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Connect to Napster
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:40 pm
by Wej
Hi there, really like Adium, etc.
How should I connect to Napster?
I have a username made up of letters, and an account id made up of numbers, and I do know my password, but no combination is letting me log in, what am I missing.
TIA
Wej
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:20 am
by carlj7
Does Napster have instant messaging capability in its current incarnation? I haven't tried it. At any rate, to my knowledge the Napster messaging protocol is not supported at this time. Look for the people who run "Gaim" and ask them to add it. Adium will then inherit the ability to use it from them.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:38 am
by The_Tick
That's for the old napster 1.0 protocol. Not the new pay service
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:21 am
by evands
We'll be taking out that Napster service option for the next release... with the advent of the new Naspter pay service, it's just confusing.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:42 am
by zaudragon
Napster…
Why would Napster have an IMing service?
Makes no sense for a P2P service…
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:30 am
by TheSilverFox06
Their P2P service doesn't make much sense either
See: asterixed fine print at the bottom of the Napster home page.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:39 am
by zaudragon
TheSilverFox06 wrote:Their P2P service doesn't make much sense either
See: asterixed fine print at the bottom of the Napster home page.
*It is necessary to maintain a Napster subscription in order to continue access to songs downloaded through the Napster service.
Makes sense…
But a total rip-off!
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:04 am
by The_Tick
zaudragon wrote:Napster…
Why would Napster have an IMing service?
Makes no sense for a P2P service…
the original napster, 1.0, had a chat service much like irc. It was separate from the downloads service. It was pretty decent, I used it for a while.
That was reverse engineered by the gnapster people, and the gaim folks. Fun thing. Napster was dead.
Then roxio bought the napster name. I was the biggest proponent of keeping the napster plugin, but agree with Evan that it's just confusing now.