Buckazznaked
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join:2001-02-24
Vidor, TX
| Pretty cool even if it is AOL »www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/i···dio.html
The new AOL RADIO that allows you to listen to XM Radio right on your desktop. being that Roadruner gave me free AOL I really love this application. Got a lot of good stations.
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Thinkdiff
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join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL Yes, this is pretty cool. Not entirely useful for me being that i'll have XM on DirecTV in a couple days, but still very cool. Thanks! | |
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KCrimson
Premium
join:2001-02-25
Brooklyn, NY | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL Yea, but just think - with AOL Radio you'll even be able to hear XM Radio when it is cloudy outside. | |
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Thinkdiff
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL Haha.. my DTV hasn't gone out in well over a year. | |
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JackKane
@uu.net
| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL threading issues... he's referring to getting XM on DTV satellite, which does not feed off the ground repeater network and is susceptible to poor weather.
BTW, XM in the car fades to black under 50ft-long bridges for a few seconds. There's your 'cloudy day'. | |
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wxboss
This is like Deja vu all over again.
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join:2005-01-30
Jacksonville, FL
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| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL I know this is OT, but I'm curious about those who have a hard time receiving XM's Sat signals vs. their terrestrial repeater network. Down here in Florida, I actually have my home unit's antennae facing NE (not S like they recommend) and it actually has to penetrate a dense tree canopy as the two trees outside this window have things pretty well covered. I still get 3 bars on the Sat signal and no bars on the repeater end as indicated in antennae settings on the receiver.
I guess what I'm trying to get at here is whether the XM sats are similar to the GPS sats when it comes to their coverage because I know there is a greater GPS density in the South then there is in the North. | |
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JoshNJ
Premium
join:2001-12-25
Freehold, NJ
| said by KCrimson  :Yea, but just think - with AOL Radio you'll even be able to hear XM Radio when it is cloudy outside. I have had xm for over 3 years, not once has it been affected by clouds, rain or snow. Only thing I have ever seen block the signal was concrete walls.
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KCrimson
Premium
join:2001-02-25
Brooklyn, NY
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| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL Actually, my original reply was in regards XM via AOL versus XM via DirecTV. Whereas I have never used XM nor Sirius via satelite, I am not aware of any difficulties recieving either service on overcast days. However, I do have DirecTV and the bad-weather-outages can be a real nuisance here in New York City with a standard DirecTV dish. | |
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JoshNJ
Premium
join:2001-12-25
Freehold, NJ | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL xm's signal is indeed much different than directv's, i have seen directv cut of from heavy rain/clouds, unlike xm
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Eric
Animals Rule This Land
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-29
I see trees.
·Optimum Online
| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL That's the difference between audio and video. Even in the past 4 years that I have had XM, the signal reception improves with each new generation of hardware. My SkyFi2 gets a signal in places my old Sony PNP and even SkyFi1 never could get. I now only leave the antenna on the dashboard of my work vehicle, not the roof (where it gets torn off).
Too bad this app isn't an improvement for the crappy Macintosh XM Radio Online interface. I really hate having to open WMP to listen to the online channels. But AOL did one thing right for XMOL, Hawaiian music!
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JoshNJ
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join:2001-12-25
Freehold, NJ | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL I've wondered for awhile who listens to the hawaiian music channel all day, or what about 24 hour elvis? 
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File Quit
Mac Geek
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join:2002-11-28
| Nice.... I'll have to get one of my friend's SN and use it so i can listen. the all dmb/all pearl jam stations all the time sound very interesting to me
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dave49er
join:2004-05-05
Walnut, CA
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| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL said by File Quit :Nice.... I'll have to get one of my friend's SN and use it so i can listen. the all dmb/all pearl jam stations all the time sound very interesting to me Do they have an all Phil Anselmo all the time station? I could really get into that! | |
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join:2004-02-06
Branchville, NJ
1 edit | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL No aol stations support your current network bandwith.
What does this mean im on 5 meg DSL I think that should be enough to stream audio what gives? | |
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Carl
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join:2004-07-21
Krotz Springs, LA
·Charter Pipeline
| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL It should work for you....works fine here on 10.4.3 with a 3 meg DSL connection....did you select "Broadband" when you opened the app?
