Boone;172400 Wrote: > I too have a "free account" for Rhapsody through my Comcast cable > subscription. I don't really consider it "free", though since I am > paying dearly for Comcast. I also tried to enter the account through > Squeezenetwork and got the same error message. I have been able to > access the "free account" through Squeezebox, and still can, as long as > Rhapsody is open on my computer. I really don't understand why are we > not able to do this through Squeezenetwork? I don't see why it would > make any difference to Rhapsody, as I assume they have an agreement > with Comcast and are receiving some compensation for our "free" > accounts. It would be so much easier simply to be able access through > Squeezenetwork. You have come up with a great upgrade, but it is of no > value to those of us who already have accounts that it will not allow > access to.
Your Rhapsody account from Comcast ... is it a full featured account, or is it radio / channels only? For a number of reasons (some business, and some technical) a decision was made to not implement support for subscription tiers below Rhapsody Unlimited, but to provide full support for Rhapsody Unlimited and above, no matter what the cobrand. (As an example, if you have an Unlimited or To-Go subscription to Best Buy Digital Music Store, that account will work, because that service is powered by Rhapsody.) So if you have a full subscription ... you can use the full client to pick and play as many tracks as you want, whenever you want ... but it isn't working with Squeezebox, that's a bug. If you have less than the all-you-can-eat subscription (eg; Rhapsody 25, Rhapsody Radio, Comcast Radio, etc.), it's just something we chose to not implement for the first generation. Essentially, the top reason we chose to do this is because it ends up pushing a lot of requirements on to our device partners to not do it. They have to start knowing a lot about the various tiers, and turning features on and off based on those tiers. It's easier for them (and therefore easier for them to get the service to their customers!) if we just say "If they can use our service, they can get everything. Period." -- sstatman Let Your Music Discover You http://www.rhapsody.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sstatman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9603 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31438 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/squeezenetwork
