Pandora Internet Radio Plugin Vote

ErikLarsson · 2006-07-15, 12:26

Hi,

Short introduction to Pandora

Quote:

Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?

Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs.

We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.

In short, it's a music analyser/radio channel generator. You enter an artist you like, and it will generate a radio station based on advanced analyses of the music style. If a track that you dislike comes along, you can select "i dont like this song for this station" and it will skip to the next track, and also have a more specified selection for you. You can also select that you like the song or that you are tired of it.

This is the feedback i've gotten from the Pandora crew

Quote:

We do have an API for Pandora that we licensed to slimdevices for the
squeezebox implementation. We're definitely interested in expanding to a
wider variety of media devices, but it can be tricky from a licensing
standpoint, due to our ad based model that keeps the service free. Stay
tuned for developments!

Best,

Vic @ Pandora

This vote is to show interest to the Mediaportal creators, so they can come to an agreement with Pandora, and share APIs for a true "in Mediaportal" style plugin. Things like "Create Pandora with this artist" can be available from MyMusic for instance.

Why ads?
Pandora has choosen to finance this service and make it free for the users, based on showing ads instead. Of course we want this service to be free in Mediaportal, and therefore the ad should me shown aswell.

Note that you can already run Pandora from MP, by running a browser, but then you require keyboard and mouse, and you get a interface not optimal for TV (small and flash based).

Check out Pandora itself at http://www.pandora.com

Come on people show your interest.

5 min photshop hack to show how it could look:

/Erik Larsson

TNDAri · 2006-07-15, 13:48

If it's free i love the ads

Great idea!!!

johnes · 2006-07-15, 14:27

More plugins to MP! More streaming, internet based.

catch22 · 2006-07-15, 16:56

Pandora is a great way of discovering new music that you are somewhat guaranteed to like. I would love this inside of MP

Bram · 2006-07-18, 15:46

I wouldn't mind the ads. Pandora is a realy fantastic way to discover new music. The way music is selected is realy intelligent.
I listen to Pandora and KCRWmusic all day at work.

KCRWmusic is a great radiostation by the way! (had to promote it

)

Spragleknas · 2006-07-18, 16:15

Quote:

Should Mediaportal feature a true Pandora plugin?

Off course; It's a plugin. If you don't like it - don't use it!

DarkMedusa · 2006-07-18, 17:00

Love the idea.
But I think last.fm is better. No ads...all free.

Check this out: http://vidar.gimp.org/lastfmproxy

CodeMonkey · 2006-07-31, 19:30

Pandora might not be so easy as it is a flash program.

Last.fm shouldn't be too bad though as it supports WinAmp, which is MP3 streaming like MediaPortals Internet Radio uses now.

captainspanky · 2006-08-23, 15:18

Having used both, I think Pandora pwns Last.fm when it comes to music selection 'smarts'. last.fm is all over the place. You put in a category name and end up with all sorts of tunes that have no bearing whatsoever on the genre you just chose.

tkortell · 2006-08-23, 17:57

I would sure love this plugin

R / tk

View Poll Results: Should Mediaportal feature a true Pandora plugin?
Yes, i dont mind the ads and this this service will be great.	84	94.38%
No, i wont use it and im happy with Pandora in a browser	5	5.62%
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2006-07-18, 15:46	#5 (permalink)
Bram Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 's-Hertogenbosch Age: 30 Posts: 850 Thanks: 20 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country: My System	I wouldn't mind the ads. Pandora is a realy fantastic way to discover new music. The way music is selected is realy intelligent. I listen to Pandora and KCRWmusic all day at work. KCRWmusic is a great radiostation by the way! (had to promote it ) __________________

2006-07-31, 19:30	#8 (permalink)
CodeMonkey Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North America Posts: 265 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Pandora might not be so easy as it is a flash program. Last.fm shouldn't be too bad though as it supports WinAmp, which is MP3 streaming like MediaPortals Internet Radio uses now. __________________ -CodeMonkey P4 2.8gHz, 512MB memory, nVidia FX5200, 40GB HD, 200GB HD OS: Windows XP Home SP2 TVcard(s): Hauppauge PVR500MCE, Hauppauge PVR 250MCE(Installed in development machine) Remote: MCE 2005 (US Model) ________________

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tkortell Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vaasa / Sulva Age: 28 Posts: 318 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	I would sure love this plugin R / tk __________________ To is or not to are? That is the ask.

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2006-07-15, 13:48	#2 (permalink)
TNDAri Portal Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: GER - Bremen Posts: 70 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If it's free i love the ads Great idea!!!

2006-07-15, 14:27	#3 (permalink)
johnes Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	More plugins to MP! More streaming, internet based.

2006-07-15, 16:56	#4 (permalink)
catch22 Portal Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pandora is a great way of discovering new music that you are somewhat guaranteed to like. I would love this inside of MP

2006-07-18, 17:00	#7 (permalink)
DarkMedusa Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 38 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Love the idea. But I think last.fm is better. No ads...all free. Check this out: http://vidar.gimp.org/lastfmproxy

2006-08-23, 15:18	#9 (permalink)
captainspanky Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 43 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Having used both, I think Pandora pwns Last.fm when it comes to music selection 'smarts'. last.fm is all over the place. You put in a category name and end up with all sorts of tunes that have no bearing whatsoever on the genre you just chose.

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