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1. Keep on the good job. I really love the product.

   Comment by Floyd-out — January 18, 2007 #

2. Changelog for the 80+ changes?
   I’ve been having problems with the Launchcast stations freezing.

   Thanks for the update.
   I’ve been waiting for a while for this.

   Comment by resource — January 18, 2007 #

3. I can only DL this from IE now?

   And what is this?

   “As part of the installation process, we will need to check your computer to determine what Verizon Yahoo! software is currently installed. If any updates are available, you will have the option of installing those as well.

   Click the Start button when you are ready to proceed.”

   Does anyone have a direct link to the software?
   This is ridiculous…

   Comment by resource — January 18, 2007 #

4. so good to see an update! any hints on when the focus will shift to adding new features? the time is now with all rhapsody and urge are doing.

   I notice Home went away. I guess you figure the recommendations are on the Unlimited screen, but I already miss Home. The beauty of Home was that the section dedicated to my ratings-related recommendations was right there front and center. Now I have to scroll down under Unlimited fluff that doesn’t mean anything to me. and it’s just songs. to get to album or artist recommendations throws me to another page rather than the cool tabs Home had. I understand it’s a better use of space, but the better step would have been to build Home into My Y! so I could see my recommendations, my similar members, my ratings, my playlists, top artists/albums/tracks (by playcount and rating). Just an idea.

   Comment by buchananmb — January 18, 2007 #

5. Glad to hear it, also glad that you made a post about the update. Please keep up that habit!

   Have you considered implementing the Jukebox for Vista (using WPF), similar to Messenger?

   Comment by Matt S — January 18, 2007 #

6. to: resource.. that’s not intended behavior at all. You shouldn’t need IE to download.. I’m looking into that

   Comment by emayoh — January 19, 2007 #

7. Here is a longer list of highlighted issue descriptions that were addressed with YMJ 2.0.2

   Problem Summary
   * CPU spike at startup with large playlists
   * Certain LC stations do not play in YME
   * YMJ sometimes fails to shut down
   * YMJ crash on exit in Vista
   * POSI Activation: chrome relogin dialog appearing
   * Bulk relicensing action stops after every album is processed
   * Ratings in YMJ’s status window don’t match ratings in My Music
   * Double click “Play all items in view” does not work
   * YMJ should continue to work if XP is upgraded to Vista
   * Syncing of unsupported content formats hangs on Creative Vision M
   * Playback halted on stream tracks if no network available
   * User not completely logged out when bumped
   * Fail to play track when drag and drop to YMJ desktop icon
   * Setup wizard imports all the system sounds
   * YMJ fails to startup because of failed startup of the media server
   * Error message comes up twice Sync-ing to device with no free space
   * Song re-downloaded with every Sync of playlist
   * Crossfade is broken
   * Add periodic calls to request Windows to trim the working set
   * Need to remove Home page access from left nav in YMJ
   * Can’t Drag and Drop folder from Explorer to My Music
   * No status is given during MTP portable license refresh.
   * Incremental search in My Music causes a crash,
   * Cannot drag multiple tracks from My Music
   * Characters not displaying correctly for international tracks.
   * Same stream track shows up multiple times in My Music when you sign in.
   * YME fills up C drive by not removing temp files
   * While signing in, I received an alert message telling me I haven’t signed in for some time
   * Performance problem when right-click to delete album in my library
   * Difficult to change selection if you select all in my music
   * Same stream can appear twice in library
   * Switching from mini mode while boost is enabled the volume seems to drastically raise and lower
   * My Music Burn reorder does not work properly

   Comment by emayoh — January 19, 2007 #

8. thanks for the change log!

   why was Home considered a problem? (* Need to remove Home page access from left nav in YMJ)

   Comment by buchananmb — January 19, 2007 #

9. BUG REPORT:

   Double-clicking on an album in “icon view” no longer plays the album. The album has to be in “name view” in order to be able to double-click the album to play it.

