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We recently re-released RSS feeds!! Well almost - it's currently still a hidden feature - except to those who read this message. To access RSS feeds, simply copy any of the BROWSE or CHARTS urls and replace "browse" or "charts" with "rss". For example, I'm interested in the RSS feed for what is new today in Blues. I would therefore navigate by: 1. Clicking on the "NEW ON EMUSIC" tab 2. Clicking on the "FRESHLY RIPPED" button 3. Clicking on the "Blues" genre in the "REFINE BY" module on the left hand side 4. The URL in your browser should look like this: http://www.emusic.com/browse/n/b/-n/a/0-0/65+538+68+1200000292/0.html 5. Change the "browse" in the URL to "rss" - it should look like this: http://www.emusic.com/rss/n/b/-n/a/0-0/65+538+68+1200000292/0.html 6. Copy the RSS URL and paste it into your preferred RSS reader. That's it!! Here are a few RSS feed URLs you may find interesting: * First 100 albums added today http://www.emusic.com/rss/n/b/-n/a/0-100/65+538+68/0.html * Top 25 albums downloaded this month http://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/b/0-25/556/0.html * Top 20 artists downloaded today with new albums this month http://www.emusic.com/rss/0/a/-dat/a/0-0/538+553+65/0.html As you see the possibilities are endless.... Enjoy

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* RE: RSS feeds posted by Wesley on Aug 11 at 5:37 PM EDT * RE: RSS feeds posted by mr_nobody on Aug 11 at 6:02 PM EDT   * RE: RSS feeds posted by Sweets on Aug 11 at 7:17 PM EDT     * RE: RSS feeds posted by Wesley on Aug 11 at 8:59 PM EDT * RE: RSS feeds posted by FLEB--2kClub on Aug 11 at 8:47 PM EDT * RE: RSS feeds posted by neeKlamy on Aug 12 at 4:50 AM EDT   * RE: RSS feeds posted by Mutantis on Aug 12 at 12:50 PM EDT * RE: RSS feeds posted by jelwood01 on Aug 12 at 6:34 AM EDT * RE: RSS feeds posted by Porieux on Aug 16 at 5:45 AM EDT   * RE: RSS feeds posted by Taniwha on Sep 24 at 7:35 PM EDT * RE: RSS feeds posted by phil on Aug 16 at 3:59 PM EDT * RE: RSS feeds posted by Porieux on Sep 22 at 5:04 PM EDT   * RE: RSS feeds posted by phil on Sep 22 at 5:53 PM EDT   * RE: RSS feeds posted by mr_nobody on Sep 22 at 5:55 PM EDT     * RE: RSS feeds posted by jelwood01 on Sep 22 at 6:56 PM EDT       * RE: RSS feeds posted by CaptWhiffle on Sep 22 at 7:37 PM EDT         * RE: RSS feeds posted by jelwood01 on Sep 22 at 8:24 PM EDT           * RE: RSS feeds posted by CaptWhiffle on Sep 23 at 11:49 AM EDT     * RE: RSS feeds posted by Porieux on Sep 22 at 8:53 PM EDT       * RE: RSS feeds posted by mr_nobody on Sep 22 at 9:32 PM EDT         * RE: RSS feeds posted by Porieux on Sep 23 at 12:36 PM EDT           * RE: RSS feeds posted by mr_nobody on Sep 23 at 12:53 PM EDT * Feedreader 3.01 posted by glauber on May 18 at 6:17 PM EDT

Wesley Aug 11 at 5:37 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in direct response to the topic by amicool I read the message and I've already set up feeds for New This Week for the genres I'm interested in. Very cool. Thanks. Wesley

mr_nobody Aug 11 at 6:02 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in direct response to the topic by amicool The RSS does not validate (the dates are not properly formatted). May cause problems for some readers... [edit]: But kudos for adding this feature!

Sweets Aug 11 at 7:17 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by mr_nobody Interesting problem. The RSS 2.0 spec, http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss, declares dates to be RFC 822 date compliant but goes on to say... "All date-times in RSS conform to the Date and Time Specification of RFC 822, with the exception that the year may be expressed with two characters or four characters (four preferred)." If any readers are giving trouble, post what you find here.

FLEB--2kClub Aug 11 at 8:47 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in direct response to the topic by amicool Oh... it's on now. You don't know how on it is now. Now... it's on.

Wesley Aug 11 at 8:59 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by Sweets No apparent troubles with my reader on my Mac. Wesley

neeKlamy Aug 12 at 4:50 AM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in direct response to the topic by amicool One other thing, if for you want to see all the releases for this week or this month (or there are just too many freshly ripped) you'll need to hack the URL again. For example (this is Electronic, new this month) take: http://www.emusic.com/browse/0/b/-dbm/a/0-0/1200000281+65/0.html and change the "0-0" to "0-100" - eMusic won't display more than 100 albums on a page so if you're after seeing all the releases for the month you'll then have to add another for "100-200" So I'd now have these two in my Safari bookmark bar: http://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1200000281+65/0.html http://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/100-200/1200000281+65/0.html

jelwood01 Aug 12 at 6:34 AM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in direct response to the topic by amicool Very nice! Finished cramming some into Liferea with no problems!

