Currently Play.fm offers mobile apps for iPhone, android and Windows Phone 7.
Visit http://www.play.fm/apps for further information

Just use the “upload” button shown on the top right corner of the main navigation or use this direct link

Provide DJ Set Details
Choose your preferred “recording type” and provide us with some general information such as artist names, tags/styles, DJ Set title and tracklist.
Users should find your mixes and all related information easily, so please add only one artist, style per line by using our autocompletion.

Upload Audio File
Note our general and technical requirements (link) , choose your audio file and start the upload. Please do not close the upload window as long as you see the red progress bar or your upload will be cancelled.

Publish Your Upload
As soon as the processing (link) of your audio file has finished you can publish your DJ Set by selecting the “Yes” option. If you don’t want to publish your DJ Set straight away please choose “No, not yet. I will get the permission soon and update the permission status”.
You can publish your upload later at http://vm.play.fm/dashboard/uploads/unpublished

In order to use any interactive feature on Play.fm you need to register a user account which will automatically create your private user profile. If you’re an artist, club, festival or brand you can additionally create a “page” here: http://www..play.fm/brand/create

To give you an example how they differ: While a page shows the number of listeners and plays, a user profile doesn´t have listening statistics. Think of it like the difference between your regular Facebook account and the “brand page” you might host.

Connecting your account to Facebook or Twitter allows your friends on Facebook & Twitter to see your activities on Play.fm, eg. what you put on your playlist, what you listen to, and when you upload a mix.

The dashboard is your individual area on Play.fm, only you can see and manage.It gives you an overview of your recent activities, informs you about newly added DJ Sets from the pages you are following and let’s you manage your account information.

To visit your dashboard you need to log in to Play.fm.
Visit your dashboard anytime by clicking the “dashboard” dropdown menu displayed on the top right corner of each page.

You will need the permission of the performing artist eg. the DJ mixing the set or the live-act or band performing. In many cases you may obtain permissions from managers, bookers or labels representing the performing artist.

No, Play.fm is a free service.

To enable a free and comfortable service for listening and promoting music, please understand that we display advertisements on our website.

1) Share Button: to manually post links to Facebook, Twitter etc.
You´ll find the "share <>" button on every page, every DJ Set detail page, event page and in the player. It will redirect users directly to DJ Sets, events or pages on Play.fm.

2) Widget: to embed DJ Sets into your website or blog.
Visitors of your website may listen to your favorite DJ Sets on your website - instead of being redirected to Play.fm.
Play.fm offers two different widget types:
Flash Widget:
Customizable for embedding single DJ Sets (1 mix) or multiple DJ sets (3 mixes max).
Get it here: http://www.play.fm/widget/flash01

Java Script Widget:
Customizable for embedding single DJ Sets (1 mix) or multiple DJ sets (up to 50 mixes).
Get it here: http://www.play.fm/widget/js01

To manage your user profile visit your Dashboard - Account - User Profile Information
http://www.play.fm/dashboard/account/profileinformation

Please note that a user profile is not the same as an artist/label/club page.

You can retrieve a new password here:
http://www.play.fm/auth/resetPassword

Currently Play.fm offers mobile apps for iPhone, android and Windows Phone 7.
Visit http://www.play.fm/apps for further information

The iPhone app is available for 2.69 EUR or the equivalent to your local currency.

The android app is available for 2.69 EUR or the equivalent to your local currency.

Search for “Play.fm” In the App Store on your iPhone and download the app. Alternatively click on www.play.fm/iphone to open iTunes installed on your computer. Download the app to your computer and sync it with your iPhone later.

The Windows Phone 7 app is available for 2.49 EUR or the equivalent of your local currency rate.

Search for “Play.fm” In the Market on your android phone and download the Play.fm app.

Search for “Play.fm” In the zune marketplace on your Windows Phone 7 and download the app. Alternatively click on http://www.play.fm/zune to open the zune software installed on your computer. Download the app to your computer and sync it with your Windows Phone 7 later.

There is no Play.fm app for your Blackberry, yet. Don’t worry, it s planned for the near future.
Stay in touch to be the first to know and subscribe to our Newsletter or follow us on Facebook and Twitter .

Unfortunately there is no Play.fm app for your Blackberry yet. Don’t worry, it is planned for the near future.
Stay in touch to be the first to know and subscribe to our Newsletter or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

There is no Play.fm app for TVs yet. However, there is good news: a TV app is planned for the near future.
Stay in touch by subscribing to our Newsletter or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

1 year after the first installation you can continue to listen to Play.fm without any limits. Fair use implied.

