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    Pandora's Jar ColdFusion's jar & src 7.4.0_CF5

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi ColdFusion,

    I've given CF7 a try. The Track #, Title, Artist,

    Album, Year and Genre fields are perfect including

    the Comment one (i edited comment.override.enabled

    and comment.override.text in 'default.properties')

    when the "band bio" item is supported thru Last.FM

    and CDDB, apparently... Now i can be a pig eating

    like a gourmet! I'm sorry to only offer feedback.

    :!:

    Fixed flash 9 problem with pandora

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi,

    Using a Linux SlackWare-based Live CD called Slax,

    i noticed there's no such thing as a Flash version

    issue: i see names like 'nspluginviewer*.tmp' all

    over the place in my /tmp/kde-root/ directory when

    Pandora is opened from Konqueror and there's a log

    file saying "opened(########):file://tmp/kde-root/

    etc., which tells me each .MP3 file is identified.

    Has anyone tried Pandora's Jar under Linux before?

    :?:

    Pandora's Jar ColdFusion's jar & src 7.4.0_CF5

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi ColdFusion,

    Sorry, i have no specific comments, suggestions or

    bug reports to make but i do have some feedback to

    share, nonetheless. I downloaded those two files:

    http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sour....beta.7.4.0.zip (3953119 Bytes)

    http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sour...F6.jar.only.zip (144521 Bytes)

    Then i extracted 'pandora.beta.7.4.0.zip' to a new

    (fresh) 'pandora.beta.7.4.0' directory, unzipped

    'pandora.7.4.0.CF6.jar.only.zip' and overwrote the

    'default.properties'. I also edited 'pandora.bat'

    as shown here to compensate for the Flash v9 trap:

    @echo off

If () == (%1) start javaw -jar pandora.jar 8085

If Not () == (%1) start javaw -jar pandora.jar %1

C:

CD 

CD "Program Files"

CD "Mozilla Firefox"

Echo.

Echo Ready to load `FireFox + Pandora'!

Echo.

Echo Press [Ctrl]+[C] to abort...

Pause

If () == (%1) start firefox http://www.pandora.com/

If Not () == (%1) start firefox http://www.pandora.com/

Echo.

Echo.

Echo Ready to load `FireFox + Pandora's Jar'!

Echo.

Echo Press [Ctrl]+[C] to abort...

Pause

If () == (%1) start firefox http://localhost:8085

If Not () == (%1) start firefox http://localhost:%1

    The execution of 'pandora.bat' opens the Pandora's

    Jar JAVA applet, pressing [Enter] starts a regular

    Pandora player in FireFox and the second tap opens

    Pandora's Jar HTML interface. At first, Pandora's

    Jar displays "Waiting (capture results)."/"Waiting

    (last.fm)." but it will change to "MP3 ripping set

    to manual - Click the [Grab It] button..." after a

    while... Two tests out of three worked: i played

    the song from the http://www.pandora.com/ page and

    capture it from the http://localhost:8085/ one. I

    verified the MP3 fields using WinAmp and the Title

    and Artist information was OKay, the Comment field

    would still read as "ripped by [PaNDoRas jAR] your

    source for listening pleasure", though. Any saved

    item could be found in a sub-directory similar to:

    mp3UNKNOWN STATION{The band's name}{The album's name}

    Strangely enough, the genuine Pandora player won't

    complain about the Flash version while it says "In

    order to use Pandora, we request...", etc. when it

    connects via the Pandora's Jar JAVA applet page...

    The "Waiting..." messages which are shown before i

    can try the [Grab It] button now last forever, the

    3rd experiment was my last and cleaning up the tmp

    directory didn't fix it. That's all the feed-back

    i got. This was a nice experiment, in any case!!!

