Guide & help
for Juqed Web.
Juqed Web runs entirely in the browser – for you and for your guests. Here is how to start within minutes, what you can set, and what to do when the music will not play. For an overview of the product, see the Juqed Web page.
Ready in five steps.
From opening the address to your guests’ first request.
Open the address
You open web.juqed.com in a current browser – Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari, on Windows, Linux or macOS. There is nothing to download and nothing to install.
Sign in with your email address
You enter your address and receive a six-digit code by email. No password needed. The code is valid for ten minutes and can be used only once. Your account is created along the way – there is no separate registration step.
Create an event
One click gives you a six-digit event code, a QR code, a guest link and a ready-made A4 poster as a PDF. One account runs exactly one event at a time.
Start the player and connect Apple Music
On first start you sign in once in Apple’s own window. We never see your Apple ID or your password; the credential stays in your browser. After that the player plays in this tab.
Invite your guests
Show the QR code, share the link or print the poster. Your guests open it on their own phones, pick a name and can request songs and vote straight away.
What you need for it: your own paid Apple Music subscription and a computer that stays on during the event. Your guests need nothing but their phones.
Where the music plays.
Juqed Web plays in the browser tab where you opened the player. That is where most of the questions come from.
Where exactly does the music play?
In the browser tab where you opened the player, through your own Apple Music account. That tab has to stay open and the computer awake – closing it stops the music. A second tab with the event page or the search does no harm; only the player tab must stay open.
Does the computer have to stay on the whole time?
Yes. While the player tab is in the foreground, Juqed keeps the screen awake by itself. That does not stop the computer from sleeping – switch that off in the power settings: on a Mac under System Settings → Battery, on Windows under Settings → System → Power & battery.
Is there something that reliably keeps the computer awake?
A small free app takes care of it: KeepingYouAwake on the Mac, PowerToys Awake from Microsoft on Windows, Caffeine on Linux. The player shows the matching hint and link once playback is running.
Can I run Juqed Web on a phone?
Technically yes, reliably no. On iPhone and Android the browser often cannot keep playback alive: locking the screen or switching tabs interrupts it. For a whole event a computer is the safe choice. Your guests, on the other hand, are exactly right with a phone.
The track loads but there is no sound – why?
Usually your browser cannot handle Apple Music’s copy protection. That is down to the computer, not to your account, and it is fixed in a few minutes: in Chrome and Edge the decryption module (Widevine) is missing or out of date, in Firefox the DRM content box is unticked, in Safari the copy protection lives in the system and needs an update. The help page at web.juqed.com/hilfe shows the exact route for your browser and your system; in the player the link also sits in the notice box as soon as we detect the error.
Which browser is the safest bet?
Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari are proven in current versions. Chrome and Edge bring their own copy protection and are therefore the least fussy – especially on Linux, where Chromium and Firefox often need the module installed separately. Safari uses Apple’s FairPlay from the system; a private window or a content blocker can prevent playback there.
Can I add songs myself?
Yes. Under Event → Search you have the whole Apple Music catalogue. One click puts a song in the playlist, a second plays it right away – the current track then moves back into the playlist.
What does the transition setting do?
It sets how long the current song fades out before the next one starts. A true crossfade is not possible in the browser: Apple Music delivers a single, copy-protected stream that cannot be mixed with a second one.
Where do I see what has already played?
Under History, newest first. The history is also the basis for the Auto DJ source “from the event so far” – clear it and the Auto DJ starts over from there.
So the music never stops.
The Auto DJ steps in when no requests are left. Where it refills from is up to you.
When does the Auto DJ step in?
As soon as no requests are left and the current track ends. If a request comes in at that moment, the request wins – the Auto DJ is the safety net, not the main act.
Which sources are there?
Five: from the event so far (in keeping with what has already played), by genre, from your own Apple Music playlists, from curated collections, and DJ mode. You pick exactly one; you can switch at any time, even mid-event.
What does DJ mode do differently?
It takes the requests as a direction but decides the order itself – by mood instead of strictly by votes. Good for evenings that should flow rather than be voted on song by song.
What are the curated collections?
Ready-made lists for an occasion or a mood that we maintain. You pick one and the Auto DJ draws from it – handy for bars and long events where nobody wants to build a playlist on the side.
Can I use my own Apple Music playlists?
Yes. Choose “Your own playlists” as the source and Juqed reads the lists from your Apple Music library and refills from them. Your playlists stay untouched – Juqed writes nothing into them.
Can I switch the Auto DJ off completely?
Yes, with a single switch on the event page. Then only what your guests request will play – and when nothing is left, it goes quiet. That is a deliberate choice, not a fault.
Do all sources depend on my tier?
On the free tier all five are open to you. With the one-time Pro purchase the curated collections and DJ mode stay with Gold; the other three are included.
Join, request, vote.
Your guests need no app and no account – and you still have your hand on what plays.
How do my guests join?
Through the QR code, the guest link or the six-digit event code. You find all three on the event page and in the player. Your guests open the link in the browser on their phone, pick a name and are in – no download, no account, no email address.
Do my guests need an Apple Music subscription?
No. Only you as the host need one, because the music runs through your account. Your guests search the catalogue, request and vote – for that they need nothing but a browser.
Does everyone have to be on the same Wi-Fi?
No. Everything runs over the internet. Your guests can be on Wi-Fi or on mobile data, mixed and changing through the evening. Only your computer needs a stable connection, because that is where the music plays.