1 hour listening means 60MB data transfer (128kbps/s). With 1 GB you can listen for up to 17 hours.
Play.fm requires internet access when streaming music, which may result in extra charges on your mobile phone depending on your data plan. Please check with your mobile operator for more details.

1 hour listening means 60MB data transfer (128kbps/s). With 1 GB you can listen for 17 hours.
Play.fm requires internet access when streaming music, which may result in extra charges on your mobile phone depending on your data plan. Please check with your mobile operator for more details.

1 hour listening means 60MB data transfer (128kbps/s). With 1 GB you can listen for 17 hours.
Play.fm requires internet access when streaming music, which may result in extra charges on your mobile phone depending on your data plan. Please check with your mobile operator for more details.

While launching the app on your phone something went wrong communicating with our server. This happens when the Play.fm servers are down for example. Please check http://blog.play.fm/server if this is the case. Try launching your app again when servers are up. If you still get the message above please contact us at support+apps@play.fm.

Your app you are using at the moment is out of date. From time to time we update our apps in order to add features or fix bugs. Please update as soon as possible and enjoy an even better app. If you still get the message abover AFTER updating to the latest version please contact us at support+apps@play.fm.

Play.fm needs connection to the Internet in order to stream music on your app. If you do not have Wi-fi access or cellular network data coverage (3G recommended) no music will be played. Please check your network settings if everything is configured correctly.

Well, we are really happy that so many people are using our apps, however our servers can only handle a certain amount of listeners at the same time. If you see the message above we just exceeded this limit. Hold on for a minute and try again. The number of listeners should be lower now. If you still see the message above please contact us at support+apps@play.fm.

90 days after installing the app you can listen to mixes for five hours per month. When launching the app we will let you know when you passed 90 days and how much listening time is left this month. A “month” always starts on the first day of the month and ends on the last day of the month. If you want to listen to more than five hours per month you need to upgrade to Play.fm Premium .

90 days after installing the app you can listen to mixes for five hours per month. If you want unlimited listening time you need to upgrade to Play.fm Premium.

Sometimes the audio stream gets messed up while transferred to your phone. Don’t worry, just skip to a different position. The mix should start normally again. If you still get the message above please contact us at support+apps@play.fm.

If you see the message above we just exceeded this limit of maximum listeners at the same time. Hold on for a minute and try again. The number of listeners should be lower now. In case your Windows Phone 7 is connected to zune via USB cable music cannot be streamed either. Please disconnect the cable from your computer and try again. If you still see the message above please contact us at support+apps@play.fm.

The app on your phone just didn’t load as it was supposed to. Don’t worry, we are on it. Please try again after a couple of minutes. If you still get the message above please send an email to the email address indicated on the message on your phone.

To manage your user profile visit your Dashboard - Account - User Profile Information
http://www.play.fm/dashboard/account/profileinformation

Please note that a user profile is not the same as an artist/label/club page.

Please check your spam folder first.
If you cannot find the verification mail, please try again or let us know at support@play.fm

With a validated (confirmed) email address you will be able to upload DJ Sets, manage pages (e.g. artists, labels, clubs) and post events to our calendar.

You can retrieve a new password here:
http://www.play.fm/auth/resetPassword

1. Check your email application's spam or junk folder or filter.
2. Please note that some emails may be blocked by your ISP (internet service provider).
3. If you're still having trouble after the above steps, please submit a report: http://www.play.fm/auth/loginReport or send us a mail to support@play.fm

Yes, just visit http://www.play.fm/auth and log in with your (old) username and password.
Please doublecheck lower and upper case letters!

Just follow this link to register a free user account:
http://www.play.fm/auth/legacyCreate

You can also use your Facebook account to log in.

Yes, definitely!

This can happen if you signed up for a regular Play.fm user account and later used your Facebook login data using the same mail address. We advise you to delete one of those accounts.

Log in with the user profile you want to delete and visit your Dashboard - Account - Close Account http://www.play.fm/dashboard/account/close-account
Please note that closing a user account will permanently delete your user profile (eg. playlists, friends) on Play.fm and cannot be restored.

We track every second/minute/hour our DJ Sets are listened to.
Based on the listening time of the last 2 weeks we calculate the Play.fm Charts shown in the "DJ Sets", "Radio Shows" and "Events" sections.

For example, to calculate "Artist Charts" we add all the listening time of an artist’s DJ Set during the last 2 weeks, to calculate "Label Charts" we add all the listening times of the artists belonging to a particular label, and so forth.

