RP Listener Forum

Posted: Jul 7, 2009 - 5:54am

... From my Palm Pre. A little cumbersome to have full site on this tiny screen but it works great. I love that I can stream the music through this phone, plug into the car and get RP on the go. When I stream, there is no Now Playing list, just a pause button.

I think the full site thing is a Pre issue. Other sites that come up as a mobile version on my iPod, also come up full site on the Pre. Maybe because this OS is fairly new. I am definitely having an easier time w this keyboard than I was w the iPod touch keyboard.

Results for me? If wi-fi is around, I will likely use my iPod for RP because the mobile site is less cumbersome but if there is no wi-fi, my phone is the only choice. Bill, do you know if the mobile site will work on Palm's OS at any point?

Posted: Jul 7, 2009 - 5:38am

...now on my computer for time's sake...

When I click on the Listen link and then a stream, it tells me "Download Failed Safari cannot download this file"

I already have the app downloaded, so I am not sure what this is about. But I cannot get to listening through the mobile site. If I exit out of web and click on the app, it works great. And I love that there is now a "Now Playing" in the app. Helps a lot when I listen this way.

On my Palm Pre (Sprint) I still get the full on website. I haven't tried posting from there yet. Give me a minute...

Posted: Jul 7, 2009 - 5:35am

I am posting this from my iPod over wi-fi, npt an iPhone. Seems to work nice except one thong thay I can find...
Edit: Okay, my fingers are a little big for that touch keyboard. Sorry about the misspellings.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 9:02pm

Xeric wrote:

And now, from a real damned keyboard—Bill, is access to the journals from the mobile site going to be added at some point?

page 2 seems to be borken but yes Journals are coming soon.... it was discussed earlier.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 9:02pm

Xeric wrote:

And now, from a real damned keyboard—Bill, is access to the journals from the mobile site going to be added at some point?

Yes.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 8:13pm

And now, from a real damned keyboard—Bill, is access to the journals from the mobile site going to be added at some point?

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 8:11pm

jadewahoo wrote:

I've been using the 32k RTSP stream link on my new enV Touch for the last week. Driving down the freeway, or sitting in the yard of a friend whose lawn I am watering while they are out of town... flip, click, listen. Beautiful.

Posting this from there. I'm with Bill on typing on a touchscreen, but this seems to be better than the regular site on a mobile. Yay Bill!

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 7:19pm

I've been using the 32k RTSP stream link on my new enV Touch for the last week. Driving down the freeway, or sitting in the yard of a friend whose lawn I am watering while they are out of town... flip, click, listen. Beautiful.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 6:29pm

JustineFromWyoming wrote:

It is cool but seems to distort all photos (iPod touch). Anyway it makes backyard slacking much more efficient...

Always glad to help :-)

Yeah, the photo size shaping is still a work in progress. It works OK with 4:3 aspect ratio photos, not so well with other shapes.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 5:05pm

ed wrote:

I know it isn't you that is requiring the download of those services.

I can't access any content except the mobile webpage and when I try to go through the listen link there it requires me to download the pay for service player. It's the server/mobile website that is funneling Blackberry users through them.

I'm baffled. You should get a Listen page on our mobile site that offers you a number of different links: 32k RTSP (the "Smartphone" link from the main site), 128k & 32k MP3, 64k & 24k AAC+, and Windows Media — with one or more of these singled out as the best choice for your particular device. The main exception is iPhones & iPod Touches, where we strongly encourage the use of our free iPhone app.

No "funneling". No requiring of downloads.

Make sure you're looking at the CURRENT version of the Listen page. It's been updated several times today.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 4:30pm

It is cool but seems to distort all photos (iPod touch).

Anyway it makes backyard slacking much more efficient...

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 4:09pm

ed wrote:

So why does the mobile site require me to download one of those services when the regular webpages didn't? I can't get the regular webpage since you started the mobile page.

I'm confused. We're not requiring you to download anything. I've asked for specifics about what content you can't access now that you could before, but your answers aren't very helpful.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 3:51pm

ed wrote:

100% positive I had all the streams working on my Blackberry when I first went online with it and up until last wednesday through the 192k stream I have bookmarked when I last listen through it.
Edit:
That should have read all of the links under the header, MP3 Links, on the Listen page.

We haven't changed anything that would stop your old bookmarks from working. The 128k MP3 link on the mobile "Listen" page is the same as the one on the main site.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 3:35pm

ed wrote:

Before you started the Smartphone app I was able to listen through the link for the 192k stream I had bookmarked on my Blackberry. I'm not a techie but does it make a difference between a mobile webpage and the regular RP main page I used to go through? I did not have any Flycast or Berrytunes downloaded before the Smartphone app and didn't need to download one to listen to the Smartphone app. Seems to me that it is the mobile webpages that are funneling us through those pay for service rip-offs.

OK. I thought that the 32k RTSP (Smartphone) link was on the list of alternate links on the Listen page, but I see that it wasn't. It's there now (2nd from bottom of the list).

It's also now listed at the recommended choice for Blackberry phones, though you'll get better sound with BerryTunes.

As for the 192k MP3 link, that's a terrible choice for a mobile device — the higher the bitrate the less reliable the mobile performance will be, and the sooner you'll hit the cap on your data plan (you might not even know you have one, but trust me — you do). But if the 192k link worked for you, so should 128k MP3. Are you *sure* that yopu were able to play that on your Blackberry? Doesn't work on mine.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 2:26pm

BillG wrote:

You're quite welcome. However, in most cases complaints are good. If something isn't working we want to know about it.

I think this war in Iraq is busted.

Posted: Jul 6, 2009 - 1:05pm

kysmet wrote:

My paper shredder's not working

hehehe...