dans.blog: Yahoo! Sirius Radio Widget mod

Dan Vega

Sep 29, 2008 @ 4:28 PM

Do you have the template that reads these posts?

Clint

Sep 30, 2008 @ 8:21 AM

Thanks a bunch for the fix.

Dan G. Switzer, II

Sep 30, 2008 @ 8:40 AM

@Dan:

I can't share that template, but essentially your page will have the following form variables sent via a POST operation:

<cfparam name="form.type" type="string" />
<cfparam name="form.time" default="" type="string" />
<cfparam name="form.currentArtist" default="" type="string" />
<cfparam name="form.currentTitle" default="" type="string" />
<cfparam name="form.channelNum" default="" type="string" />
<cfparam name="form.channelName" default="" type="string" />
<cfparam name="form.channelDesc" default="" type="string" />

The "form.type" will always be "sirius"--this is a fixed value. I use a add-on for Winamp called "doSomething" to post to the same template what I'm listening to in Winamp, so I use the "type" to differentiate between the two.

John

Sep 30, 2008 @ 11:35 AM

Is Tanner's web site responding for you? I can't seem to connect to www.neoscib.com and his widget isn't working for me either. The widget get's stuck saying "Logged in, retrieving channels".

Looking at a network monitor trace, the widget is trying to do a get of http://www.neoscrib.com/neoscrib/datasources.php and doesn't get a response ...

Dan G. Switzer, II

Sep 30, 2008 @ 11:41 AM

@John:

No his website's down--which is what prompted me to fix the problem.

Upgrading to Yahoo! Widgets v4.5.2 resolved the "Logged in, retrieving channels" issue for me, but due to some depreciated XML in the SiriusTuner.kon file, the skins were all messed up.

My mod should allow you to use v2.2.2 with the Widget Engine v4.5.2. I've been using it for a few days now without incident.

John

Sep 30, 2008 @ 12:38 PM

Your version worked for me ... thanks!!!

John

Sep 30, 2008 @ 2:10 PM

FYI, I commented out the call to checkForUpdate at line 855 of SiriusTuner.kon to stop the Widget from automatically checking for an update when initialized. This stopped the widget from making a call to neoscrib which is no longer responding. This removed about a 60 second delay during widget initialization for me.

Thanks again, I prefer this version's UI also ... although Tanner did a great job of replicating the UI of the Stiletto Sirius player ...

John

Dan G. Switzer, II

Sep 30, 2008 @ 2:39 PM

@John:

The disabling of the checkForUpdate() function was a good idea. I went ahead and made v2.2.3 that actually adds a toggle where you can turn this off on. While I could have gutted it, there may be a time where Tanner decides to keep maintaining this version.

J-Dizzle

Sep 30, 2008 @ 9:36 PM

Thank you for the fix.
It is greatly appreciated.

J

Andy O

Sep 30, 2008 @ 10:45 PM

GREAT IDEA! I completely agree with you about the new UI. I love your mod.

Kracko

Oct 1, 2008 @ 1:36 AM

Works for me and I can use the HQ stream. Version 3 doesn't support this. THANKS!

Jayme

Oct 2, 2008 @ 8:35 AM

So does this work with 4.5.2?

I installed it, it opens and I can click on buttons and whatnot, but I have no music and nothing comes into view on the screen aside from "Sirius Satellite Radio" and a picture of the Sirius dog.

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 2, 2008 @ 8:59 AM

@Jayme:

It should work fine with v4.5.2 (that's what I'm running.) Did you put in your login credentials in the preferences? Also, make sure you click on the actual station name and not the category name (which can get confusing with things like Howard 100 where there's only one entry per category.)

jtyrrell

Oct 2, 2008 @ 10:19 AM

Man, this is awesome. Version 2.2.2 didn't update channels correctly for me - This build of 2.2.3 solved the problem.

You should change the name of the project to something like "Sirius Tuner Classic" so we can find it on Google easier in the future :) Also the same for widgets.yahoo.com

BobMarley

Oct 2, 2008 @ 10:44 AM

Thanks!

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 2, 2008 @ 10:46 AM

@jtyrrell:

I don't really have plans on posting to the widgets site, just because this really is Tanner's work and he's pushing 3.0. I just personally prefer the "classic" interface and it generally works better for me so I'm trying to keep it alive. :)

Leigh

Oct 2, 2008 @ 11:54 AM

Thanks a million Dan! I also don't like Tanner's new UI and am glad to see that you've fixed this version. Cheers!

Steve

Oct 2, 2008 @ 1:02 PM

Thanks a bunch Dan!!!

Jayme

Oct 3, 2008 @ 8:25 AM

@ Dan

Thats the thing, I put in my login credentials but I cant use the program. I try to click on the menu button in the middle of stop/play/up/down and nothing happens. I try to type in 100 and nothing happens. I just can't get it to display anything on the screen except "Sirius Satellite Radio" and the dog and I cant get any audio.

Maybe my work computer is blocking something...

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 3, 2008 @ 8:44 AM

@Jayme:

If you can't listen to streaming audio through the Sirius website, you won't be able to listen to music using this widget either.

You might try unchecking the "Check for new updates" option on the "Updates" tab in the widget preferences. This will stop the widget from trying to check Tanner's website for updates.