1.) Fill in your Play.fm artist page (eg. Photo, Links, Tags/Styles)
2.) Connect your Play.fm account to Facebook & Twitter to automatically promote your DJ Sets
3.) Embed the Play.fm Widget onto your Website

The tag/style cloud displays all the music styles of all the DJ Sets you can listen to. The more a tag/style is listened to, the bigger the tag/style will be displayed in the tag/style cloud.

When you click on a tag/style the cloud will show related tags/styles eg .Techno -> Detroit Techno, Minimal Techno,... and additional, it will filter the content below: when you are in the "DJ Sets" section only mixes with the chosen tag/style will be shown, if you are in "Radio Shows" or "Events" section then only upcoming radio shows or events will be shown that play the selected music tag/style.

First try the search field on top of the page for quick access to artist, label or club pages with audio content.
To search our complete website use http://www.play.fm/search where you can find all DJ Sets, Pages, Tags/Styles, Users, Events and Tracks.

The track you are listening is superb and you need to know the artist, name and all information you can get about it?
Here it is: our solution for music lovers: mark the corresponding area in the wave form and click the button "Ask for Track ID" above.

How can you mark something in the wave form? Left-click on the position of what you think is the beginning of the track, hold it and drag to the position, where you think the track ends.

You also have the possibility to adjust the beginning and the end of the track after releasing the click.

You are listening to a live-recording and want to tell everybody about your amazing knowledge in music?
No problem: with our flash player we enabled for you the best chance to do this.
It's quite easy: you just need to mark the corresponding area in the wave form and click the button "Identify Track" above.

How can you mark something in the wave form? Left-click on the position of what you think is the beginning of the track, hold it and drag to the position, where you think the track ends.

You also have the possibility to adjust the beginning and the end of the track after releasing the click.

No, for the moment we made out that the 128kbit/s stream rate is the best compromise between possible streaming rates without interference in listening and audio quality.

We want to provide better stream-rates in the near future, watch out!

You can edit, rename, delete or create new playlists at http://www.play.fm/dashboard/playlist/create

If you want to move one mix from one playlist to another, first add it to your new playlist using the [+] button, then delete it from the former list.

By clicking the [+] button on every DJ Set page or in our audio player you can add a set to one, or more playlists. Clicking the [+] button again removes the set from your playlist.

All DJ Sets you add appear in your user profile as “favorites” as well as in your Dashboard / Favorites menu.

You can create new playlists by clicking the [+] Button on every DJ Set page or in our audio player, then click on “Create new playlist”.

You can also create new playlists directly in your dashboard at http://www.play.fm/dashboard/playlist/create

Please check your installed flash version here
Upgrade your flash version if necessary. Up to now we didn't make out other reasons why the wave form isn't loading.

If the upgrade doesn't help, please get in touch with us and send us an e-mail to support@play.fm providing the following information:
- operating system
- browser and browser version
- installed flash version

This may seem trivial to you but, please check if you can hear any sound on your computer. Check to see if the speakers and/or the amplifier are adjusted correctly. Check the audio controller of your computer or anything else you use for listening to decent music: is it all turned on?

Then please have a look if the recording started to play at all and the wave form loaded correctly.

If it doesn't play at all after clicking the PLAY button, we advise you to download the latest version of the flash player here.

It still doesn't work? Please visit other audio- or videostreaming websites like www.youtube.com, maybe the connection speed of your internet access is too low or your firewall or the firewall of your company network blocks all audio- and/or video-streaming.

All measures failed? Thanks a lot (for your patience :) now we really need an email from you, in which you add the following information:
- your operating system of your computer
- the browser, you use and the browser version
- the version of your flash player

Please send all this information to support@play.fm and we will get back to you immediately.

You can download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player for free here.

No, Play.fm is a free service.

To enable a free and comfortable service for listening and promoting music, please understand that we display advertisements on our website.

The dashboard is your individual area on Play.fm, only you can see and manage.It gives you an overview of your recent activities, informs you about newly added DJ Sets from the pages you are following and let’s you manage your account information.

To visit your dashboard you need to log in to Play.fm.
Visit your dashboard anytime by clicking the “dashboard” dropdown menu displayed on the top right corner of each page.

Your News Feed can be found in your Dashboard at http://www.play.fm/dashboard/newsfeed/all

It shows recent activity and updates about content you are interested in, friends you follow or comments/shouts you received.

To follow an Artist/Label/Club/Festival page simply click on the “Follow” button displayed on each individual Artist/Label/Club/Festival page.

Check for updates in your newsfeed newsfeed or view all followed pages in your dashboard.
To unfollow pages simply click on the “Follow” button again.

