Those folks at macintoshgarden have done it again - now the radio feature on old versions of iTunes works via their own hosted server and patched versions of iTunes are available.
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iTunes Radio Reborn
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right from the garden...
Efforts are underway to patch Mac OS 9 versions. Thank you for your patience.\
that is cool, now i can run itunes radio on my pismo without it collecting dust like it has been
Efforts are underway to patch Mac OS 9 versions. Thank you for your patience.\
that is cool, now i can run itunes radio on my pismo without it collecting dust like it has been
I'm curious. Is there a difference between what these new patched versions do and simply adding a radio stream .pls file?
For instance, I can stream Dronezone from SOMA FM on iTunes 4.0 because I added in the .pls stream file for it. Simple matter of double-clicking the 'song file' in the library. CMD+U on iTunes still opens a stream, btw.
For instance, I can stream Dronezone from SOMA FM on iTunes 4.0 because I added in the .pls stream file for it. Simple matter of double-clicking the 'song file' in the library. CMD+U on iTunes still opens a stream, btw.
As far as I can tell, it's not the functionality that's changed just access to the Apple library of radiostations that is now there once again (previously locked out due to security protocol?) - so no change to you and I adding stations manually but I nice addition for others.
I too am curious. One benefit I can see is that you don't have to go hunting the streaming links. SOMA FM is great, because they list them right on their website. A lot of stations don't though, and it can be difficult to find them. There have been times I've had to install a packet sniffer on my network to discover the streaming link for a given station, while playing it from some online aggregator like LastFM, etc., so that I can have it in iTunes or another local player.
On a side note, even the packet sniffer doesn't help sometimes. I've been trying to suss out a link to this station for a while now. Even though they give the link on that webpage, I can't get it to play in anything besides VLC, and even VLC gives me an error (but it still plays). I don't mind VLC, but it's not where I usually play music, and I'd like to be able to play this one in iTunes on Mac and in a particular radio widget on Windows. So far, no luck.
I suppose I could contact them if it really meant that much to me 😕 but I'm hard-headed.
I suppose I could contact them if it really meant that much to me 😕 but I'm hard-headed.
Their link does play from the mplayer executable - so you could write a script to play it as a one off?
Thanks. It's already a one off, playing from VLC, since I don't listen to any other music that way. I just wish I could have it with the rest of my music. I've tried modifying their link, but haven't hit on anything so far that will work in iTunes.
i downloaded the 2.0.4 patched for os 9 also, i was listening to it until for some odd reason, i lost my powermate control. so now i found the exact same station in os x and am continuing to listen to it there.
One thing i am wondering, what string did they replace or change in resedit? i was thinking about switching out the old stream service for something like lastfm or something similar a few years ago when live365 died out there for a bit.
One thing i am wondering, what string did they replace or change in resedit? i was thinking about switching out the old stream service for something like lastfm or something similar a few years ago when live365 died out there for a bit.