Make sure the "User 'Whats On' date from Wdiget servers" and "Advance Whats On URL" are checked on the "What's On" tab.

Other than that, I suspect your work is blocking some of the sites needed.

Doug

Oct 3, 2008 @ 12:13 PM

I love the player! Thank you.

Need some help. The album art doesn't seem to be showing up at all. Not sure if this is an additional setting that I missed or not, but I clicked on show album art, which I thought would do the trick.

Also, it isn't updating my yahoo messenger status, I'm running beta 9.

Any ideas?

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 3, 2008 @ 12:23 PM

@Doug:

I've never cared about either of those features. 99% of the time I listen online its to talk radio, so I've never even looked into the album art. Also, I've never looked into the IM status either.

I suspect the album art is trying to be retrieved from a dead URI--but I can't say since I've never looked into it.

My guess is the Yahoo is looking for a specific version of the Yahoo client to be running that is out-of-date. I've never looked at that code to see what it's doing though.

Since neither of these things are issues I really care about, I don't they'll be things I look at fixing (especially since I use Trillian instead of using individual IM clients.) In order for me to fix things, there usually has to be some kind of incentive for me to do it--which is normally just that it's ticking me off. :)

Scott Roy

Oct 4, 2008 @ 10:37 AM

I've installed both Widget Engine v4.5.2 and your Sirius Tuner update v2.2.3 and still nothing. I'm curious though, what url should be in the "What's On Data URL" space? I have nothing and when I select the check box "Select What's On Data Source", no sources show up when I hit the save button. Just wondering if these could be related to my problem.

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 4, 2008 @ 2:27 PM

The URL I have for "What's On Data URL" actually is dead, so it won't do you any good. What version of Windows Media Player do you have installed?

I'm not sure what version is actually required, but I have WMP 11.

My guess is you're not able to communicate with the Sirius servers. You can use a HTTP proxy (like Fiddler) to at least examine the HTTP calls the widget is making. You won't actually get the streaming audio while the proxy is running, but you'll at least be able to see the traffic to get a handle on where the problem lies.

John

Oct 6, 2008 @ 8:56 PM

The album art isn't updating because the widget is using an old and no longer supported Amazon API ... at least that's what Network Monitor shows ...

Bob

Oct 9, 2008 @ 8:40 PM

thank you for keeping up with this, i have always used it since day one. Tanner and his multi websites seems to disappear every now and then.

gcr33

Oct 12, 2008 @ 9:47 PM

Thanks for the work. We do appreciate it.

gerard

Oct 15, 2008 @ 12:05 AM

how come this is a .widget file? I've never heard of a program that opens up a .widget file? Sure this program isn't some spyware just to get onto people's computers.. I mean I downloaded the installation but I have no access to anything. I'm getting the message to search for a program that will be able to open this download..

Bogus. what's the deal on this?

gerry

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 15, 2008 @ 8:09 AM

@gerry:

Did you miss the part about requiring "Yahoo! Widgets v4.5"? You need Yahoo! Widgets installed to use this.

Donald Zehner

Oct 15, 2008 @ 5:31 PM

Hi Dan, thanks for the mod, but I'm having trouble getting the widget to work. It says it's logged in, no channels are showing up. Volume switch is non responsive. I can log in to sirius on line with no problems, even with the Firefox plugin, but I much prefer to use yours. I have WMP 11. Any ideas?

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 15, 2008 @ 5:45 PM

@Donald:

I'm not sure why it's not working for some. As I've said before, I'd try uninstalling Yahoo! Widgets and then make sure to re-install the latest version. That has fixed problems for me. I did have to change the widget XML file so it would work in Yahoo! Widgets v4.5 and I'm not sure when the changes I made became officially supported. It's possible the XML changes won't work in older versions.

Donald Zehner

Oct 15, 2008 @ 6:38 PM

Thank Dan, tried reinstalling, still nothing. I'll keep a watch out if someone else has the same problems.

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 16, 2008 @ 8:08 AM

@Donald:

Do you run through a proxy by any chance? If so, make sure that in the Advanced Yahoo! Widgets Preferences tab you have the Proxy Settings configured properly. I have "Use IE Proxy Settings" marked. I don't normally use a proxy, but I do occasionally run a local proxy that works as an HTTP monitor (for debugging purposes.)

Also, what OS are you running?

Jimdusty

Oct 18, 2008 @ 2:31 PM

Same problem as Scott Roy - Oct 4, 2008 anyone figure this out yet

gerard

Oct 18, 2008 @ 8:28 PM

I wasn't aware xp had widgets I thought it was a vista thing.. ya know when microsoft decided to call their next operating system 'vista' I knew we weren't in for anything that would be good. What the hell does vista mean and how does it relate to computers? What vista the next horizon.. someone give me a barf bag. If you ask me Longhorn was way better..

so does xp have widgets are what and is this program free or is there a hitch to all this sirius widget thing?

Bill

Oct 18, 2008 @ 9:59 PM

Hi Dan,
I liked the old UI myself, so I gave your mod a try. Trouble is, it takes forever "updating channels" (or something like that), every time it's started; eventually it finishes that task and plays, but if closed and restarted, that endless process is performed all over again. (XP sp3, here - no proxy).

