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If you have ever wanted to have access to your personal music collection from anywhere on the road Sockso Personal Music Server just might be the answer you were looking for. All that is required for the installation is Java and a Windows, Linux, or Mac box to run the server on. The software has both a GUI for controlling the server, and a web interface for accessing your music remotely.  The software seems pretty robust, and is incredibly easy to set up.  Inside the zip file there is a batch file for double-clickability in Windows, a shell script that needs to be made executable for Linux or Unix, and an executable Jar for double-clickability in Mac OS X.

Both the web and server gui interfaces are pretty straight forward, and have quite a few features.  The server gui allows you to add Collections of music, create playlists, restricting access to users or to features like uploading music, and it even gives you the ability to specify an encoder for re-encoding your music for slower connections or for compatibility.

The web interface can be seen below with the Sockso flash player along with a view of the Sockso server gui in Linux, and a custom playlist.

If you’ve ever wanted a quick, easy way to setup a music server, or to just be able to have access to your personal music collection while on the road, Sockso might be a solution worth looking into.  It is lightweight, multi platform, and easy to use.  Just be sure to forward port 4444 from your router to your Sockso server, start up Sockso and you are good to go.  I haven’t seen an easier Open Source and multiplatform solution yet!

Check it out and let us know what you think!