That's a shame since the web player is totally inaccessible. Pulsar still works but when it no longer does, I will probably discontinue my on line access On Oct 13, 2012, at 12:07 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote:
> Hello everyone. > This message is slightly off topic, but I know that some of you probably use > Pulsar for listening to you're satellite radio. > > As it states in the message below, Sirius / XM is no longer allowing 3rd > party access to they're servers for online listening. > > I have checked, and here in Canada, the online listening experience is not > accessible from what I can see. > > I just thought I'd bring this to your attention. > My apologies if this has been discussed before. > > Matthew Campbell. > > > http://rogueamoeba.com/pulsar/ > > Recent Moves by SiriusXM Have Forced Us to Retire Pulsar > > Effective October 1st, 2012, Pulsar is no longer available for purchase. > While it is still available for download for existing users, we have no > further planned updates for it. > > Why This Has Happened > > Changes SiriusXM has made throughout the past year represent deliberate moves > to lock out others. Pulsar has always existed at the mercy of SiriusXM, and > their recent actions make it clear that they wish to lock out all third-party > players. We enjoyed both making and using Pulsar, and we'll be very > disappointed to see it go. It is clear, however, that SiriusXM wants you to > do all your listening through their web-based players. > > Current Status > > Sirius Canada and XM Canada Users > SiriusXM subscribers in Canada are no longer able access their audio via > Pulsar. SiriusXM Canada has moved exclusively to a new audio player, breaking > Pulsar. We no longer have any way to access SiriusXM audio in Canada. > > American SiriusXM Users > SiriusXM subscribers in the United States can still access audio with Pulsar. > Pulsar connects to an older player on SiriusXM's website, which is still > functional at this time. Sadly, it is likely SiriusXM will remove this old > player and break Pulsar's access at some point in the near future. > > Next Step > > Use SiriusXM's web-based player > > At this time, the only truly reliably way to listen to SiriusXM is via their > web players. It's clear that this is how SiriusXM wishes for listeners to > hear their content. > > SiriusXM US Player SiriusXM Canada Player > > Downloading Pulsar > > For the time being, we are still providing a download link for the last > version of Pulsar. This version can be used by already-licensed users in the > US. > > Get Pulsar 2.3.4 from on our Legacy page. > > It is likely Pulsar will cease functioning soon. Please note, this version is > not supported. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
