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XM is gone from AOL Radio

BruceS8852

BruceS8852

XM radio is not available on Radio@AOL as of today. There is a deal available to AOL subscribers to get XM Radio online for $2.99/month for the next 6 months. Does anyone know when CBS Radio stations will be available through Radio@AOL?

Thanks

Bruce
 
Yeah I just noticed.I can.t get the trial working on my computer.I having problem with no sound and the running time numbers are not working for some reason, but the play button is depress,
 
I was wondering about the CBS stations myself. Not that they have anything I'd be interested in hearing (at least in their lineup of terrestial properties).

As for the XM streams, the loss is that neither the satellite-delivered product or the online stream is equal to the quality of the aol streaming. The XM satellite-delivered "service" also omits a number of channels which are only available online....including a couple of my personal favorites.
 
The audio quality of the online is terrible, thats why I didn't subscribe when my free trial ended. Not alot of ppl coming from AOL radio's CD quality are going to fall for it either.
XM could and should have high quality streams like Sirius.
 
islanddxer said:
The audio quality of the online is terrible, thats why I didn't subscribe when my free trial ended. Not alot of ppl coming from AOL radio's CD quality are going to fall for it either.
XM could and should have high quality streams like Sirius.
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People keep mentioning the high quality Sirius streams, but you have to pay extra on top of your monthly subscription to get those streams.
 
livingfruitvirus said:
People keep mentioning the high quality Sirius streams, but you have to pay extra on top of your monthly subscription to get those streams.
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I don't have a problem with that. If I'm listening on cheap computer speakers in my office, I don't need the higher kbs streams. But If I'm connecting my computer to my home stereo....or eaven listening with headphones on my laptop in a hotel room, I might be willing to pay extra for an extra level of service if it was otherwise unavailable.
 
livingfruitvirus said:
islanddxer said:
The audio quality of the online is terrible, thats why I didn't subscribe when my free trial ended. Not alot of ppl coming from AOL radio's CD quality are going to fall for it either.
XM could and should have high quality streams like Sirius.
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People keep mentioning the high quality Sirius streams, but you have to pay extra on top of your monthly subscription to get those streams.
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Not if you're JUST subscribing to Sirius online, at least that's the way it was when I had it last year.
 
Mabe they should dump that crappy windows media streaming crap and give the paying costomers a mp3 pro shoutcast stream instead.the free AOL /XM earlier was cleaner and sounded better, but it had it's share of problems too.
 
Windows Media is easier to wrap licensing around and embed into web portal pages on their site as is made possible through WMP controls. The MP3 PRO/Shoutcast solution isn't easy to embed in same such player that would work universally, and doesn't have DRM capabilities once it has been embedded. So once embedded, one could copy and paste the streams around, and product is no longer exclusively worth paying for.
 
If they could just duplicate what they had on AOL radio...that sounded great & it was free.
 
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