    :wink:

    Pandora's Jar, few modifications

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi Russ,

    Your modification were more than useful: where there

    was only a tiny window providing no access to critical

    buttons i get the full display again, or at least i'm

    able to reload the page correctly... I've tested it

    a few times and i could download as i used to, months

    ago. The one thing it's missing is the "album" field

    and/or directory(ies); i'd also remove the infamous

    "ripped by [PaNDoRas jAR] your source for listening

    pleasure" comment but that's just me. Good job Russ!

    If i could find where the Linux setup is explained i'd

    try it on a Live CD as well, simply for the fun of it.

    8)

    New version of Pandora?

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi GeekBoy,

    I played with Slax again and it turns out that the

    Flash v8.0 r22 module is Flash v7.0 r25, actually!

    :roll:

    There's simply no v8 available, apparently: Flash

    v7.0 r63 is the closest thing prior to v9 but it's

    working just fine with Pandora, go figure... As i

    explained before, the temporary files are not hard

    to locate. I see a plugtmp directory holding some

    small file called 'v8' (with XML content for all i

    know) and tuner_7_3_0_2_pandora.swf stands beside,

    an all-numbers-named music-file with its .MP3 icon

    doesn't exactly appear to be hidden neither. More

    files named plugtmp-1, plugtmp-2, etc. are located

    one directory level up. All this disapears when i

    try Pandora via Flash v9.0.21.55 + Java v1.5.0_09.

    FireFox v2.0 didn't complain after i downgraded to

    Flash v7.0 r63 using a patching module, Opera will

    call for experiments before i can tell about it...

    Hummm... Or maybe my recollections are blurred as

    i just don't remember seeing plugtmp before Opera!

    :shock:

    Ha yes, the music-files had a .tmp extension while

    their names looked like nspluginviewer******, etc.

    That must be from when i was using a previous Java

    or else! I hardly make sense of my notes anymore.

    Ha, and i almost forgot: songs arrive one by one;

    i believe they're sent in groups using Windows XP.

    :!:

    New version of Pandora?

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi again GeekBoy,

    On Slax the default user is root so maybe i should

    add /root/ in front of all paths to be clear. For

    my purpose, /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini is

    the file to look for... As mentioned, a downgrade

    to Flash v8 might be in order but i'll continue...

    :D

    New version of Pandora?

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi GeekBoy,

    I finally managed to make FireFox v2.0 work with

    Flash Player v9.0.21.55 (BETA) and Java v1.5.0.09

    support on the Slax v5.1.8 Live CD. Pandora does

    not seem to mind in absence of the Java plugin (i

    was able to identify the temporary files without

    it but not after Java was correctly installed)...

    Copying files to FAT-32 partitions doesn't happen

    to be an issue and in-progress work is attempting

    to support NTFS as well, i think that a USB drive

    would be accessible too but i have none for doing

    tests just yet. The Slax user installations are

    based on simple "modules", i'll try to search for

    "FFDIR" when i resume experiments with Java on...

    I must also downgrade to Flash Player 8.0 r22 in

    case it helps to find Pandora's temporary files.

    :roll:

    A word of caution: the modular system in Slax is

    supposed to be hassle-free but it may happen that

    a fix is required. It was my case, i noticed the

    FireFox plugin directory must only contain a link

    to libjavaplugin_oji.so instead of the real file.

    Once Java is installed, libjavaplugin_oji.so will

    reside in /usr/lib/jrel.5.0.09/plugin/i386/ns7/

    while /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins/ is where the

    link is to be created (using pick-'n-drop between

    two Konqueror windows); the real .so file should

    simply be removed from the FireFox sub-directory

    if it can be found there. Using "about:plugins"

    under FireFox will show the exact versions, mine

    was "1.5.0_09-b01"... Relatively to the FireFox

    cache, it's in /.mozilla/firefox/<Path>/ and Path

    is declared in /.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini, to

    be exact. That's all i got, i wish you good day!

    :)

    FireFox 2

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi MaxRabbit,

    MR> I HAVE to upgrade to flash 9!!!

