Rogue Amoeba heeft in de vorm van een public preview de eerste versie van Pulsar voor Mac OS X 10.5 online gezet. Pulsar is een standaloneclient voor de Tweakers die naar XM Radio Online en Sirius Internet Radio luisteren, zonder dat een webbrowser nodig is om te luisteren naar de uitzendingen van internetradiostations. De public preview is nog niet helemaal klaar, maar is volgens de ontwikkelaars van Rogue Amoeba wel zodanig af dat het programma rijp is voor een publieke test om de laatste bugs uit de software te halen. Verder wordt in de trialversie van Pulsar na 20 minuten luistertijd het geluid voorzien van ruis. De eerste final van Pulsar wordt onder meer voorzien van een mini-mode en een betere compatibiliteit met 802.11g-netwerken:
Mini-mode: Pulsar does not currently have a mini-mode. We hope to add this in the future, possibly for Pulsar 1.0.
802.11n AirPort Base Station issues: If you have an 802.11n AirPort base station and receive a “Stream Playback Error - Connection refused” when attempting to play a station, you should reset your modem and AirPort Base Station. This appears to be a bug in the current version of the 802.11n AirPort Base Station, not a Pulsar issue.
Error reporting: Error reporting is not finalized yet in many places, so some errors may be less than helpful. If you’re reporting an error, please include screenshots of the errors, as well as Console logs. XM Tuning: XM Radio Online has been having various issues over the past few days, and we’re keeping an eye on this. We’ve improved tuning when their service is working poorly, but there may still be issues to be ironed out.
North America-centric: At this time, XM and SIRIUS are available only in the US and Canada. You can trial the online services, but both require a US billing address to sign up. Unfortunately, this means Pulsar is largely useful for American and Canadian users.
Wrap It Up
That’s the short and the long of it. If you subscribe to satellite radio currently, you should definitely try out Pulsar. If you don’t, why not take a free three day trial? XM Radio Online is just $7.99 a month, and SIRIUS Internet Radio is $12.99 a month, with neither requiring any other hardware. We hope you’ll enjoy Pulsar, and share your feedback by contacting us directly![break]
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