Pandorian - Free desktop client for Pandora with built-in proxy support

Pandorian is a simple & elegant desktop client for Pandora, featuring ad-free listening, unlimited song skips, playback history, proxy support and a host of other features to make your Pandora listening experience stress-free and enjoyable...

Main Features:

·         No advertisements!

·         Unlimited song skips

·         Play back previous songs

·         Seek/ Change play position of current song (Click on song progress bar)

·         Proxy support for unsupported countries

·         Pre-fetching of upcoming song for instant playback

·         Export MP3 of currently playing song when streaming in 192k (press CTRL+D)

·         User configurable sytem-wide Hot-Keys (Right-click on album cover to access)

·         Like/ Dislike songs

·         Block a song for a month/ Tired of song

·         Gobal menu for quick actions and song info

·         Password protected Lock-Screen with album art and song info

·         Minimize to tray

·         Quick song info panel (Hover mouse pointer over tray icon)

·         BPM detection of current song

·         Sleep Timer (Right-click on album cover to access)

·         Volume normalizing with ReplayGain

·         Volume control with hotkeys & slider (Right-click on song progress bar to show)

·         Choose streaming audio quality

·         Supports Free Pandora accounts

·         Supports Pandora Plus accounts for higher audio quality & MP3 export

·         Highly optimized communication with Pandora servers

·         Built-in proxy enabled browser to manage stations using Pandora website

·         See what the app is doing behind the scenes (press CTRL+ALT+L)

Requirements:

·         MS Windows

·         MS .Net Framework 2.0

·         Proxy server account (only if your country is not supported)

·         Pandora account (either free or pandora plus)

Cost: Free

Website: http://pandorian.djnitehawk.com/

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