I had to dump it and re-install v3.0.1 - that wait was just too annoying.

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 18, 2008 @ 10:09 PM

@Bill:

The updating of channels only takes a few seconds for me. You might check your settings, there are a few settings that can affect performance because they hit invalid URLs (like the album art which hits an no longer used Amazon API.)

Bill

Oct 18, 2008 @ 10:27 PM

Thanks Dan, but it's still no go. I've unchecked everything under "What's On", "Album Art", "Favorites", "Parental Controls" and "Updates" but the "Retrieving Channels" screen (sorry, that's the phrase, not "Updating Channels") is still displayed for a very long time each time the mod is started. No such problem with 3.0.1.

Vic Romano

Oct 19, 2008 @ 10:09 AM

Hi all, i have to agree with the previous posts about not being able to get this widget to work. Not only this widget, but 3.0.1 as well. I log in no problem, but once logged in no channels are found. It's just a screen with the dog. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated as i'm ripping my hair our trying to figure this out. I've read the above posts and checked my proxy settings and it's set to ie default.

Donald Zehner

Oct 19, 2008 @ 12:31 PM

Hi Dan, normal settings under advanced. I have windows XP.

Donald Zehner

Oct 19, 2008 @ 12:35 PM

To those that are having troubles and would like to have something else, try Starplayr. I much prefer the widget, especially the size but this one works well for me. Also if you have dual subscriptions XM and Sirius it will load them both.

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 19, 2008 @ 1:08 PM

For those having problems, have you tried temporarily disabling your anti-virus/firewalls?

Also, if some one is willing to download Fiddler and use it to examine the HTTP traffic, I might be able to provide more insight to the problems.

Jimdusty

Oct 21, 2008 @ 10:55 AM

Here is what fiddler said

<html>
<head>
    <title>Welcome to the SIRIUS Player Preview</title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">
<meta http-equiv="no-cache">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/mp/styles/player.css" type="text/css">
<script src="/mp/scripts/md5.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
<script src="/mp/scripts/mediaplayer_login.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
<script src="/mp/scripts/common.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
</head>

<body class="player-blue" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<form name="loginForm" method="POST">
<table width="650" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr>
        <td colspan="5">
        <img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="10" alt="" /></td>
  </tr>
     <tr>
    <td width="6"><img src="/s.gif" width="1" height="60" alt="" /></td>
      <td width="153"><img src="/s.gif" width="1" height="60" alt="" /></td>
    <td width="348" valign="middle" align="center">
            <a href="#" onClick="javascript: openWindow('http://www.siriuscanada.ca');">
            <img src="/mp/i/pg/pl/pg-pl-sirius-logo.gif"
                border="0" alt="SIRIUS Satellite Radio"></a></td>
    <td width="137" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="#" onClick="javascript: openWindow('http://www.siriuscanada.ca');">
            <img src="/s.gif"
                border="0"></a></td>
    <td width="6"><img src="/s.gif" width="1" height="60" alt="" /></td>
     </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="552" height="40" alt="" /></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
      <td colspan="5"><div align="center">
    <table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
     <tr>
      <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
      <td><img src="/mp/i/login/listen.gif" width="214" height="20" alt="Listen Online"></td>
      <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>

                 <td width="172" align="right"><strong><span class="style5">

                     <a href="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayerRegistration?stream=" class ="t5ob">
                     NOT A SUBSCRIBER?<BR>GET A FREE 7-DAY PASS</a></span> </strong>

                </td>

      <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
     </tr>
    </table>
       </div></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
      <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="5" alt="" /></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
      <td colspan="5"><table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

    <tr>
     <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
     <td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
         SIRIUS subscribers can listen online to select channels
                at no additional cost. Sign in using your SIRIUS Account
                Username and Password. Guests, please use the email and
                password sent to you during registration.
                <BR><BR>Your username and password are case
                sensitive.</font>
     </td>
     <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
    </tr>

    

      
   </table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr>
     <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
     <td width="160" align="right"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Username
       </font></td>
     <td width="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="30" alt="" /></td>
     <td width="150"><input type="text" name="username" value="" size="27" maxlength="64" ></td>
     <td width="215">

       </td>
     <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="30" alt="" /></td>
     <td width="160" align="right"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Password
       </font></td>
     <td width="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="30" alt="" /></td>
     <td><input type="password" name="password" value="" size="27" maxlength="20"></td>
     <td>

     </td>
     <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
    </tr>
        <tr>
     <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="20" alt="" /></td>
     <td width="160"></td>
     <td width="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="20" alt="" /></td>
         <td colspan="2">
             <font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
             <input type="checkbox" name="remember" value="yes"
                >Remember me
             </font></td>
     <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="20" alt="" /></td>
    </tr>

    

<script type="text/javascript">
function gGetElementById(s) {
    var obj = (document.getElementById ? document.getElementById(s): document.all[s]);
    return ((obj == null) ? false : obj);
}

function playCaptcha() {
var wavURL  = "/mp/captcha/voice/img_084.wav";
var embedCode = '<EMBED SRC=' + wavURL + ' HIDDEN="true" AUTOSTART="true" />';
gGetElementById("playAudio").innerHTML = "";
gGetElementById("playAudio").innerHTML = embedCode;
}
</script>
<input type="hidden" name="captchaID" value="feecaggdbebee>:0goc">