   Comment by kongshem — January 19, 2007 #

10. How about a fix for Y!MJ on 64-bit Vista? I can’t get it to run because the Sonic CD burning portion isn’t getting installed. I keep getting the following error:

    YahooMusicEngine.exe – Unable To Locate Component

    This application has failed to start because PX.dll was not found.
    Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

    [OK]

    I contacted support, and their solution was to cancel my Y!MU account…

    Comment by Mystakill — January 20, 2007 #

11. Version 2.0.2. has a ton of bugs. How do I revert to the previous version?

    Comment by kongshem — January 20, 2007 #

12. On the unlimited page, there’s no play all button for the recommendations anymore.

    Also – if you guys want a good direction to go in: Find a way to allow your catalog to be browsed/searched from a network media player. Rhapsody has that with the sansa and what not, and the closest I got was the dlink 320/520 advertising that, but turns out it only allows you to play playlists or songs in your library. FYI, I wrote a quick review on the 520, the 320, and how it works out for Yahoo Unlimited Customers – http://fredrickville.com/?board=6&n=105

    Comment by FredFredrickson — January 21, 2007 #

13. I’d love to be able to manage which machines I currently have activated. Perhaps a screen showing the computers I have activated and be able to deactivate them (without having to be using that machine)… handy for when you forget to deactivate a machine before reimaging/formatting.

    Napster have this feature and limit you to one deactivation per month (which is reasonable).

    Comment by timjcasey — January 22, 2007 #

14. Dear Mick O:

    Thanks for posting the list of issues resolved. What about my two “favorite” bugs:

    1) volume leveling was non-functional. It seems to be better now, but I can’t tell if it was actually fixed, or not.

    2) CD ripping was broken: I posted this on the YMJ message board on Dec. 30th, but nobody responded. When ripping more than about 8 or 10 CDs, YMJ crashes with a command (DOS) box pop up, containing this error: “OMP Run-time library: currently configured to support a maximum of 32 threads. OMP abort: Please specify a larger value via the KMP_ALL_THREADS environment variable to raise this limit.”

    Less urgent, but would be nice to fix:

    What about all the endless users posting “would you reset my machine count?” Why not add a self-service feature to do this…it sure would save you folks from having to do it for the users. A nice dialog box to say “You may use Yahoo Music Unlimited on up to three machines. You are currently licensed to use it on . Please select a PC to deactivate. To prevent abuse, you may deactivate a maximum of PCs per month.”

    What about those of us who bought the “lifetime upgrade” to MMJB Plus? Still waiting for a way to convert that to YMJ-Plus. I recently paid for one release-worth of YMJ-Plus, to get the faster CD ripping (which is broken) and I don’t want to pay again.

    Finally, a suggestion: Yahoo! knows my music tastes down to the gnat’s a__, because I volunteered it. So, why not data mine that info to only serve me targeted banner ads in YMJ? I am sure your advertisers would appreciate a higher click-through rate if I saw ads for music I would actually listen to, and buy, and thus, you could charge more for the ads? I really don’t want to see ads for rappers or teen-pop-artist-of-the-week every time I log on. It’s like the pop up ads for X10 that everyone got 10 years ago. It’s SPAM. Targeting is where it’s at today.

    Thanks for listening. –Steve

    Comment by SteveW — January 23, 2007 #

15. Thanks for the release notes.
    This version uses less RAM, closes and opens better than before.

    Some other basics that still need fixing…

    1) Remember library preferences such as Track #, Disc # and that I don’t want Burnable and other info displayed. I have to set this every single time.

    2) Remember whether I want to browse by album, artist, genre so I don’t have to set this each time.

    3) Name View or Icon View – I’m tired of setting this everyday.

    4) Allow the highlighting of more than one track in the library to drag to a playlist. I don’t know why feature was removed.

    5) Launchcast stations repeat songs while displaying new song info…

    Comment by resource — January 25, 2007 #

16. Thanks soooo much!

    Canadian were stuck with a very old version before this release, we couldn’t install version 2.

    Now, it work like a charm !

    Comment by DrCurl — January 26, 2007 #

17. Hiyya!

    My machine is quite old and has alot less RAM then the newer PC. The update is a god send for me, thank you very much!
    iPod Accessories

    Comment by frank — January 26, 2007 #

18. Do you guys know when you’ll have an official last.fm plugin?

    I found one located at http://scrobbler.acerva.net/ but I would prefer something official from Yahoo or last.fm. I’d rather not install unknown software/spyware on my system.

    Comment by bluesun — February 4, 2007 #

19. I recently upgraded my machine and installed Vista Business x64. When I attempt to install YM Jukebox, it pops up an error stating I have insufficient memory, 64MB is required. Is this an issue due to Vista x64 or that I have 4GB of memory? I could run YM Jukebox in a virtual Win XP machine, but that’s somewhat of a pain to have to do every time I want to fire it up.

