Radio Margaritaville

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Radio Margaritaville

None of my iTunes installations (3 Mac 10.4 and 1 Windows XP) v8.1.1 will play Radio Maragaritaville in iTunes Radio. None of the other stations I have tried seem to be affected. I have talked to the staff at the station and they haven't a clue. The computers are connecting to the internet by router, wired and wireless to cable modem. Highlight the station, click the play button and it says connecting but never plays. They don't use playlists.
Is there a cache I can delete?
Is it possible that Radio Margaritaville has my IP blacklisted?

iTunes 8.1.1, Mac OS X (10.4.11), and Windows XP sp3

Posted on Apr 24, 2009 1:14 PM

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Pete VG Author

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May 15, 2009 11:58 AM in response to Dundora

Mine worked for a long time after i updated. This has happened to me before but it fixed itself in a few days but not this time. Been almost a month.

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varjak paw

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Apr 24, 2009 1:38 PM in response to Pete VG

Where do you find Radio Margaritaville listed in an iTunes-compatible format? I don't find it listed in the iTunes Radio tuner, and all I find mentioned on their web site are streams in Windows Media and Real formats, neither of which will play in iTunes.

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Pete VG Author

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Apr 28, 2009 5:47 AM in response to varjak paw

Don't know where you are looking but it is right there in the Folk section. 64 bit and 24 bit. Strangely enough I took my laptop (Win XP) to the library and it worked there and for a day or so at home but quit this morning.

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wjake15

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Apr 28, 2009 6:40 AM in response to Pete VG

I am having the exact same problem. I used to listen both at home and at work through itunes on macs, but now when i click on it in itunes it does nothing. every other station works. frustrating for sure.

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varjak paw

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Apr 28, 2009 7:08 AM in response to Pete VG

I wouldn't have thought to look for the station under "Folk". But it's working for me as of this morning.

This is a long shot, but for your Mac, at least, quit iTunes and try deleting this folder:

yourhomefolder/Library/caches

Hope that helps.

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Pete VG Author

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Apr 28, 2009 11:20 AM in response to wjake15

Wow, I'm glad I'm not nuts. I've been talking to a guy at Radio Margaritaville, he's very nice but ultimately not helpful.

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Pete VG Author

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Apr 28, 2009 11:28 AM in response to varjak paw

Got to be something else–all my macs (4) and all my PCs (3) do the same thing. The only thing they have in common is my router hooked to my cable modem. That would make them all have the same IP address. Wonder if something is blocked at their end?

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Chris CA

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Apr 28, 2009 11:36 AM in response to Pete VG

The only thing they have in common is my router hooked to my cable modem.

Sounds like it may be the issue.

That would make them all have the same IP address.

No.

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Pete VG Author

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Apr 29, 2009 6:37 AM in response to Chris CA

Everything going through my cable modem will have the IP assigned by my ISP. Why do you say no?

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Chris CA

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Apr 29, 2009 8:11 AM in response to Pete VG

Your router is not a DHCP server?

Go here -> http://www.whatismyip.com/
on each computer and (most likely) you will get a different IP address.

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Makamah

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Apr 29, 2009 7:16 PM in response to Pete VG

I am also having this same issue with Radio Margaritaville not connecting. Anyone come up with any solutions yet?

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Chris CA

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Apr 29, 2009 7:58 PM in response to Makamah

Both stations in iTunes working fine here.

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Pete VG Author

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May 7, 2009 5:47 AM in response to Chris CA

No, As I suspected I get the IP my ISP provided, which is different from the inter IP my router's dhcp assigned. Most routers use NAT to translate the internal IP to the external IP assigned by your ISP. I've never seen a setup like you are describing.

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Dundora

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May 10, 2009 3:49 PM in response to Chris CA

We are having this problem in our house as well. 3 Macs, all on the same wireless network (verizon fios) and none of them can get RM. It's killing me as we are huge Buffett fans. One day it was working and the next not, I first thought it was because a live concert broadcast was eating up the bandwidth but it hasn't worked in our house in weeks now. Any ideas?

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Pete VG Author

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May 14, 2009 10:58 AM in response to Pete VG

Here is the last email I sent to Radio Margaritaville. I've got to say that they have been concerned but ultimately not helpful. (It may not be their fault.)

Coleman,

+Here is the url to the discussion we are having on Apple discussions. As you can see we now have 4 in the same boat. As a rule I think you can safely multiply that by 100 or soand that ads up to a not inconsequential number.+

+I still think it has to have something to do with blocked IP addresses. Could the firewall at the stream site be blocking this?+

Pete

Does anyone know if their IP address from their provider has changed since this started happening? I think getting my ISP to force my address to change might resolve it but they won't do that until I have exhausted all other options.

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