    <tr>
      <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="30" alt="" /></td>
    <td width="160" align="right"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Enter
       the text as shown in the box below. </font></td>
    <td width="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="30" alt="" /></td>
    <td>
        <table border="0">
            <tr>
                <td><input type="text" name="captcha_response"></td>
                <td><a href="javascript:playCaptcha()"><img src="/mp/captcha/accessibility.gif" align="bottom" border="0" width="23" height="24" alt="Listen and type the numbers you hear"></a></td>
            </tr>
        </table>
        </td>
        <td>

    </td>
    <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
         <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="65" alt="" /></td>
         <td><img src="/s.gif" width="160" height="65" alt="" /></td>
         <td><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="30" alt="" /></td>
         <td colspan="2"><img src="/mp/captcha/image/img_084.jpg" width="184" height="65"></td>
         <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="65" alt="" /></td>
  </tr>
<div id="playAudio"></div>

   </table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="10" height="10" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
   <td colspan="5">
     <table width="650">
         <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
         <td width="530"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
           By clicking "sign in" I agree that I am at least 18 years old, I have
entered my own username and password, and I have read and agreed to the terms and conditions of the <a href="http://www.siriuscanada.ca/terms-e.htm" target="_blank"
class="t5wb">SIRIUS Satellite Radio service</a> and <a href="http://www.siriuscanada.ca/sirterms-e.htm"
target="_blank" class="t5wb">SIRIUS Internet Radio</a>.</font>
       </td>
         <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
      </table>
   </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="10" height="10" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5" align="center"><a href="javascript: validateEmail(document.loginForm.username.value);">
      <img src="/mp/i/login/signin.jpg" width="93" height="28" alt="sign in"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="10" height="10" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5" align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Forgot
    your password? I am a:</font>  <a href="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayer?activity=forgotPassword" class="t5wb">Guest</a> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="-3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">|</font> <a href="https://activate.siriuscanada.ca/forgotpasswordmed...; class="t5wb">Subscriber</a>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="10" height="10" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5" align="center">

  <a href="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayerRegistration?stream=">
  <img src="/mp/i/login/free7days.jpg" width="465" height="42" border="0" alt="get a free pass"></a>

  </td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="70" alt="" /></td>
</tr>

</table>
</Form>

<form name="guestLoginForm1" action="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayerLogin/guest" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="activity" value="login">
    <input type="hidden" name="type" value="guest">
    <input type="hidden" name="encryptedPassword" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="loginForm" value="guest">
    <input type="hidden" name="stream" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="token" value="a681428531da7ef31537721206b42c5">
    <input type="hidden" name="username" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="captchaID" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="rememberMe" value="">
</form>
<form name="subLoginForm1" action="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayerLogin/subscriber" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="activity" value="login">
    <input type="hidden" name="type" value="subscriber">
    <input type="hidden" name="password" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="loginForm" value="subscriber">
    <input type="hidden" name="stream" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="token" value="a681428531da7ef31537721206b42c5">
    <input type="hidden" name="playerType" value="full">
    <input type="hidden" name="username" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="captchaID" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="rememberMe" value="">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 21, 2008 @ 12:02 PM

@Jim:

You're definitely hitting a completely different page than I am. You're getting redirect to the www.siriuscanada.ca" target="_blank">http://www.siriuscanada.ca site. It's also weird you're getting this as the title tag "Welcome to the SIRIUS Player Preview".

Are you sure you've got your credentials entered in the preferences for the widget?

You might try adding a the following mapping to your lmhosts file:

96.7.72.230 www.siriuscanada.ca #remap the Sirius Canada server to the US

Here are instructions on using the lmhosts file:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/l/lmhost.htm

Basically this will override the DNS settings for www.siriuscanada.ca to go to a specific IP address. I'm not sure if this will work or not.

Jimdusty

Oct 21, 2008 @ 12:40 PM

No This did not work 96.7.72.230 www.siriuscanada.ca #remap the Sirius Canada server to the US

Yes I have credentials entered in the preferences for the widget?

And I am In Canada

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 21, 2008 @ 5:25 PM

@Jimdusty:

I suspect the login procedures is drastically different between the Canadian and US sites--which is why it's not working. I'm not sure how much different the output is, but if you open up the widget file with something like WinRAR (or your favorite Zip program) and look at the Channels.js file, that's what's in charge of downloading the channels.

Maybe changing the URLs would fix the problem.

Jimdusty

Oct 21, 2008 @ 6:18 PM

I am afraid you just moved above my pay grade looked in Channel .js all looks French to me no reference to Sirus Canada at all Checked in two old wigets that did work still nothing that looks like I could change

Ryan

Oct 22, 2008 @ 2:40 AM

Thanks for fixing the 2.X version of the Widget. I use this for the alarm clock so I can wake up to Howard Stern. version 3.x does not have this. StarPlayr doesn't have this. And StarPlayr relies on server-side software and they're having problems on the server side so the clients.

It's nice to have the original Sirius widget back that I've been using for years! I was getting ready to fix it myself and now I don't have to! Please keep this updated if Sirius makes any mods on their end!

