<s>
Muziic	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
media	O
player	O
,	O
FLV	B-Operating_System
encoder	I-Operating_System
and	O
related	O
website	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
directly	O
access	O
flash	B-Operating_System
video	I-Operating_System
media	O
files	O
from	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
without	O
the	O
user	O
having	O
to	O
visit	O
the	O
file	O
's	O
display	O
page	O
on	O
the	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Muziic	B-Protocol
can	O
also	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
organization	O
that	O
created	O
and	O
maintains	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
name	O
suggests	O
,	O
the	O
primary	O
focus	O
of	O
Muziic	B-Protocol
is	O
on	O
accessing	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
's	O
music	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Muziic	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
by	O
then-fifteen-year-old	O
David	O
Nelson	O
and	O
his	O
father	O
Mark	O
Nelson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
pair	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
website	O
,	O
www.muziic.com	O
(	O
launched	O
on	O
25	O
February	O
2009	O
)	O
and	O
debuted	O
the	O
Muziic	B-Protocol
Player	I-Protocol
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
search	O
,	O
sort	O
,	O
play	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
playlists	O
of	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
videos	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
an	O
upload	O
function	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
encode	O
media	O
files	O
as	O
flash	B-Operating_System
video	I-Operating_System
and	O
add	O
them	O
to	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
Muziic	B-Protocol
Player	I-Protocol
is	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
XP	B-Application
and	O
Vista	B-Application
)	O
and	O
is	O
dependent	O
on	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
plug-in	O
for	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
also	O
has	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
twenty-four	O
hours	O
of	O
launch	O
,	O
Muziic	B-Protocol
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
had	O
become	O
the	O
29th	O
most	O
popular	O
free	O
music	O
app	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
App	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Muziic	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Muziic	B-Protocol
website	O
provides	O
a	O
degree	O
of	O
"	O
social	O
networking	O
"	O
functionality	O
for	O
Muziic	B-Protocol
users	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
community	O
generated	O
directory	O
of	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
videos	I-General_Concept
,	O
playlists	O
,	O
and	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Muziic	B-Protocol
also	O
maintains	O
its	O
own	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
channel	I-General_Concept
and	O
has	O
a	O
presence	O
on	O
Myspace	B-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
