You're lucky. As Matt said, the Canadian Sirius dropped even legacy support for Pulsar and we are stuck with that afore mentioned inaccessible player. I know one thing, they've lost a customer. I'll find more accessible options for listening to radio. I'll sure miss my favorite station though. On 2012-10-13, at 1:51 PM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