-Ryan

Dicky

Oct 22, 2008 @ 9:47 AM

Yeah I won't change the DNS entries for siruis canada. If you have a Canadian account it won't work on the American site. I am have the same issue with both the 3.0.1 version and the latest version I had running which was version 2.1.5. They both loggin fine but they cannot receive any channel listings. I can try the 2.2.3 version listed here but it also looks like people are having problems.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Cameron

Oct 22, 2008 @ 2:33 PM

So I've also been fighting with this widget and using it with a Canadian subscription.

After messing around for a while I was able to figure out that the widget knows what captcha the website is asking for and just fills in the information.
However this has changed. The widget always fails the captcha information.
I've opened the widget and found the captcha functionality in SiriusTuner.js. There are two lines which have the responses for the captcha. The one in use doesn't work for Canada. So I switched it to the commented out one.
Now it logs in but I still can't get a channel list or play any of the channels.

I also noticed in the code that it logs a lot of details. Anyone know where this log shows up?

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 22, 2008 @ 3:03 PM

@Cameron:

Hold CTRL+SHIFT and then right-click on the Yahoo! Widgets icon in your systray. This will add the "Debug Mode" option to the menu. Click on this option to enable it. You'll then need to close and re-open the Sirius widget and you should get the debug window.

Cameron

Oct 22, 2008 @ 3:20 PM

Thanks Dan.

So I've got some interesting things going on here.
I see in the log that it does login.
And I get 12 cookies back. Looking at the code it wants a minimum of 13 back.
After doing that I not only receive 5 cookies back when logging in. I checked with Fiddler and it looks like I have been logged into a redirection page.

Has anyone seen a problem with trying too many login attempts in a short period of time?

Dicky

Oct 22, 2008 @ 3:31 PM

K thanks Dan

Here is what I am getting. Login is fine, but getting this when trying to retrieving channels.
10/22/08 14:18:48.407: Logged in, retrieving channels...
10/22/08 14:18:48.595: Found 0 main categories (from http)
10/22/08 14:18:48.595: Total Channels: 0 (from http)
10/22/08 14:18:48.595: Retrieving data sources...
10/22/08 14:18:48.674: Fading Away.... :)

Seems like it can't find the channels and then just hangs.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Cameron

Oct 22, 2008 @ 3:31 PM

I answered my own question.

Looks like I won't be listening online until at least tomorrow!

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 22, 2008 @ 3:54 PM

@Cameron/Dicky:

My guess is the pages that the Canadian site is passing back is completely different, so the code that's parsing the HTML pages looking for the categories can't find what it's looking for. I suspect a custom parser for sirius.ca is needed.

Do you know if the channels for Sirius Canada are different than they are in the US?

Dicky

Oct 22, 2008 @ 4:13 PM

Wonder if it has to do with all the new channel that they are adding? Most of the channels are the same. Funny thing is that mine just stopped working yesterday. Must have left it running for a long time and then when I rebooted my computer and reload the widget...nothing.

Anyways thanks Dan! Hopefully Tanner will show up and fix this problem. All I want is my OCTANE! LOL! Is there a way just to add that info? Like edit the PresetsScreen.js and maybe play it that way?

Cameron

Oct 22, 2008 @ 4:33 PM

I haven't checked lately but channels on the Canadian webpage are the same as the US one. Prior to a few months ago Canada didn't have channel 50. Although I could listen to channel 50 through the website.
Dicky: What version of the Tuner and yahoo Widgets are you using?

Dicky

Oct 22, 2008 @ 4:54 PM

Just updated the Widget engine to 4.5.2

And both the newest Sirius Widget 3.0.1 and the version provided here....version 2.2.3. Funny that the old version I had worked up until yesterday. That version was 2.1.5.

Cameron

Oct 22, 2008 @ 5:00 PM

A little more info.

The channel list is gathered by Channels.js
Apparently it doesn't care if have set your region to US or Canada it always gets the list from
http://www.sirius.com/sirius/mediaplayer/player/co...

It first gets the categories from http://www.sirius.com/sirius/mediaplayer/player/co...category.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.sirius.com/sirius/mediaplayer/player/co...?
However when I open that page in a browser I get nothing but a grey image.
Dicky I think this is were yours is getting stuck as well.
Dan what do you get if you open the categories.jsp page in a browser?

Ryan

Oct 24, 2008 @ 2:17 AM

I like the web status! I already have it displaying on my website. But, how about a status field (Play, Stop, etc.) and sending out one more update when the player is stopped. This way, the status can be cleared or changed on the website if you're no longer listening.

Thanks!

Cameron

Oct 24, 2008 @ 1:24 PM

Hey guys!

Anyone in Canada still having problems with getting channels on their 2.2.3 widget?

The problem is with what website the channel list comes from. It doesn't matter if you have Canada selected in your options, the widget will still try to get the channels from the US site.