Maybe reinstalling it would work.
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metsfan489
METS - 2006 NL EAST
join:2004-10-11
Oakland Gardens, NY
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| said by davidcb13 :No aol stations support your current network bandwith. What does this mean im in 5 meg DSL I think that should be enough to stream audio what gives? Did you set the setting in the preferences? | |
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join:2004-02-06
Branchville, NJ
| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL said by metsfan489 :said by davidcb13 :No aol stations support your current network bandwith. What does this mean im in 5 meg DSL I think that should be enough to stream audio what gives? Did you set the setting in the preferences? Yea I set it to broadband | |
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Carl
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join:2004-07-21
Krotz Springs, LA | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL Have you tried reinstalling the program? | |
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join:2004-02-06
Branchville, NJ | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL yep... This is weird though I wonder what would be causing it.... Im not even behind a firewall so im kind of stumped | |
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File Quit
Mac Geek
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join:2002-11-28
| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL are you a paid AOL member? if you only have a freebie AIM SN (like i do), you seem to get that error message. Using a friends AOL full (paying monthly) account I can listen to the stations just fine.
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join:2004-02-06
Branchville, NJ
| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL said by File Quit :are you a paid AOL member? if you only have a freebie AIM SN (like i do), you seem to get that error message. Using a friends AOL full (paying monthly) account I can listen to the stations just fine. Boy do I feel like an idiot... | |
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File Quit
Mac Geek
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join:2002-11-28 | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL it's actually AOL's fault for not making that error message clear. Luckily I had a friend's password to see if it was my computer or not, haha.
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bob12345678910
@ma.charter | Im using AIM Triton beta and all the aol radio channels work fine within that. Im not an AOL user. | |
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File Quit
Mac Geek
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join:2002-11-28 | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL AIM Triton happens to be PC only however. | |
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bob12345678910
@ma.charter | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL Sorry, I saw it on the front page, didnt even look at the forum name. | |
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File Quit
Mac Geek
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join:2002-11-28
| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL nah. no one needs the AOL client  . the extras is all i care about. this AOL radio thing is nice, as well as AIM. the rest of it all sucks.
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Carl
Premium
join:2004-07-21
Krotz Springs, LA | It's cool.
The XM part is not working, though....but the AOL stations work just fine. | |
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| StopandGo
join:2003-08-15
Fredericksburg, VA | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL Use AOL Radio combined with AirFoil to stream it to Aiport Express. You can even click on a song or artist in the now playing box and be taken to that selection in the iTunes store. | |
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File Quit
Mac Geek
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join:2002-11-28 | I get it. we hit the front page  . | |
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SavingMegRyan
@comcast.net | Both AIM and AOL Radio are 2 of the best things they have done, both are very good. | |
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neuronbob
Health Care Reform Now
join:2000-03-30
Bedford, OH
| You know, this is one of those rare times where AOL actually gets it right. This is a good idea and works fabulously.
As a 3 1/2 year XM subscriber, I'm also glad that XM is finding ways to branch out in order to survive. I've also got D*, so next week I'll also have XM streams via their satellites.
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SMCinAZ
Premium
join:2000-11-29
Glendale, AZ
clubs: | Sucks that it does not include the xm talk stations. | |
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Shack12
@QWEST.NET | Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL I'm pretty sure that you can use this in winamp. | |
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SpyderCKE
We call that the Dennis Miller Ratio
Premium
join:2000-10-26
Milwaukee, WI
| Re: Pretty cool even if it is AOL Well since you brought it up, I'll jump, but I address this in a more general fashion as well.
You can receive these streams from AOL.com I believe if you have a supported browser and OS (FF is acceptable, but OS X apparently isn't..go figure). Is there any easy way to do this either without an AOL account, or using a program that could simply connect to the stream?
For example, using the Triton Beta in WinXP, the streams are opened in an IE window. In theory, should I not be able to trick this into thinking that I'm on XP and IE5 regardless of the browser (spoofing the info sent to the server)?
For the local radio stations in town, I have their stream bookmarked so I can hit their stream whenever I want (It's delivered via embedded Windows MP) in FF. It would be cool if I could simply pull this off with my browser on any machine I use, as opposed to the app in OS X, and Triton in XP.
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