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XM PCR Control Program for Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the satellite-radio-for-the-rest-of-us dept.

nsayer writes "I'm a fan of XM Radio. The least expensive XM radio you can get is the XM PCR, which is powered and controlled over a USB connection to a host PC (the audio does not, however, come back across the USB connection. It's just got an analog line-out jack). Unfortunately, the only software they give you is for Windows. But fortunately, it's been reverse engineered, so I was able to write MacXM. At this point, it is very stable and easy to use, and so far as I know it is the only XM radio software that integrates with the iTunes music store (click a button and iTunes pops up with a search for the current song title and artist)."

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  1. But For How Long ... ? by paxcirca · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm glad to see Windows-only products made available to Mac users. XM Radio, though, isn't in great financial shape.

  2. Re:Is this the future of the "integrated" app? by Da+Penguin · · Score: 5, Informative
    > Just thought I might point out that when Apple integrates
    > products for the end user's convenience, they're
    > innovators and geniuses, best thing since sliced bread,
    > etc... But when Microsoft does the same thing, they're
    > abusive monopolists who crush the little guy.

    Apple doesn't integrate their apps into the OS. Apple integrates the many apps together with publically accessible APIs, so that other people may do the same.

    Plus many times when they come up with some useful functionality, they put it into the API so that others may profit from their work.