming music, a situation that is considered one of the favorites for many people who have located their favorite radios on the Internet. An additional alternative for these types of activities, we can use it with OnAir, an application that allows us to share songs within the same personal or private network environment.
OnAir makes practically the difference with other streaming music services existing in the market, since this application can help us link our laptop (or desktop) with the different mobile devices that we have at hand. Once the link is made (objective of this article), the user can manage the equipment where the music will be listened to that is located in a specific location, this being a local hard drive, a USB stick or the same storage space. internal storage of the mobile device.
Install and configure OnAir on a Windows computer
OnAir It is available for both Windows, Mac or Linux computers as well as Android mobile devices; we are going to propose as an example, the possibility of downloading to OnAir on our Windows personal computer.
- We go to the official page of OnAir.
- We click on the link that will allow us to download the version for Windows.
- After downloading, we proceed to install the tool.
- We will be asked to update to the latest version of Java Runtime.
With these simple steps we will have already installed OnAir on our personal computer (in this case, with Windows), having to run the tool to find an empty screen. The first time we see this interface it will be like this, that is, a screen where we are notified that there are no songs available at that time.
This is because we have not yet suggested to the tool, the place and location where our songs are located; To solve this aspect, we just have to click on our profile photo located towards the upper right side, which will bring up an additional window.
In it we have to select the songs using the option "Add Music", again opening another window very similar to the file explorer and where, we will only have to locate the exact place where these musical tracks are found.
In the desktop version (which we are analyzing at the moment) a small blue icon in the shape of a cassette appears, which we will have to click with our mouse to order, the devices that have attributions on the songs on our hard drive and so on , can be heard from them too.
Install and configure OnAir on an Android tablet
What we must do first is go to the Google Play store and in its internal search engine, place the word «OnAir«, Showing a few alternatives in their results.
The version that we are responsible for choosing is the one in blue that has an icon very similar to wireless connectivity and that we have highlighted with red.
Once this application is selected, we only have to install it to later start listening to the songs via streaming, located on our personal computer as if it were a server in the cloud.
After we have downloaded and installed OnAirIn the first execution of the application, a window will appear where it is suggested to subscribe to the service; To avoid having to fill out a form with data, we can use our social network Facebook or Google+.
We carry out the same procedure with the desktop version for Windows, this being the moment to mention that both in said version and in the current one (for Android) the link must be made to the same social network (in the event that we have chosen this subscription modality). That is, if a desktop version we link to OnAir With Google+, in the Android version we have to link to that same account on the social network.
Once both devices have been configured, from any of those that are linked, you can listen to the songs that have been shared through OnAir.
The developer of OnAir suggests to the users of this tool that a good Internet connection should be used to avoid momentary stops when listening to music; It also recommends using (as far as possible) Wi-Fi connectivity, in order to avoid consuming data that may be transferred to mobile devices.
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