pandora

pianobarfly – stopped working

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I was using pianobarfly and it no longer works, it appears the protocol was updated again. Does anyone have any information regarding this? The source hasn’t changed since February, so I’m wondering what else to try. The source for pianobar has changed and is quite different from what I have. Answer https://github.com/ghuntley/pianobarfly Try the latest … Read more

Google Chrome Starts With Hidden Instances

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Going to post this here – it turns out AskDifferent is … pretty dead. So – weird things today. Because of another issue, I had to close google chrome and restart it. When it restarted, Pandora started playing – however, there is no pandora to be found. No window nor tab. I thought I’d be … Read more

Bind “media” keys on MacBook keyboard to application menu items

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Currently, I am using PandoraBoy to listen to my Pandora stations. In the preferences, it allows you to set global hotkeys to control playing, like/dislike, volume, stations, etc. What I would like to do is allow the built-in media keys on my MacBook Pro’s keyboard (F7-F12: Previous, Play/Pause, Next, Mute, Volume Up, Volume Down) to … Read more

Any way to stream pandora (using desktop app) via encrypted tunnel?

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So, here’s the deal… I have Pandora One account, and using desktop app (which is written in Adobe Flex) to listen to my stations. Now, all is great, except streaming protocols are getting blocked at my workplace. Mobile is not an option either, with 2GB limit on monthly traffic… Encrypted tunnels, however, are not going … Read more

AutoHotkey media button for the NextSong button on Pandora

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I tried doing the same thing that had been advised to do on the Play/pause pandora.com with a media key answer page. I simply replaced the XXX with 119 after running GetMediaKey – instead of 122 (it was same for me), which worked just fine for its play/pause purpose. I also replaced the YY with … Read more

How to get pianobar working with tor and polipo

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Wanting to listen to Pandora from outside the US, I followed the instructions here and changed my /etc/tor/torrc file according to the instructions here. I learned about pianobar, a console-based Pandora player, and decided to give it a try. However, I kept getting the same error: (i) Login… Network error: Connection refused. In ~/.config/pianobar/config I … Read more

Pandora doesn’t work with Firefox but with Chromium

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I have a brand new installation of Ubuntu 11.1. When I installed I checked the box to download the updates while installing and I also installed the additional MP3 software for the plug-ins. For some reason FireFox will not run Pandora. FireFox really crashes with Pandora. Chromium however is doing a great job of running … Read more