Comments on: XM Online Radio 1.4

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:44:10 +0000

I love this player, the only one that works. I just thought i might let everyone know that the new channels from Sirius are now added. So you will have to update the play list. For example Squizz is now Octane. and there are new channels as well, like the Blue Collar Comedy.

Keep up the great work, im lost without this player.

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:44:40 +0000

I really like this gadget better that the other XM options. Works great for me.

I do miss the popups when a song changes though.

By: The Staff

The Staff — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:55:58 +0000

Seabert, Re-add your gadget and check the YouTube, got a suprise for you.

The Numeric ID problem has been fixed for the next version.

The Runtime Error on the song preview should be fixed for the next version (we added some stuff, but it’s hard to test as it’s not constant).

~~The Song Listing on the gadget will trigger a focus event in the next version, allowing you to see the full title without having to click on the gadget.~~
Scratch that, still working on it. I can get focus in the sidebar, but the sidebar itself needs focus first, it seems.

Overall, we’re moving along pretty steadily with stuff, any other requests?

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:06:45 +0000

thanks for the prompt answer, great sidebar gadget I use it every day. keep up the good work.

regards

Mark

By: The Staff

The Staff — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:52:26 +0000

Mark, we too have seen this issue and will be working on a fix for the next version. In the interrim, you can either turn off the auto-preview option in settings or keep it on and the message may go away intermittenly as it’s porbably just broadcasting null data that we need to account for.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:47:27 +0000

Hi there, the new 1.4 xmradio gadget is a lot more stable than the 1.3 version. I have seen an issue crop up, dont know if anyone else sees it, I added a channel to the favourites list, and whenever the flyout opens when I click the channel button, it shows the favourites list then approx 2-3 sec later a pop up box appears with the message – A runtime error has occurred. Do you wish to debug?

Line 833 error: ‘document.getElementbyId(…)’ is null or not an object.

any ideas?

thanks

By: The Staff

The Staff — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:42:50 +0000

Seabert, We’ll consider adding in a mute button to the page. We’re already working on fixes for the other issues mentioned, thanks for confirming them.

By: Seabert

Seabert — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:45:13 +0000

thank you, but if that is the case with the you tube videos, you really should put a mute button on the pull out page itself. how is someone supposed to know they need to go back to the gadget otherwise? if you cannot put a mute button on there you should remove youtube because im sure that people just play the sound streams over each other.

i tried the the password problem with the zero and the focus issue with the tool tips too. both can be fixed with good coding and you guys should fix them.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:06:26 +0000

Sally, that sounds more like a problem with the connection or the buffering on Windows Media player than with the gadget code itself. Have you tried out the XM online player (from the website) to see if it’s doing the same thing? If it is, then it could be either: The Internet Speed, The Incoming Stream, or Buffering / Codec issues. Hard to say which one without testing it out a bit though.

By: sally

sally — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:28:01 +0000

thanks for your response admin. the music cuts in and out constantly making it very annoying to listen to as you can imagine. Usually the problem is worse for the 1 half hour or so then less of a problem.