    Comment by kmsayre — February 5, 2007 #

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21. Emayoh… do you guys even test the network music functionality? If I turn on that plugin, and I view my boss’ music from his rhapsody, after about 30 seconds (And it says fetching network music…), I get a fatal exception.

    I was really hoping that would be fixed in this version. My boss makes fun of me for having YMU instead of Rhapsody because of all the crashes. I’m really disappointed. He tells me “Just think of all the money you’re saving.” in a facetious way.

    I have to admit, his Rhapsody does seem a lot better. His network music works, and he has a lot more music available to him, it would seem. I’m kind of sad that I paid for 2 years in advance… but at least it’s a little cheaper.

    Comment by Chris — February 7, 2007 #

22. Hello, I attempted to install this newest version, and receive an Insufficient Memory error with the requirements of the software listed below the error as being 64MB. I run Vista x64 with 4GB of RAM. Any ideas?

    Comment by kmsayre — February 7, 2007 #

23. I echo my thanks for what appears to be a less CPU hungry app. Two issues:
    1. I don’t know if this is a memory leak or what… But the app was using 19MB this morning. Now it’s up to almost 40MB. Then, when I close it, the memory usage goes up to about 50MB for the YahooMusicEngine.exe application and it never actually exits. I tried choosing exit from the taskbar icon again, with still no success. I killed the process after several minutes…
    2. The transparency settings for mini mode are not retained. Go to mini mode by pressing ALT-N. Click the mini window and ALT+Mouse scroll wheel to change transparency. Go back to full mode, then back to mini mode. The window will be opaque, instead of keeping your transparency settings changes.

    Thanks for the continued work.

    Comment by kairn — February 12, 2007 #

24. Thanks for the fixes. I still see a few issues.
    1. The memory usage increases from about 20MB to 40MB. Memory leak?
    2. The program often doesn’t want to exit. I’ll see yahoomusicengine.exe still running for a very long time (taking up 40+MB of memory). In fact I don’t know how long it will keep running, as I’ve always killed the process after 5+ minutes.
    3. The transparency settings for mini mode are not retained. Go to mini mode. Change the transparency settings by ALT+mouse wheel. Go to full mode. Go back to mini mode. The mini mode window will be opaque. This is a new problem.

    Comment by kairn — February 13, 2007 #

25. Has any attention been paid to the album art issue posted by Choppin Brocolli?
    I use an iRiver Clix 4GB – tons of music with no album art (which was supposed to be a selling point for the clix.)
    http://ymusicblog.com/blog/2006/12/19/yahoo-music-unlimited-gift-certificates/#comment-1689

    Comment by jonahu — February 13, 2007 #

26. [...] One goal of Yahoo! Insiders is to discuss the great features of the Yahoo! Toolbar, and possibly introduce you to a button not currently on your radar. In honor of the impending holiday, this “Toolbar Tip” will explore how to enjoy some Valentine’s Day mood music with the new Yahoo! Music Jukebox, which can be downloaded by clicking on the purple headphones on your toolbar. (If you can’t see the headphones on your toolbar, you may need to personalize and update your buttons.) [...]

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27. Uh, is there any chance that Yahoo Music will release STANDALONE installers of iterations of Jukebox? In 2.0.2.04, I encountered a serious bug, since confirmed by tech support. Whenever I try to access “My Music,” by clicking on the left column’s button, Jukebox freezes.

    Every time.

    Another friend installed it on his home computer, and the same thing happened.

    Curiously, he upgraded on a computer at work, and has not encountered the same issue.

    I’m wondering, also, whether Yahoo Music will notifiy me as to when the bug is fixed, or will it just be another version upgrade that you are notified about when logging on from within Jukebox?!??

    Comment by musingalong — February 14, 2007 #

28. Since getting ver 2.0.2, I have been unable to use YMJ to Copy mp3 podcast files to my Dell axim. I get an error pop-up Stating: “The device does not support this file type”. The axim uses WMP mobile and it certainly does support mp3 files. I have no problem copying Y! Unlimited or any other wma files. It was nice to use YMJ to manage all of my mobile music. The previous version of YMJ worked great for that.

    Any idea why this was changed?

    Comment by freeheelmike — February 14, 2007 #

29. v. 2.0.2.042 has a MAJOR bug in it. I wish it only happened to me, but it has been confirmed (not publically) by tech support and also by another friend who had the same thing happen on his computer after the upgrade:

    If, after logging in, you go to prefs and confirm that all of your file paths are correct, then press “My Music” under “Yahoo Unlimited,” jukebox will freeze. On two of three computers that I know of that have the latest build, this happens every time. On one computer, it doesn’t happen. Haven’t a clue why. They’re all XP Pro.