Mutantis Aug 12 at 12:50 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by neeKlamy >For example (this is Electronic, new this month) take: http://www.emusic.com/browse/0/b/-dbm/a/0-0/1200000281+65/0.html and change the "0-0" to "0-100" - eMusic won't display more than 100 albums on a page so if you're after seeing all the releases for the month you'll then have to add another for "100-200" Yeah, and that's lame, because it makes it less useful when sometimes albums still show up on the bottom of the list (I'm assuming they still do).

Porieux Aug 16 at 5:45 AM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in direct response to the topic by amicool very cool! looking forward to seeing this feature refined. Here are some I made eMusic albums: Top Downloads This Month feed://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/b/0-25/556/0.html eMusic albums: 5 Stars feed://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/0-100/546/0.html eMusic albums: Electronic - New This Month feed://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1200000281+65/0.html eMusic albums: Electronic - New This Month 2 feed://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/100-200/1200000281+65/0.html eMusic albums: Urban/Hip Hop - Editor's Picks feed://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1200000282+151/0.html eMusic albums: Editor's Picks feed://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/0-100/151/0.html eMusic albums: Jazz - 5 Stars feed://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1200000291+546/0.html eMusic albums: Top Downloads This Month - Editor's Picks - Electronic feed://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/b/0-100/556+151+1200000281/0.html eMusic albums: New This Month - New This Week feed://www.emusic.com/rss/n/b/-n/a/0-100/65+538+63/0.html eMusic albums: E - Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL) feed://www.emusic.com/rss/l/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1400090838/0.html eMusic albums: H - Hieroglyphics Imperium / IODA feed://www.emusic.com/rss/l/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1400104887/0.html eMusic albums: R - Rykodisc feed://www.emusic.com/rss/l/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1400100754/0.html eMusic albums: F - Fantasy feed://www.emusic.com/rss/l/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1400089463/0.html eMusic albums: F - Fantasy / Prestige feed://www.emusic.com/rss/l/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1400089422/0.html eMusic albums: F - Fantasy / Riverside feed://www.emusic.com/rss/l/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1400089503/0.html eMusic albums: F - Fantasy / Pablo feed://www.emusic.com/rss/l/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1400089483/0.html

phil Aug 16 at 3:59 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in direct response to the topic by amicool Thank you so much for posting this! This is a feature I've wanted for a long time. So much easier to check up on new releases. Thanks eMusic!

Porieux Sep 22 at 5:04 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in direct response to the topic by amicool RSS feeds seem to have stoped updating.

phil Sep 22 at 5:53 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by Porieux yeah, I gave up on 'em awhile back. besides, i kept surfing to the what's new section out of habit (or impatience) anyways. maybe they'll return in the future?

mr_nobody Sep 22 at 5:55 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by Porieux I'm not sure why you'd say that. They seem to be continuing to work for me...

jelwood01 Sep 22 at 6:56 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by mr_nobody Still working for me as well.

CaptWhiffle Sep 22 at 7:37 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by jelwood01 They work for me too, but does anyone know why I'm only fed the first 15? I know that the New on eMusic pages list only 15 at a time, but I would like to get a feed for all the freshly rippeds on a given day.

jelwood01 Sep 22 at 8:24 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by CaptWhiffle "One other thing, if for you want to see all the releases for this week or this month (or there are just too many freshly ripped) you'll need to hack the URL again. For example (this is Electronic, new this month) take: http://www.emusic.com/browse/0/b/-dbm/a/0-0/1200000281+65/0.html and change the "0-0" to "0-100" - eMusic won't display more than 100 albums on a page so if you're after seeing all the releases for the month you'll then have to add another for "100-200" So I'd now have these two in my Safari bookmark bar: http://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/0-100/1200000281+65/0.html http://www.emusic.com/rss/0/b/-dbm/a/100-200/1200000281+65/0.html" Thanks to neeKlamy.

Porieux Sep 22 at 8:53 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by mr_nobody >> I'm not sure why you'd say that. They seem to be continuing to work for me... They were working in that I could navigate them, but they had no new data. Looks like they've started updating again. Maybe this message got to the right person :)

mr_nobody Sep 22 at 9:32 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by Porieux I was wondering if maybe you had subscribed to rss feeds for genres with no new releases recently. With the arrival of touch and go, it seems like all the new releases are alt/punk so maybe if you were looking at the jazz or classical rss, there was nothing new?

CaptWhiffle Sep 23 at 11:49 AM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by jelwood01 Thanks, jelwood; that worked.

Porieux Sep 23 at 12:36 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by mr_nobody I was looking at this one feed://www.emusic.com/rss/n/b/-n/a/0-100/65+538+68/0.html

mr_nobody Sep 23 at 12:53 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by Porieux That's odd...that exactly the same feed I am using in firefox and it never stopped updating for me. Must have been a problem with your reader...

Taniwha Sep 24 at 7:35 PM EDT

RE: RSS feeds

in response to the message by Porieux What's with that feed:// ???? You ought to be using content-type headers to describe the content. the bit before the : is the tranfser protocol, which should be http. Unless i've missed something?

glauber May 18 at 6:17 PM EDT

Feedreader 3.01

in direct response to the topic by amicool Cool! Works fine with Feedreader 3.01, Windows 2K