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2004-05-08, 00:32
i would love to see support for the rhapsody music service. obviously, one would need to setup rhapsody playlists on the pc client, but it would be great to be able to stream real, legit audio streams for the cds that i want to listen to (not just net radio).
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2005-08-18, 06:34
ok, i am a proficient googler and have found zero refernce to this. but i figured i would ask here anyway. has anyone tried to create a napster or rhapsody browser or any other pay streaming service? is it b/c of the drm?
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chewie
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hi all, i was just wondering if there was a script anywhere that would connect to the rhapsody upnp server and allow you to stream music from rhapsody across xbmc?
i have been reading about a music system called sonos that can do this and it seems like it would be a pretty cool way to stream your music. especially if we could figure out a way to sync the streams to 2 seperate xboxes...
just a though.
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i love rhapsody, and i'd donate to this cause as well. $10 to the community from me, on behalf of the first person who gets a working rhapsody script going. i know $10 ain't much, but i also know i'm not the only one who it's worth something to.
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c0diq
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Hi,
While it is now possible to connect to a UPnP Media server within XBMC, Rhapsody UPnP Media server is not accessible because content is DRM protected. A secure protocol prevents streaming to an unauthorized device.
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c0diq
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Guys,
Even though XBMC now supports UPnP, it won't be able to play Rhapsody content because it is DRM protected (meaning encryption). All the devices that support Rhapsody have signed a deal with Rhapsody and implemented their security. There's no way they would allow it to be implemented in an open source project like XBMC.
Sorry guys.
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I have started the progression to XBMC and have found one major issue preventing me from enjoying all aspects of my Media Center. I have a subscription to Rhapsody that allows for offline file playback of files. The files play in WMP (for obvious reasons) and winamp. I had hoped to be able to internally use either of these within XBMC to play those files as we have an entire music collection that we listen to often within 7MC.
Is it possible to play the files within XBMC or create a workaround that would enable the family to playback the music?
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I understand that UPNP is a no.go, but I do wonder if there is a feasible way to use a different media player via configuration to play the files that are downloaded when you select "offline file" playback. As I noted, I have been able use Windows Media Center to play all of the files with relative ease but when I migrated to XBMC, they will not play. If there was a way to use maybe winamp or the internal windows media player that would address the issue. VLC does not work either and I am gong to try MP-HC to check if it will work.