Pulsar 1.5.6

Released on 1/29/10

SIRIUS log-ins, broken by server changes made on the SIRIUS.com side, again work properly.
Pulsar now fully supports XM Canada/XM Online Plus.
A rare crashing bug with the Account Assistant has been fixed.

Pulsar now properly honors the list of available XM channels.
Pulsar now better deals with login failures and error reporting related to XM server outages.
Pulsar now better reports errors with inactive SIRIUS accounts.
Several issues with login failures to SIRIUS Canada due to incorrect CAPTCHA data, have been corrected.
A rare "Error 0" bug caused by conflicting python libraries has been fixed.

Support for XM Radio Online, previously broken by XM server changes, has been restored.
Erroneous "Service is broken" messages are no longer shown.
The new prefersLowBandwidth hidden preference is now available.

Support for SIRIUS Online, previously broken by SIRIUS server changes, has been restored.
Detection of playback problems has been improved, with streams now restarting more frequently when needed.
Slow station tuning caused by waiting for slow 'Now Playing' updates has been corrected.
An infrequent CAPTCHA error for SIRIUS Canada has been corrected.
Several other small bugs have been fixed.

Pulsar now pulls SIRIUS track titles from multiple sources for better reliability.

Pulsar is out of Preview! With dozens of improvements and bug fixes, Pulsar is ready for the world.
Mini-mode! Pulsar now sports a smaller mini-mode interface. Just click the Zoom (+) button to toggle between the full-size and mini modes.
Now supports recording with Audio Hijack Pro. Right-click a channel to create a new Session in Audio Hijack Pro, for instant or timed recording.
Pulsar now stays logged in to SIRIUS across launches when possible, preventing issues where SIRIUS could lock out listeners.
No more hunting for a Play button. To play a channel, just click it in the channel list.
Many minor bug fixes and improvements.
Pulsar's color scheme has been revised and improved.
pulsar:// urls for playing back streams are now supported.
SIRIUS accounts requiring an upgrade now properly report an error.
A bug where SIRIUS track titles would not display in some time zones has been fixed.
Setting the audio output device is now possible, in Preferences.
The RTSP streaming engine has been re-written, based on live555.
The ffmpeg audio playback engine has been updated to version 0.5.