Connecting your account to Facebook or Twitter allows your friends on Facebook & Twitter to see your activities on Play.fm, eg. what you put on your playlist, what you listen to, and when you upload a mix.

Do you have problems during the upload?
If the audio file got stuck (red progress bar is shown), during the upload please check the steadiness of your internet connection. If possible please use a computer connected via LAN cable.

Do you have problems while processing?
As soon as the upload is finished your file is successfully stored on our server and processing starts. It can take from 5 minutes to 5 hours , until the processing is finished and you can publicly publish your upload.
You’ll receive a newsfeed message or e-mail notificiation (if enabled in your dashboard at Account/Notifications) as soon as the processing is finished. You can also check all unpublished DJ Sets in your Dashboard at http://vm.play.fm/dashboard/uploads/unpublished

The audio file you wish to upload needs to be
- at least 20 minutes long (only interviews may be shorter)
- in one of the following formats: mp3, ogg, ra, ram or aac (please convert wav or aiff files before the upload)
- in a minimum bitrate of 128 kbps (or higher)
- and in the sample rate: 44.1khz

Play.fm is about DJ mixes, live recordings and radio shows. All audio files uploaded need to be at least 20 minutes long (except interviews). Single track uploads will be deleted automatically.

The Play.fm radio show schedule is programmed by our editors and only features well selected shows.
At the moment we are not adding any new radio shows to our live radio schedule.

The Play.fm live radio show schedule (http://www.play.fm/radioshows) is programmed by our editors and features only well selected shows.
Without this selection your radio shows only appear on your user profile, your artist page and in the general DJ Sets sections.

Just use the “upload” button shown on the top right corner of the main navigation or use this direct link

Provide DJ Set Details
Choose your preferred “recording type” and provide us with some general information such as artist names, tags/styles, DJ Set title and tracklist.
Users should find your mixes and all related information easily, so please add only one artist, tag/style per line by using our autocompletion.

Upload Audio File
Note our general and technical requirements (link) , choose your audio file and start the upload. Please do not close the upload window as long as you see the red progress bar or your upload will be cancelled.

Publish Your Upload
As soon as the processing (link) of your audio file has finished you can publish your DJ Set by selecting the “Yes” option. If you don’t want to publish your DJ Set straight away please choose “No, not yet. I will get the permission soon and update the permission status”.
You can publish your upload later at http://vm.play.fm/dashboard/uploads/unpublished

Yes! To upload DJ Sets to Play.fm you just need to login or sign up a free user account.

Technical requirements
The audio file you wish to upload needs to be:
- at least 20 minutes long (only interviews may be shorter)
- in one of the following formats: mp3, ogg, ra, ram or aac (please convert wav or aiff files before you upload)
- in a minimum bitrate of 128 kbps (or higher)
- and in the sample rate: 44.1khz

Legal requirements
You need to have the permission of the performing artist or his/her management to publish the recording. If you don't have the permission, we can try to get it for you. Choose this option in the publish section after you uploaded the recording.

Copyright issues
Do not upload singles, albums or compilations from only one label unless you have the permission from copyright holders. Due to our policy we don't support the presentation of single tracks. Recordings of only one track will be deleted.

In order to use any interactive feature on Play.fm you need to register a user account which will automatically create your private user profile. If you’re an artist, club, festival or brand you can additionally create a “page” here: http://www..play.fm/brand/create

To give you an example how they differ: While a page shows the number of listeners and plays, a user profile doesn´t have listening statistics. Think of it like the difference between your regular Facebook account and the “brand page” you might host.

Please use our general search first in order to prevent duplicate pages (your fans might have created a page for you already).
If your page does not exist already just visit http://www.play.fm/brand/create, choose your preferred page type and provide some general information such as picture, urls, tags/styles and biography.

To edit your page use the small “edit” button on the bottom right corner of each page. You cannot edit pages, which are already claimed by other users.
What is claiming?

To delete a page click on the “edit” button located on the right corner of each page. There you’ll find a small red “delete” button on the bottom right corner.
Please note that you have to remove all corresponding DJ Sets displayed on the page first.

Contact support@play.fm if you need additional help.

Please use the “edit” button located beneath the play button on each DJ Set page.

A DJ Set can only be deleted by the person who uploaded it. Please use the “edit” button located beneath the play button on each DJ Set page.
You can temporarily “upublish” your DJ Set by changing the permission status or delete your tracklist and audio file permanently.

Contact support@play.fm if you need additional help.