To fix this you need to edit two lines of code.
Both in Channels.js
Look for the two lines which want to contact sirius.com. They are both close to the top. I changed them to:
var lineup_url = "http://mp.siriuscanada.ca//sirius/ca/mediaplayer/p...;;
url.fetch("http://mp.siriuscanada.ca/sirius/ca/mediaplayer/pl...;);

Jimdusty

Oct 24, 2008 @ 5:01 PM

Tried this did not seen to make any differences

To fix this you need to edit two lines of code.
Both in Channels.js
Look for the two lines which want to contact sirius.com. They are both close to the top. I changed them to:
var lineup_url = "http://mp.siriuscanada.ca//sirius/ca/mediaplayer/p......;;
url.fetch("http://mp.siriuscanada.ca/sirius/ca/mediaplayer/pl......;);

Vic Romano

Oct 24, 2008 @ 6:33 PM

thanks for all the help, but i have to agree with the post above. I edited channels.js and still nothing

Cameron

Oct 25, 2008 @ 2:45 AM

Can you guys post your log?

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 25, 2008 @ 10:12 AM

@Ryan:

Since the updates are sent like every 10 seconds, you could assume the player is stopped if it hasn't seen an updated in 60 seconds. That's what I used to determine if I'm listening or not.

Dan G. Switzer, II

Oct 25, 2008 @ 10:15 AM

For those of you who edited the Channels.js file, make sure that you actually updated the files in the widget and then shut it down and re-open it (don't just choose it from the recent menu either.)

If this fix works, I'll look into updating the widget again. Obviously, I'd like to help out the Canadian users if at all possible.

Jimdusty

Oct 25, 2008 @ 10:25 AM

I see in fiddler under webforms/body is password mine is 11 digits long and this is what i get
7bdcd46513478a065eadbefc9e8e7249 in 223 In 3.01 I get the same I have deleted sirus
in registry and always comes back the same is this the same in yours

Cameron

Oct 26, 2008 @ 12:28 AM

Jimdusty: That long code for your password is right. It's your password in MD5 format for encryption.

Anyone with the Canada one still having problems want to post your log?

Jimdusty

Oct 26, 2008 @ 12:45 AM

Hey Cameron I made Changes Nothing happen for me Hope This helps

<html>
<head>
    <title>Welcome to the SIRIUS Player Preview</title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">
<meta http-equiv="no-cache">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/mp/styles/player.css" type="text/css">
<script src="/mp/scripts/md5.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
<script src="/mp/scripts/mediaplayer_login.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
<script src="/mp/scripts/common.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
</head>

<body class="player-blue" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<form name="loginForm" method="POST">
<table width="650" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr>
        <td colspan="5">
        <img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="10" alt="" /></td>
  </tr>
     <tr>
    <td width="6"><img src="/s.gif" width="1" height="60" alt="" /></td>
      <td width="153"><img src="/s.gif" width="1" height="60" alt="" /></td>
    <td width="348" valign="middle" align="center">
            <a href="#" onClick="javascript: openWindow('http://www.siriuscanada.ca');">
            <img src="/mp/i/pg/pl/pg-pl-sirius-logo.gif"
                border="0" alt="SIRIUS Satellite Radio"></a></td>
    <td width="137" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="#" onClick="javascript: openWindow('http://www.siriuscanada.ca');">
            <img src="/s.gif"
                border="0"></a></td>
    <td width="6"><img src="/s.gif" width="1" height="60" alt="" /></td>
     </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="552" height="40" alt="" /></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
      <td colspan="5"><div align="center">
    <table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
     <tr>
      <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
      <td><img src="/mp/i/login/listen.gif" width="214" height="20" alt="Listen Online"></td>
      <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>

                 <td width="172" align="right"><strong><span class="style5">

                     <a href="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayerRegistration?stream=" class ="t5ob">
                     NOT A SUBSCRIBER?<BR>GET A FREE 7-DAY PASS</a></span> </strong>

                </td>

      <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
     </tr>
    </table>
       </div></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
      <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="5" alt="" /></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
      <td colspan="5"><table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

    <tr>
     <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
     <td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
         SIRIUS subscribers can listen online to select channels
                at no additional cost. Sign in using your SIRIUS Account
                Username and Password. Guests, please use the email and
                password sent to you during registration.
                <BR><BR>Your username and password are case
                sensitive.</font>
     </td>
     <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
    </tr>

    

      
   </table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr>
     <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
     <td width="160" align="right"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Username
       </font></td>
     <td width="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="30" alt="" /></td>
     <td width="150"><input type="text" name="username" value="5192686118" size="27" maxlength="64" ></td>
     <td width="215">

       </td>
     <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="30" alt="" /></td>
     <td width="160" align="right"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Password
       </font></td>
     <td width="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="30" alt="" /></td>
     <td><input type="password" name="password" value="" size="27" maxlength="20"></td>
     <td>

     </td>
     <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
    </tr>
        <tr>
     <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="20" alt="" /></td>
     <td width="160"></td>
     <td width="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="20" alt="" /></td>
         <td colspan="2">
             <font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
             <input type="checkbox" name="remember" value="yes"
                checked>Remember me
             </font></td>
     <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="20" alt="" /></td>
    </tr>

    

<script type="text/javascript">
function gGetElementById(s) {
    var obj = (document.getElementById ? document.getElementById(s): document.all[s]);
    return ((obj == null) ? false : obj);
}

function playCaptcha() {
var wavURL  = "/mp/captcha/voice/img_090.wav";
var embedCode = '<EMBED SRC=' + wavURL + ' HIDDEN="true" AUTOSTART="true" />';
gGetElementById("playAudio").innerHTML = "";
gGetElementById("playAudio").innerHTML = embedCode;
}
</script>
<input type="hidden" name="captchaID" value="feecnnb``c`g`>:0gng">

