PandoraJam2.1

This is a GREAT program to listen to Pandora but it is NOT a great program for recording Pandora and importing the tracks into iTunes. The big problem lies with the NEW codec that Pandora is using to stream music. As of 2007, Pandora uses AAC+ and streams at 64 bps. AAC+ is a GREAT codec but unfortunately iTunes does NOT support it NOR can you add it via Perian etc. Yes, you can play back the AAC+ tracks in iTunes BUT at with POOR audio quality. All the treble is GONE. (iTunes can play back the AAC+ tracks BUT at a low 22050 sampling rate. POOR). If you want to play back the AAC+ tracks properly (with all the treble at the 44100 sampling rate), you will need to use either VLC or Songbird. Ideally, PandoraJam should have an OPTION to convert the recorded AAC+ tracks into regular AAC files (or MP3 files) BEFORE importing them into iTunes. It does NOT. P.S. To my knowledge, there are NO easy to use programs on the Mac that will convert these AAC+ tracks into regular AAC tracks. (Audialhub, Switch or QT will not do it). But you can do it via the command line using the FAAD2 program which you can install via fink or darwinports. FAAD2 will convert the AAC+ tracks to WAV files. You can then use any Mac audio conversion to convert the WAV files into MP3, regular AAC files etc.

This program is discontinued... and no longer works on any Mac OS.

I love this app and after doing a clean install of 10.9 I came here to download a fresh copy just to find that development has stopped on the app??? If you click on the link to the devs site this was apparently done as a result of pressure from Pandora? Anyway this software has been one of my favorites and I hate to see it go.

I just bought "Jaskta" from a MU promo and it works like a charm with Pandora...dump this and go for that if you do not want to deal with lack of support this PandoraJam has.

I love Pandorajam, love it! And, thanks so much for the insight about Hear. My PJ stopped working two weeks ago and I couldn't figure out why, didn't have hours to chase it until yesterday. Found these comments yesterday, updated Hear, success!

Well, friends, thanks to the tireless support of Simon over at Bitcartel, I've got my PandoraJam working again. Apparently, the problem was caused by a conflict with "Hear", an app I just installed a short while ago. Here it is: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/27310/hear I really like Hear, it's pretty awesome, but I can't live without PandoraJam, so until the conflict is fixed by Joesoft, I've uninstalled Hear from my system. Unfortunately, it must be completely uninstalled for PandoraJam to work (use FindAnyFile or a similar app to locate all of the pieces; simply deleting Hear won't do). Good luck to you all! And thanks again to Simon at Bitcartel for the excellent support.

My PandoraJam has not worked since the first major update/change of the program. I've gone back and forth with tech support at Bitcartel. They are trying to address the problem ... Growl works, Flash player is installed, Pandora's website works fine. The possible system audio hacks are not an issue. PJ opens up ... but no album art shows up in the window, nor does any music. When I change stations, the Growl notification comes up, I see a quick glimpse of album art, and then nothing - no art, no music. Nothing moves on the timer bar, nothing is downloaded. Sure wish they'd fix it! The funny thing is that it DOES work on my Mac laptop. Same version of Safari, same 3rd party apps on the system, same updates other than laptop specific. So I have to use on laptop and then share the music with my main Mac.

Installed the 2.0 (569) today on two macs 10.6.8 and last iTunes. The application runs Pandora fine but nothing get recorded. I tried all options and I have no sound hack on my systems. The only noticeable strange thing is Growl giving me a "on:null" on the song title. Any ideas? Thanks

No idea why but the app won't load music anymore. Works fine on the website. I've re-installed the app several times, but to no avail. No idea what's going on.

I no longer see iTunes integration with this version. Has it been dropped or am I missing a configuration issue?

Progam's good but cant seem to find where to change the audio quality settings and login. I'm a PandoraOne subscriber.

Pandora changed the formatting of how their music is displayed, so now the PandoraJam window is not large enough to compensate and I can no longer thumb up or thumb down music. You can see from the link below what I'm referring to: http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/7452/pjamerror.png A fix would be just lovely. :)

WOW! Excellent value! As a PandoraJam newbie, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and easy setup offered offered by PJ. It was a snap to setup my genre streams with PJ. Easy to use, stable and great sound, that's PJ!