What can guests do?
Search the Apple Music catalogue and request songs, vote for what others requested, and see what is playing and what comes next. Whatever has the most votes plays next – so the playlist sorts itself.
How do I stop one person taking over the event?
With the fair-use rules on the event page: a wait between two requests, a maximum of open requests and votes per guest, no voting for your own request, no title twice in the list. Every rule can be set on its own.
What is vote ageing?
Requests that have waited a long time move up by themselves. Without it a track only two people want would stay at the bottom for ever – with it the quieter guests get their turn too.
How do I block certain songs or artists?
With the blocklist on the event page. Anything listed there can neither be requested nor played by the Auto DJ, and it does not even show up in your guests’ search. You can change the list at any time, even mid-event.
What is the poster?
A ready-made A4 sheet as a PDF with the QR code, the event code and a short three-step guide. To pin up, lay out or pass on – in bars and at festivals more practical than a screen.
How many guests can join in?
For private use there is no limit you would reach in practice. What tends to shape the evening are the fair-use rules – and you set those yourself.
Runtime, ending, clearing up.
What happens to your event, how long it is valid and how you get rid of everything again.
How long does an event run?
That depends on your tier, and the event page shows until when. On the free tier an event runs for one day; with Gold it runs with no end date until you end it yourself. You can extend at any time, even mid-event.
How do I end the event?
On the event page with “End event”. That deletes the playlist, the history and your guests’ requests, and the guest link leads nowhere. You can create a new event any time afterwards.
Can I run several events at once?
No, one account runs exactly one event at a time. If you need a new one, end the old one first. The event code is therefore also its unique name – an event needs no name of its own.
How do I disconnect Apple Music?
Under Account → Apple Music → “Disconnect Apple Music”. That removes the credential from this browser; playback stops immediately, even mid-song. Your event, your playlist and the history stay untouched. To play on, you sign in to Apple once more.
I am on a different computer – do I have to reconnect?
Yes. The Apple Music credential is valid only in the browser where you granted it. Your Juqed account and your event are reachable from anywhere; for playback you sign in to Apple once on the new machine.
How do I delete my account?
Under Account → “Delete account”. We send you a confirmation code by email. Afterwards the account, the event, the playlist, the history and your guests’ requests are gone for good. A running subscription is cancelled in the process, and paid time is not refunded.
Can I see what data is stored about me?
Yes. Your account holds a data report showing everything stored about you – it is created fresh on each request and is never filed anywhere.
What is free – and what Gold does.
Trying it out costs nothing and needs no payment details. The full detail is on the pricing page; here is the short version.
What can I do on the free tier?
Everything: requests, voting, blocklist, history, the guest page and all five Auto DJ sources. Only time is limited – an event runs for one day, playback for three hours, counted from the first song and once per account. Setting things up and trying them out costs none of it.
When does the trial clock start?
Only with the first song actually played. Connecting Apple Music, choosing a music source, scanning in with your own phone as a test guest – none of that costs a minute of it.
What does Gold cost?
€2.49 per week, €4.99 per month or €39.99 per year, each including VAT. With it your events run with no end date and playback is not limited.
How do I cancel?
At any time and with no notice period, on three equal routes: in your account on web.juqed.com, through the cancellation button in the footer of every page – even without signing in – or informally by email. The cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid period; after that the free tier applies again, and your event and history stay.
Can I withdraw from the contract?
Yes, within fourteen days of the contract being concluded, and we do not let that right lapse early – even if you start using it right away. You can declare it with one click at web.juqed.com/widerruf, without signing in. We then refund in full, with no compensation charged for the time used.
Who is my contracting party when I buy?
Ordering, payment and invoicing run through our partner Paddle.com Market Limited, acting as reseller. For Juqed Web itself we remain your contracting party. Your invoices and your payment method live in your customer account at Paddle; the way there is in your Juqed account.
The payment window does not open – what now?
Usually a browser extension is blocking the address cdn.paddle.com. Switch it off for this page and try again. If it still sticks, write to us – the address is in the imprint.
Which data is processed.
The short version; the complete text is in the privacy policy for Juqed Web.
What do you store about my guests?
The name they pick, their requests and their votes – nothing else. No account, no email address, no sign-in. When the event ends, that goes too.
What do you store about me?
Your email address, your tier and your event settings. We do not store the sign-in code in plain text but only as a non-reversible hash; it expires after ten minutes and can be used only once.
Where are the servers?
In Germany, at Hetzner Online GmbH. The emails with the sign-in codes go through their outgoing mail server as well, TLS encrypted.
What does Apple see?
Playback runs directly between your browser and Apple, not through our servers. Apple processes the data of your own Apple Music contract under its own responsibility. We never see your Apple ID or your password.
Is there advertising or tracking?
No. No advertising, no passing data on for advertising purposes, no newsletter.
Where it continues.
The help inside the product
At web.juqed.com/hilfe there is a page that shows the route for your exact browser and system – above all when playback fails on the copy protection. And at web.juqed.com/faq you find the same questions as here, only right next to the button you want to press.
Pricing, cancellation and refunds
Every detail on the tiers, on payment through Paddle, on cancellation and on withdrawal is on the Pricing and refunds page.
Legal
The privacy policy for Juqed Web, the terms and the imprint are in the legal section.
None of this fits?
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Turn your browser into a jukebox.
Open the address, sign in with your email, create an event – and share the link. Trying it out costs nothing.