Still an issue. If it's originating from XM's library, it doesn't have the right code in it to be recognized by Sirius Tuners. This could be fixed if they went through all the music and changed the info manually, or just used one library, but. I doubt this will happen soon...
The shame of it is that it should be a relatively easy fix. I'm not a software engineer by any means (I design interfaces for a living), but I'd have a hard time believing that the script necessary to go through a given library & change a tag from "Not OK to Record" to "OK to record" would be a few lines at best. Turn it loose on the library, go have a sandwich, come back and it's done.
Shoot, even if Sirius is using any kind of database to organize their libraries, even manually changing the relevant database field would be a simple job (simple as changing a 0 to a 1 for all fields in a given table).
I've been lurking in DRC and SBS for a long time now, and have become convinced - it's not about something being hard to do, it's about whether it's a priority or not.
For example, take the channel logos - displayed differently on the SL2 depending on whether you're listening via satellite or internet. From a device perspective, it's not any harder at all to display one side's logos over the other. The interface doesn't care which graphic it's given - it just loads the picture that it's told to. Replace the pictures, you replace the logos. Simple. Again, in all likelihood it's a five minute job for someone on the SL2 software engineering team. The problem is that they clearly have other priorities.
Another example: when I signed up for BOXM, it was five minutes before my device updated itself with the new channels & names. However, one month after replacing
Cinemagic with
The Stobe, my device still says "Cinemagic." Is it any harder to change channel 196 to
XM Public Radio than it is to change channel 81 to
The Strobe? Not at all. It's just not a priority for them, so it doesn't get done.
If I had to guess, I'd say that something has happened in the last six months inside the SL2 group. Either they've had some massive turnover, or some massive layoffs, or something dramatic has happened, but they are clearly not maintaining the device. Who knows? Maybe their just giving up on the SL2 and putting their eggs in the SL3 or iPhone basket.