Someone needs to update MU info to the current version of PandoraJam. PandoraJam is a great app for Pandora paying users (quality 192 kbps MP3 recording via LAME). Unfortunately the current version (1.6) leaks memory like no tomorrow. No, it's not the flash from pandora.com as the FAQ alluded. Flash in any browsers or the pandora one desktop (adobe air) grow from ~100MB to ~150MB max. But PandoraJam's appetite for memory is unbounded, if you don't restart, it'll grow to 1GB within a day. The demo nagging dialog actually serves as a good reminder to restart it :)

I just installed it and although it starts my music, I have a permanent "Did you know about your Pandora profile page?" box that I can't get rid of. Can't resize the program box either so I can't get down to the bottom of the box, and, since it's programmed as a foreground task, can't get anything to work behind it, such as changing my programming selection.

Why is the cpu usage higher than PandoraMan? It's about 5% higher, I'm curious, what else is going on in the background?

Anyone else having trouble hiding PandoraJam? I press cmd-H, the window becomes inactive, the application "next in line" becomes active, but the window simply does not go away. Else, PJ = teh awesome!

Bug: Tag recordings with album artwork implants album art even if this option is turned off.

When it's working, PandoraJam is fantastic. It's paid for itself many times over in my mind, by helping me discover new music and turning me on to new bands without the added burden of having to run a browser in order to use the Pandora.com service. That being said, there are some quirks that you should be made aware of: -Not compatible with ClickToFlash -BetterPrivacy (Firefox addon) needs to be carefully configured to keep PandoraJam running smoothly. -Flash Player's Settings Manager needs to be carefully configured to keep PandoraJam running smoothly. -Little Snitch needs to be carefully configured to keep PandoraJam running smoothly. If you're the least bit privacy conscious and feel the need to clean your system's cache, you're going to notice some weirdness as far as PJ is concerned. Tips: -ClickToFlash. Turn it off while PJ is running; it's too much trouble to run simultaneously. -In BetterPrivacy, make sure you protect the pandora.com folders and the settings.sol folder. Unfortunately, you'll also have to allow clearspring super cookies for the PJ app to run. -Go to the Flash Player Settings Manager here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html Follow these tips here: https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcs4kx8q_21dtz8dt http://blog.pandora.com/faq/ -In Little Snitch, Allow TCP connections (for PandoraJam) through ports 443 and 80 on everything PJ asks to connect to except: google-analytics, onestat, doubleclick, and beacon. 4 out of 5 stars because the dev is not very responsive to support questions. Nevertheless, Enjoy!

This is a GREAT program to listen to Pandora but it is NOT a great program for recording Pandora and importing the tracks into iTunes. The big problem lies with the NEW codec that Pandora is using to stream music. As of 2007, Pandora uses AAC+ and streams at 64 bps. AAC+ is a GREAT codec but unfortunately iTunes does NOT support it NOR can you add it via Perian etc. Yes, you can play back the AAC+ tracks in iTunes BUT at with POOR audio quality. All the treble is GONE. (iTunes can play back the AAC+ tracks BUT at a low 22050 sampling rate. POOR). If you want to play back the AAC+ tracks properly (with all the treble at the 44100 sampling rate), you will need to use either VLC or Songbird. Ideally, PandoraJam should have an OPTION to convert the recorded AAC+ tracks into regular AAC files (or MP3 files) BEFORE importing them into iTunes. It does NOT. P.S. To my knowledge, there are NO easy to use programs on the Mac that will convert these AAC+ tracks into regular AAC tracks. (Audialhub, Switch or QT will not do it). But you can do it via the command line using the FAAD2 program which you can install via fink or darwinports. FAAD2 will convert the AAC+ tracks to WAV files. You can then use any Mac audio conversion to convert the WAV files into MP3, regular AAC files etc.

What's the use if you can't use Pandora services no more!! This is what it said on the website: Dear Pandora Visitor, We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for most listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative.