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[anna]

If you're using os874, 11.2.0, Fedora 14, this pianobar should work.  Dunno if it's gonna work for beta/future Fedora 14 builds, but here we go.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/a57o3d

I think the install script should work without fuss, or at least it did on my test box.  Just remember to edit the config file for your Pandora user/pass.

[cht]

I just got back from vacation and dicovered that they've changed protocol versions again.  Anna, if you have the time could you please get the new lib source and recompile and upload.  Thanks, again.  (Am I the only one using this?  I love pianobar.)

Carol

[kimtoufectis]

Carol--

You are most certainly not the only person using this; I am truly so grateful to Anna for her continuing work to keep this accessible on my xo!

--Kim

[cht]

Kim--

Does your version of Pandora still work?

--Carol

[kimtoufectis]

Carol--

I recently upgraded to the 11.3 candidate, and based on your earlier message I didn't try to reinstall Pandora because I figured it wouldn't work.  I'm tied up in work-related travel for a while, so I may not get to try it out for a few weeks...

--Kim

[anna]

Here's the latest and greatest compiled on and for the XO-1 under 11.3.0

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hdb5uo

Note:  Add gnutls-devel to the original dependency list if you want to do this yourself.

[cht]

Anna,

Ooops, I missed the window of opportunity.  Could you please upload the latest to sendspace again.
Thanks.

Carol

[anna]

Ooops, I missed the window of opportunity.  Could you please upload the latest to sendspace again.

That is one of the really annoying things about Sendspace, that the files expire.  I just uploaded it again.

EDIT:

Of course a couple days after I reuploaded the file, Pandora changed the protocol and I had to recompile.  So here's the new version.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/d8bsvm

BTW, my cousin is a young singer/songwriter who just now got on Pandora radio.  I figured since I keep maintaining this, folks wouldn't mind a plug.  Search for the artist Annalise Emerick.

[cht]

Anna,

Just got back from weeks of skiing and found your update.
Thank you vey much for maintaining this, especially since Pandora keeps "ruining" it.
I will search for your cousin :-)

Carol

[anna]

Well, it seems Pandora has changed things again.  And this time it's very different from other changes.

There is an interim work around and I want to explain it a bit before you haul off and download the update from here:  http://www.sendspace.com/file/bc9j81

If you want to see what's going on, this thread is helpful:

https://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar/issues/236

If I understand what's happening, Pandora wants to see a particular timestamp on login and the workaround is to call a php page from a separate webserver containing this single line:

<?php echo time() + 30239998; ?>

A patch was quickly issued the next day:  https://gist.github.com/2500616

Quite a few people were kinda creeped out that the patch is calling http://ridetheclown.com/s2/synctime.php

Now, the guy who runs that domain is another dev, but I'm not exactly comfortable with it.  If you've ever looked at webserver logs, you know that if you have to call a third party webpage before you can authenticate to Pandora, someone can see when you're listening to Pandora and what your IP is.  No, they can't get your user/pass or see what you're listening to, but it still creeps me out.  And the domain name is ridetheclown.com, for goodness sakes.

Thanks to a comment in the bug thread, I found out that if you have a webserver (heck, even just running on localhost) you can point the link in the patch to something else before you apply and compile.

I tested it first with the XS in my house and it worked just fine.  Then I wondered how to bring a workaround to y'all.  My XS is semi-public and has pretty good uptime, but that ancient old Dell and my less than optimal DSL connection are not really the best platform for something like this.

One of my old XS chat friends, in whom I have complete and utter trust, volunteered his test XS for pianobar enthusiasts.  So, I edited the patch to point to him instead of ridetheclown.com.

Again, this is an interim solution and the dev is working on a better way to address the issue.  I'm posting this for the meantime, as I can't stand being without Pandora radio on the XO-1 and there are probably still a few of y'all out there who feel the same as I do.