Winamp Remote, powered by Orb, is a new beta service that allows you to stream your music and videos to any device that has an Internet connection. Specifically, if you connect your Wii to your home wireless network, spend $5 and buy the Internet channel and the Opera Browser, and install Winamp Remote on any Windows computer running Winamp you can stream any files in the Winamp library to your Wii.

From Winamp.com:

“Access and Share Your Music and Videos On the Go

Winamp Remote turns your home computer into a streaming server and play your music and videos on the go from any PC web browser, compatible cell phones, and TVs with a connected Wii, Xbox 360, or PlayStation 3. Also, share and discover (more…)

If you are like me you have an iPod and have downloaded iTunes, but you prefer to manage your music collection through either Windows Media Player or Winamp. The thougt of recreating the wheel in iTunes is not too appealing, Thank goodness the latest versions of Winamp (not sure when it happened extacly) allow you to sync your iPod. That means you can browse to an existing playlist, add it to Winamp and then send it to your iPod. Winamp even creates the playlist on your iPod too!

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