    Yahoo Music should release standalone installers.
    I guess that isn’t possible with the current way things are, eh?

    Well, if not, then there should be an option, somewhere, somehow to return to a previous version that was working then.

    It is somewhat curious as to why the new release has not been pulled after this bug has been discovered and confirmed. Risky business choice not to, imho.

    Warn your friends: Do not do this upgrade until further notice.

    Comment by musingalong — February 14, 2007 #

30. Has any progress been made with the album are issue? i.e. after transferring tracks to a compatible portable device using Yahoo Music to go – no album art appears. I’m using an iRiver Clix 4GB.

    Comment by jonahu — February 14, 2007 #

31. Hi guys, is there any change to have a feature that auto update the DRM licenses? i.e. I have the YMJ installed on my laptop and on my Media Center PC at home. This PC is connected to my Xbox360 and a D-link DSM320 UPnP extender. Sometimes I take several days to open the YMJ on the PC, so the licenses expire and the musics can’t the listened using the Media Extenders.
    If the YMJ is already running on my system tray, it could check the license server from time to time and renew the subscription automatically.

    What you guys think?

    Comment by acarlos — February 15, 2007 #

32. Thanks guys. A couple of problems: In mini-mode, transparency settings and location are not retained when you switch to full mode then back to mini mode. Also, the memory usage continually increases. It’s been running all day and went from about 20MB to over 40MB.

    Comment by kairn — February 15, 2007 #

33. Emayoh…. do you guys even test the network music functionality? If I turn on that plugin, and I view my boss’ music from his rhapsody, after about 30 seconds (And it says fetching network music…), I get a fatal exception.

    I was really hoping that would be fixed in this version. My boss makes fun of me for having YMU instead of Rhapsody because of all the crashes. I’m really disappointed. He tells me “Just think of all the money you’re saving.” in a facetious way.

    I have to admit, his Rhapsody does seem a lot better. His network music works, and he has a lot more music available to him, it would seem. I’m kind of sad that I paid for 2 years in advance… but at least it’s a little cheaper.

    Comment by Chris — February 16, 2007 #

34. FYI – the playlist has become a problem with this new release, very slow and locks up.

    Yahoo support is aware of the problem. From my open ticket:

    Hello Jamie,

    Thank you for writing Yahoo! Music about the slow performance. We’re happy to help you with this question.

    Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Music Customer Service regarding Yahoo!
    Music Jukebox operating slowly.

    Please be aware our Engineering staff has been alerted to this concern and is working at present to resolve it. We currently have no ETA on a
    fix for this.

    We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. Thank you for your patience in this matter.

    Thank you again for writing Yahoo! Music.

    Regards,

    [..]

    Yahoo! Music Customer Care

    Comment by Jamie — March 1, 2007 #

35. please continue to work on decreasing CPU usage – there’s no need to take up that much CPU to play music!

    Comment by steveobd — March 1, 2007 #

36. It’s clear that these point releases are not fixing much because people are still quite unhappy.

    There is no phone support and when people see Rhapsody they get a little jealous that YMJ doesn’t have those features.

    The playlist search is horrible and I don’t want to open IE to read an artist bio.

    I could go on and on…

    Comment by resource — March 11, 2007 #

37. I just loaded 2.0.2.049.

    Every time i try to play a tune it crashes!

    Its also talking even longer to start/load/login. I love the service but the client seems bigger and do i dare say bloated…

    How can I download the previous version?

    That or can i extend my yahoo subscription until you deliver a version that can work without crashing.

    Comment by r505sj — March 28, 2007 #

38. How about you throw a bone to all of us who paid for your silly unlimited service and now can’t use it on any computer with XP x64.

    Anyone? You’ve known about this issue for months. You keep releasing new versions, but never address this.

    Comment by blindignition — May 10, 2007 #

39. The sad news is this. they have no plans to make yahoo music compatible with x64. I hounded the support on this recently and got this back in reply:

    Thank you for writing Yahoo! Music about 64 bit support. We’re happy to
    help you with this question.

    We have no plans for adding 64 bit support.

    Once again, we regret the problem you’re having with Yahoo! Music
    services. If the solution provided here does not resolve your concern,
    please reply to this email so we may further assist you. Thank you again
    for writing Yahoo! Music.

    Comment by stretchboy — June 22, 2007 #

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