    <tr>
      <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="30" alt="" /></td>
    <td width="160" align="right"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Enter
       the text as shown in the box below. </font></td>
    <td width="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="30" alt="" /></td>
    <td>
        <table border="0">
            <tr>
                <td><input type="text" name="captcha_response"></td>
                <td><a href="javascript:playCaptcha()"><img src="/mp/captcha/accessibility.gif" align="bottom" border="0" width="23" height="24" alt="Listen and type the numbers you hear"></a></td>
            </tr>
        </table>
        </td>
        <td>

         <strong><font color="#3bc7ff" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
         The entered text does not match the image. Please try again.</font></strong>

    </td>
    <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
         <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="65" alt="" /></td>
         <td><img src="/s.gif" width="160" height="65" alt="" /></td>
         <td><img src="/s.gif" width="5" height="30" alt="" /></td>
         <td colspan="2"><img src="/mp/captcha/image/img_090.jpg" width="184" height="65"></td>
         <td><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="65" alt="" /></td>
  </tr>
<div id="playAudio"></div>

   </table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="10" height="10" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
   <td colspan="5">
     <table width="650">
         <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
         <td width="530"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
           By clicking "sign in" I agree that I am at least 18 years old, I have
entered my own username and password, and I have read and agreed to the terms and conditions of the <a href="http://www.siriuscanada.ca/terms-e.htm" target="_blank"
class="t5wb">SIRIUS Satellite Radio service</a> and <a href="http://www.siriuscanada.ca/sirterms-e.htm"
target="_blank" class="t5wb">SIRIUS Internet Radio</a>.</font>
       </td>
         <td width="60"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="22" alt="" /></td>
      </table>
   </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="10" height="10" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5" align="center"><a href="javascript: validateEmail(document.loginForm.username.value);">
      <img src="/mp/i/login/signin.jpg" width="93" height="28" alt="sign in"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="10" height="10" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5" align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Forgot
    your password? I am a:</font>  <a href="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayer?activity=forgotPassword" class="t5wb">Guest</a> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="-3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">|</font> <a href="https://activate.siriuscanada.ca/forgotpasswordmed...; class="t5wb">Subscriber</a>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="10" height="10" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="5" align="center">

  <a href="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayerRegistration?stream=">
  <img src="/mp/i/login/free7days.jpg" width="465" height="42" border="0" alt="get a free pass"></a>

  </td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td colspan="5"><img src="/s.gif" width="60" height="70" alt="" /></td>
</tr>

</table>
</Form>

<form name="guestLoginForm1" action="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayerLogin/guest" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="activity" value="login">
    <input type="hidden" name="type" value="guest">
    <input type="hidden" name="encryptedPassword" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="loginForm" value="guest">
    <input type="hidden" name="stream" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="token" value="d452f5e9b4fd27773f93564393940ef">
    <input type="hidden" name="username" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="captchaID" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="rememberMe" value="">
</form>
<form name="subLoginForm1" action="/sirius/ca/servlet/MediaPlayerLogin/subscriber" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="activity" value="login">
    <input type="hidden" name="type" value="subscriber">
    <input type="hidden" name="password" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="loginForm" value="subscriber">
    <input type="hidden" name="stream" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="token" value="d452f5e9b4fd27773f93564393940ef">
    <input type="hidden" name="playerType" value="full">
    <input type="hidden" name="username" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="captchaID" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="rememberMe" value="">
</form>
</body>

Cameron

Oct 26, 2008 @ 2:19 PM

Hi Jimdusty,

That does help. You are also having a problem with the captcha.
Open SiriusTuner.js. You'll see two long lines that sets the variable codes. One is commented out. It is the commented out that needs to be the one that sets the variable.

Instead of messing around with this I'd be happy to email you the one I have working. Just email me at whatagongshow <....at....> gmail dot com

Dicky

Oct 27, 2008 @ 9:31 AM

I think I see what the problem with Jimdusty

He typed in exatcly what he saw.

He typed var lineup_url = "http://mp.siriuscanada.ca//sirius/ca/mediaplayer/p......;;

instead of http://mp.siriuscanada.ca//sirius/ca/mediaplayer/p...layer/common/lineup/" target="_blank">http://mp.siriuscanada.ca//sirius/ca/mediaplayer/p......*;;

Same with the second line.

On a side note I tried this on the 3.0.1 but those lines are not in the Channels.js file. Will try the other version.

ric

Oct 27, 2008 @ 6:59 PM

help me in canada subscriber have newest player but no channel have no idea how to fix

Jimdusty

Oct 28, 2008 @ 8:15 PM

Thanks to Dan & Cameron for all the help getting this Widget to work for me Maybe Cameron

can let Bob know what Changes were made so Dan could release an update for all Canadians

Cameron

Oct 29, 2008 @ 12:17 AM

Hey guys,

I've been asked by quite a few people for a working version so I have decided to throw it up onto a website for everyone.

http://siriuswidget.co.cc

Vic Romano

Oct 29, 2008 @ 5:22 PM

Cameron, Let me be the first to thank you for this. I appreciate all the help from you and dan have given us north of the border. Now i can finally listen to sirius!!!! Thanks again.

