andyg;599604 Wrote: > Right, we aren't a "partner". Some history: > > Very early on (2005?) someone in the community wrote a Shoutcast plugin > that used their open XML interface to access the directory. > Later, this got moved into MySB and rewritten a couple of times. It > always used the open API and rarely had any problems. > Last month, for some reason AOL/Shoutcast decided to only allow > official partners to use a new API, and they shut down the old, open > API. To those using the open API, there wasn't any way of knowing this > unless you happened to read the Winamp forums. We were never contacted > by AOL about this and only found out about the new partner stuff when > they shut down the open API. > > So of course, we are happy to become an official partner. Since I > expected this would take a long time, I asked for access to the new API > in the interim so we could get back up and running. The reply I got to > this request was less than helpful, and basically said "sorry, we > aren't accepting any new partners now, try again later." This was when > I decided to disable the app. > > Anyway, we are continuing to try to work on this with them, but if > their unhelpful attitude continues much longer we will probably have to > give up. Maybe something like the 'Icecast directory' > (http://dir.xiph.org) could replace it.
So all this time while you've been using this open api you decided not to be a partner (ie freeloading)while we pay you for the squeezbox hardware. If you had been an official partener you would have been informed about the change in the api. Meanwhile the end users (we that pay for the hardware) are left in the crap because you didnt want to spend a few dollars to become an official partner. Now I have a squeezbox radio, duet and a classic which I only listen to shoutcast on are now lying dormant, lifes great. And the comment about having to go to the shoutcast forum to learn about the api change is just lame, did you not even check your own forum and notice there were problems? you should be checking their forum out regardless, to keep the end user, us happy! after all you advertise shoutcast as been available on this equipment, and we've already paid our money. -- nathkrul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nathkrul's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34578 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84009 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
