mp3-hifi audio format no longer works

Same problem here.

This started for me as well yesterday (Tuesday June 5th, 2012) early evening. Same exact error message.

AACPLUS and MP3 settings still work.

I just submitted a pull request on github for my attempt at a fix for this. I've been a Pandora One subscriber for a while now and have always used that mp3-hifi setting. Were non-subscribers ever able to use that setting? Regardless, Pithos connects as if it were the Android client and it seems like Pandora no longer provides that audio stream to the Android client. My fix allows you to specify that you are a subscriber and then connects as the subscriber-only desktop client.

I can sort of confirm Glenn's diagnosis. As a work around, I switched my Pithos audio format to 'aacplus' and restarted Pithos. It is now able to get the play list and play properly. I am a non-PandorOne user.

I did the same as Ben and viola we're working again. It was only recently that I switched the setting to mp3-hfi.

oh and I'm a non-subscriber.

For non-subscribers the mp3-hifi never should have worked. Only paying subscribers should get access to the higher quality streams in Pandora One, as in the service agreement.

That said, it also stopped working for me as a paying subscriber. Would be nice if there's a fix soon, I miss the nice Pithos controls! So much more handy than the site or the Pandora One App!

Ditto, my mp3-hifi doesn't work either. I'm a Pandora One subscriber as well,

I'm a Pandora One subscriber and get same message from Pithos. index out of range.

(pithos:3452): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
/usr/bin/pithos:805: GtkWarning: Ignoring the separator setting
  builder.add_from_file(ui_filename)
WARNING:root:Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pithos/gobject_worker.py", line 34, in _run
    result = command(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pithos/pandora/pandora.py", line 252, in get_playlist
    songs.append(Song(self.pandora, i))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pithos/pandora/pandora.py", line 276, in __init__
    self.audioUrl = d['additionalAudioUrl'][self.pandora.audio_format]
IndexError: list index out of range

Am running Ubuntu 11.10 x86_64 and Pithos from your PPA:

pithos 0.3.17~git07dcbd86a1

Let me know if you want any other debug info...

Same here.
 I am a PandoraOne subscriber also.

panthony@panthony-Latitude-E6420:~$ pithos -v
INFO - pithos:<module>:828 - Pithos 0.3.17
/usr/bin/pithos:805: GtkWarning: Ignoring the separator setting
  builder.add_from_file(ui_filename)
INFO - plugin:enable:35 - Enabling module screensaver_pause
INFO - plugin:enable:35 - Enabling module mediakeys
INFO - mediakeys:bind_dbus:32 - Bound media keys with DBUS
INFO - pandora:connect:172 - Time offset is -0.361644029617
INFO - pithos:pandora_ready:328 - Pandora connected
INFO - pithos:process_stations:348 - Restoring saved station: id = 626407094685981732
INFO - pithos:station_changed:541 - Selecting station 626407094685981732; total = 47
INFO - pandora:get_playlist:247 - pandora: Get Playlist
WARNING - pithos:eb:313 - Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pithos/gobject_worker.py", line 34, in _run
    result = command(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pithos/pandora/pandora.py", line 252, in get_playlist
    songs.append(Song(self.pandora, i))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pithos/pandora/pandora.py", line 276, in __init__
    self.audioUrl = d['additionalAudioUrl'][self.pandora.audio_format]
IndexError: list index out of range

Same here.

I am not a PandoraOne subscriber yet.

It does work on mp3 and aacplus.

pianobar works with mp3-hifi (audio_quality = high) for pandora subscribers, if, and only if you compile from git and put this in your ~/.config/pianobar/config:

user = <email address hidden>
password = xxxxxx
# high-quality audio (192k mp3, for Pandora One subscribers only!)
audio_quality = high
rpc_host = internal-tuner.pandora.com
partner_user = pandora one
partner_password = TVCKIBGS9AO9TSYLNNFUML0743LH82D
device = D01
encrypt_password = 2%3WCL*JU$MP]4
decrypt_password = U#IO$RZPAB%VX2
tls_fingerprint = 394067EECB420E3911985C2CC02C12AE89BB09B2

so it's possible to get mp3-hifi for pandora subscribers... this feature would be an ideal addition to Pithos.

thanks.

Same problem here.
I am a paying subscriber.

Sorry, it DOES affect Ubuntu, but it's not distro specific, so I removed the distro-specific thingy.

So I submitted a fix for this over two months ago. It seems like no development on Pithos has occurred since then. Does anyone know what's up?

@Glenn, this is FOSS ... people have lives and paying jobs to worry about first. If someone can get me a copy of the stable code I'll go and fix it. The latest code I pulled last time (about 1 month ago) didn't work for me, hence I never fixed it myself.

Which code are you talking about? The code I wrote is submitted as a pull request to github at kevinmehall/pithos. If you want the code submitted some other way, just say so.

What is the status of this ticket? Tried git://github.com/kevinmehall/pithos.git it seems to have the changes from Glen's repo mixed in, but the pull request is still open.

The binaries (the nightly PPA) doesn't seem to have these changes though.

What needs to happen to close this.

Six months later and problem is still present.

FYI - I think the current HEAD (git/759fd22) plays only 64kbit/s regardless of quality setting whereas 0.3.17 (git/07dcbd8) was able to play 128kbit/s

Any updates on getting this to the PPA?

It looks like Kevin has abandoned Pithos. I've emailed and tweeted at him to see if he's still interested. If not, hopefully he'll pass the torch to someone who has the time to fix this.