Cameron

Oct 29, 2008 @ 6:57 PM

Hey Vic: Just glad I could help. ( And listen to some online radio :) )

It looks like the link I posted before still isn't working for some people. You can also get to that download page with this link
http://siriuswidget.byethost24.com

Hiwayman

Nov 4, 2008 @ 2:07 PM

Anyone get Tanner Jepsen 3.1 working in Canada I purchased it for 10.00 and can not get it to work email him an no answer

Dan G. Switzer, II

Nov 5, 2008 @ 7:14 AM

@Hiwayman:

The neoscribe web site has been down for a while, so I'm not sure what happened to Tanner. I hope all is well with him and he's just occupied by life. I'd recommend trying Cameron's mod--which appears to be working with Canadian subscribers.

GraphicsKat

Nov 12, 2008 @ 1:43 PM

Dan, thank you so much for this widget. I hated the new one!

Do you, by any chance, have any skins you could share (besides Sirius Black - I got that one.)? I'd like to have some variety, but I can't find any elsewhere.

Thanks!

Dan G. Switzer, II

Nov 12, 2008 @ 3:04 PM

@GraphicsKat:

I only ever use my Sirius Black mod--so that's the only skin I use. You can easily open that file up (with a ZIP app) and make your own skin though. It's pretty easy to replace the images with something you prefer.

Kracko

Nov 13, 2008 @ 4:44 PM

Dan, thanks for this mod. I love that I can listen at 128K. I do have a question. Now that the channel line up has changed, how do we update the widget with the new channels?

Dan G. Switzer, II

Nov 13, 2008 @ 8:04 PM

@Kracko:

Just right-click and choose the "Reload Widget" option (or close the widget and open it again.) The channels are loaded when the widget first loads.

vpxl

Nov 20, 2008 @ 6:15 PM

thanks, I checked with Fiddler and it looks like I have been logged into a redirection page.

Dennis

Dec 5, 2008 @ 11:23 PM

still cannot get it to work removed old one and installed the new one from here but all I get is logging in and then nothing.

Dennis

Dec 7, 2008 @ 8:52 PM

got it finally!

Andy

Dec 11, 2008 @ 9:18 AM

How did you finally get it to work. I've been reloading the widget and it says logging in, then nothing.

Dennis

Dec 12, 2008 @ 8:40 AM

installed it and had to restart windows . Make sure you use the widget from this Dans blog .

JW

Dec 17, 2008 @ 4:21 PM

Dan, nice job and thanks for updating the Sirius widget. This Sportster version is much easier to use than the Stilleto design.

Donald Zehner

Apr 27, 2009 @ 12:25 AM

Looks like the Widget is down again. Hope the author gets it going again.

mark

Apr 27, 2009 @ 3:14 PM

Widget is toast. what are we to do?

Dan G. Switzer, II

Apr 27, 2009 @ 4:09 PM

Sirius has started cracking down on people creating interfaces to their streaming audio.

At this point, I no longer have Yahoo Widgets installed, so I no longer use the widget.

Hopefully Sirius realizes how much demand their is for a standalone desktop app and releases something in addition to their planned iPhone app.

R

Apr 27, 2009 @ 4:18 PM

It still works for me. I'm in the US, so maybe the Canada side is broken.

RK

Jul 29, 2009 @ 1:31 PM

I just loaded it and it works for me too. Thank you man, I gave up on this widget about a year ago. I loaded the sir page in FF and it said it needed a plug in to show everything correctly but said it couldn't find the plug in, so I added the IE ad on. Thing is it now sounds like crap in IE and sounds better in FF, but in FF it won't show what is playing other than the channel. So i tried to fire up the widget again but no go till I got here and now have your mod fix ..yay! ..but the sound is bad like in IE. Only FF with the default sirius page sound good ...what happenned? It used to sound good in IE. I installed FF since the last time I had listed to to sirius so I guess FF took over some of my music plugins and made my IE plugins take a fart ..bitter sweet right here

Dan G. Switzer, II

Jul 29, 2009 @ 2:53 PM

@RK:

Sounds like you're not configuring it to use the "Premium" sound quality. There shouldn't be in difference in the browser--since the sound is actually being streamed via Windows Media Player in all situations.

finance tips

Sep 28, 2009 @ 6:24 PM

got it to work, great thanks so much

Dean Gullberry

Nov 14, 2009 @ 6:16 PM

UPDATE 11/14/2009

Sirius.com has evidently changed their logins, as of today neither the widget NOR Usirius 1.0RC8 can successfully login to Sirius. This really sucks because this basically ruins everything for me! I had Sirius piped all through my house via Usirius and an XML playlist for Media Center. I also used the widget as part of a script for recording Howard Stern every day. It is now ALL broken.

Pinky

Dec 27, 2009 @ 7:47 PM

Any new info?

Yahoo! Sirius Radio Widget mod

Yahoo! Widget - Sirius Tuner v2.2.4

Version History

v2.2.4 [October 18, 2009]

v2.2.3 [September 30, 2008]

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