Claiming means to become the admin of a page. It helps you protect your page from unauthorized access and let’s you manage all important information.
To claim a page click on the “edit” button located on each page and use the big red “Your page? Claim it here” button to become page admin.

After providing some general information you’ll automatically gain admin rights and can manage all information from now on. If you need other people to edit your page as well , eg. your management, promoter, label or artist you can add further editors for each page.

Please drop us a line and we will take care of the situation immediately: support@play.fm

Simply use the red “Add your Event” button shown in the events section at http://www.play.fm/events or use this direct link direct link

Fill in the general event information needed and upload your flyer. Your event will be shown automatically in our events calendar.

The Play.fm shop compares tracks across various online-shops , e.g. Beatport, Juno and DJtunes based on price, format (Download, Vinyl, CD) and quality. Visit http://www.play.fm/shop

Our current partner shops are:

Beatport
Discogs Marketplace
DJTunes
Junodownload
Finetunes
Soulseduction

We have partnerships with shops like Juno, Amazon and Beatport etc. to offer tracks/releases they sell on Play.fm. Play.fm is not an individual shop (please don´t send us your tracks to sell).

Your track / release will be available automatically in our shop if it is available in one of our partner shops (see our current shop partners)

Go to www.play.fm/shop to search for a track or release. Click "Check shops" for track / release comparison.

To purchase click the "Buy button" which will forward you to the selected shop's site.
Alternatively click the "Shop" button in a tracklist to compare the selected track.

We know - there are so many great mixes out there! Unfortunately the current legal situation does not allow us selling any Play.fm DJ Sets.

To report inapropriate content, poor quality or copyright infringements use the "Flag" button you´ll find in every page (DJ Set, artist, label, event, etc.) or send a link to support@play.fm.

You will need the permission of the performing artist eg. the DJ mixing the set or the live-act or band performing. In many cases you may obtain permissions from managers, bookers or labels representing the performing artist.

Unfortunately DJ Sets cannot be downloaded from PLAY.FM. The licence agreements we have with collecting societies and labels do only allow on-demand streaming of DJ Sets.

Yes, we do. As Play.fm is based in Vienna / Austria we pay licence fees to Austrian collecting societies (AKM, AUME, LSG).

They have contracts with other collecting societies around the world. Therefore a part of the money that Play.fm pays here in Austria will be passed on to those collecting societies abroad.

1) Share Button: to manually post links to Facebook, Twitter etc.
You´ll find the "share <>" button on every page, every DJ Set detail page, event page and in the player. It will redirect users directly to DJ Sets, events or pages on Play.fm.

2) Widget: to embed DJ Sets into your website or blog.
Visitors of your website may listen to your favorite DJ Sets on your website - instead of being redirected to Play.fm.
Play.fm offers two different widget types:
Flash Widget:
Customizable for embedding single DJ Sets (1 mix) or multiple DJ sets (3 mixes max).
Get it here: http://www.play.fm/widget/flash01

Java Script Widget:
Customizable for embedding single DJ Sets (1 mix) or multiple DJ sets (up to 50 mixes).
Get it here: http://www.play.fm/widget/js01

If you want to use the data from the clubs api for our javascript widget, generate the widget code for a specific club with the options you like and replace some data like in the example below:

[CLUB NAME]


e.g for Fluc Wanne, url = http://www.play.fm/club/flucwanne, id = 8757

Fluc Wanne (Club / Venue)


Just replace [LINK TO CLUB], [CLUB NAME] and [CLUB ID] with the data from the API.

If you want to start our player for a DJ Set you have to know the recording id.
The recording id is provided within our rss feeds [guid]

1. Get the recording id from the rss feed [guid]
-for example from: latest recordings

2. Include the javascript file from "http://www.play.fm/js/player/external.js" in your header



Example: html file

3. just call the javascript function "playfmPopupPlayer(recording_id);" to open our player
Start the player for recording with id 1:

This link will start the recording with id 1

Example: This link will start the recording with id 1

1.) Go to the profile of the artist/label/event/... that you want to publish recordings of

2.) Click on the RSS symbol in your browser, choose "Most Recent Recordings" or "Popular Recordings (2 weeks)"

3.) Copy the URL in your browser window and paste it into your RSS Reader or programming code.

To automatically post links to your favorite recordings on Facebook, MySpace or any other website you can either use RSS Reader Apps, e.g. "RSS Reader" for MySpace or "Simplaris Blogcast" for Facebook

Visit http://www.play.fm/newsletter

Visit our advertise page for detailed information and contact our sales team at sales@play.fm

Just visit our jobs page to check current job and internship openings: http://www.play.fm/jobs