Authentication Error "Unable to authenticate because login failed"

[fts-tmassey]

ETA: Or, just use kryptek's fork: https://github.com/kryptek/SiriusXM It already has the fix, as well as additional features...

This is the same as Issue #20 which is marked closed (so I didn't find it and had to re-debug and re-create it...). I'm opening a new issue here to hopefully save others the pain... Pull Request 29: #29

Getting "Unable to authenticate because login failed" when trying to connect. Could login successfully using https://player.siriusxm.com so credentials were correct. Examining the cookies within the browser seem to indicate that SXM changed "SXMAUTH" to "SXMAUTHNEW". Updated code and was able to list/play channels.

Hopefully the code can get pulled in when this issue is closed this time... :) Until then, find the following:

    return 'SXMAUTH' in self.session.cookies

and change it to SXMAUTHNEW and you'll be all set!

[bobthechemist]

I can confirm the problem exists and the solution proposed by @fts-tmassey works.