    I have SeaMonkey, FireFox and Opera installed. If

    i verify using the link shown below, SeaMonkey has

    version 9.0 r16.0 while FireFox and Opera got v8.0

    r22.0 and this allowed me to play Pandora's Jar in

    the past (until moving to the 7.4.0 version) while

    i could play more recent Flash content. A FireFox

    test used to display v8.0.24.0, actually, but some

    strange event slipped my attention because i found

    v9.0.16.0 in the other browsers as well so i ended

    up removing it and i didn't find the same v8 setup

    file as before. Anyway, this link proved helpful:

    http://www.adobe.com/fr/software/flash/about/

    I'm not really sure how Flash support was upgraded

    in FireFox but i vaguely remember that to have two

    different versions i used an .XPI link (see above)

    in order to install v9 in SeaMonkey, then the .EXE

    setup file (v8 of course) handled FireFox/Opera...

    :wink:

    Sorry but i couldn't find an .EXE or .XPI v8 link.

    :roll:

    New version of Pandora?

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi Cooper,

    Pi> I found Pandora's Jar usefull despite its

    Pi> flaws; the only item i'd remove is the

    Pi> comment field...

    Co> Okay, here's the deal. It's Pandora fighting

    Co> piracy. Nothing more, nothing less.

    I concur, it's why i'd have the comment removed...

    :wink:

    New version of Pandora?

    in Pandora Timeshifting

    Posted

    Hi,

    I gave Pandora's Jar a try this summer and i want

    to share my observations. I used version 7.3.1

    for about two months, before the switch to v7.4.0

    became necessary. Right now i have FireFox v2.0,

    Adobe Flash Player v8.0.24.0, JAVA v1.5.0.7 and

    Pandora v7.4.0 BETA installed. The music plays

    but i'm back to square one when the page refused

    to draw completely and i can't find a cure this

    time. Version 7.3.1 (i saw 7.3.4 at the bottom)

    was OK if i ran FireFox 1st, started pandora.jar

    and then used a favourite button to connect. My

    personal data often got cleared, a click on the

    recycle button hardly brought it back and reloads

    weren't 100% reliable neither but i could manage

    with it - the retry button from the JAVA applet

    was totally useless. The album was undefined on

    many occurances (like the track number, the year,

    label and genre) but i had the artist's name and

    title just fine most of the time. At the end, i

    had lyrics and covers too but it didn't last and

    then i went back to this with v7.4.0's release:

    pandorabreakdowntg9.jpg

    :!:

    I found Pandora's Jar usefull despite its flaws;

    the only item i'd remove is the comment field...

    When drawing seemed to be a problem, closing and

    rebooting usually helped; sometimes i even reset

    my browser's cache and tried to clean up my temp

    directory if necessary. One very annoying thing

    i couldn't handle was when i got a status message

    saying that it was trying to transfer data from

    media.fastclick.net and nothing happened: i had

    to restart Pandora at that point. Reloads after

    every 30 songs had re-drawing done fine but not

    always (missing parts could remain unchanged)...

    :roll:

    Here's one old launch-procedure modification:

    Pandora.BAT

    @echo off

If () == (%1) start javaw -jar pandora.jar 8085

If Not () == (%1) start javaw -jar pandora.jar %1

C:

CD 

CD "Program Files"

CD "Mozilla Firefox"

Echo.

Echo Loading Pandora.JAR v7.x.x then FireFox!

Echo.

Echo Press [Ctrl]+[C] to abort...

Pause

If () == (%1) start firefox http://localhost:8085

If Not () == (%1) start firefox http://localhost:%1

    Lately, i used it only after FireFox was loaded;

    i usually ignored the prompt, closed the window

    at that point then clicked on my favourite button

    to connect. Obviously, this sequence would need

    to be reversed. Anyway, it no longer helps as it

    will draw as above and i can't contol it anymore.

    :cry:

    This post is meant as feedback only, nothing else

    is intended; forgive me if it sounds otherwise!

    :wink:

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