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A comment on the question "Is downloading from Hype Machine still available?" in Songbird:

Huh! I never noticed that it nuked the bar. I usually heart next to the listing of the song. – Jason, on October 30, 2009 18:48

A comment on the question "Is downloading from Hype Machine still available?" in Songbird:

Weird... I don't have a problem at all hearting things on Songbird 1.2 build 1146 on XP sp3 or Windows 7. – Jason, on October 30, 2009 18:37

A comment on the question "Is downloading from Hype Machine still available?" in Songbird:

It's some extra mouse work, but you can always just drag the file from the playlist to the downloads tab on the left menu. – Jason, on October 21, 2009 18:07

Jason replied on October 21, 2009 17:59 to the question "Is downloading from Hype Machine still available?" in Songbird:

Quite frankly, I hope they never do build it in.

Direct downloading is a threat to the Hype Machine's relationship with the blogs that make their site possible. If solutions like this get enough attention, I fear they might try and prevent Songbird integration.

A comment on the question "Is downloading from Hype Machine still available?" in Songbird:

Oh man, oh man. After almost getting hit by two left-turning cars on the way to the studio today, this is great! A damned fine day it has become! – Jason, on October 20, 2009 17:21

Jason replied on July 31, 2009 18:42 to the question "Is downloading from Hype Machine still available?" in Songbird:

Leo, I don't think this will ever be possible because if Songbird can pull the songs into its interface, then people will be able to download them very easily. Again, assumption being that they want to stop downloading through their site instead of the source.

The only thing I can think to do is find a global hotkey to browser javascript bridge, coupled with some Greasemonkey script-fu to change the songs.

It's a damn shame, because the Hype Machine + Songbird combo was aces and now the HM sucks. Somewhat of a tangent, I would find a "hate" button much more useful on the HM than a "love" button. Instead of a "my loved blogs" or what have you, you could have "blogs I don't hate". Over time, you'd whittle down the music blogosphere to the ones you like while still opening up the possibility to hear stuff from new blogs.

Jason replied on July 31, 2009 05:28 to the question "Is downloading from Hype Machine still available?" in Songbird:

Poopy. It's not that I want to download songs without going to their source blogs, which is what I think they're trying to prevent. I just want some way to control the Hype Machine radio with global hotkeys so I can skip past 95% of the songs which are shit.

Jason replied on April 20, 2009 18:52 to the question "Is downloading from Hype Machine still available?" in Songbird:

Here's to hoping "temporary" doesn't slip into "permanently".

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Jason replied on March 13, 2009 00:28 to the problem "Song list not displayed for Hype Machine." in Songbird:

I think it might have something to do with the Hype Machine itself. I'm running Songbird 1.0.0, and I can't get a list of tracks either.

This basically ruins the Hype Machine for me, because I need hotkeys to switch songs while in other programs.

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