Last.FM | Scrobbler support?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

First, try the scrobbling, If you can assure me it works on a CLEAN VLC install from latest NB, then I will look at the controls.

[platon]

Hi,
I would be very glad if vlc supported lastfm. I found the preferences to enter my lastfm login data. But how do I actually tune in? I tried all sorts of url fragments I took from lastfm website or Thelastripper trying to open a network stream but I can´t get a connection to the radio...
Thanks
Platon

[arkanoiz]

First, try the scrobbling, If you can assure me it works on a CLEAN VLC install from latest NB, then I will look at the controls.

Hi everybody here!
It doasn't seem to work with VLC 0.9.1. By the way, should I leave the last.fm player on to use scrobbling? I'd like to shut off it..
Thanks for fine work

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

It doesn't work on what version ?

[Arite]

By the way, should I leave the last.fm player on to use scrobbling? I'd like to shut off it..

VLC's Audioscrobbler plugin is completely separate to the Last.fm Client - it is not needed to scrobble.

It doesn't work on what version ?

Just tried it with a standard 128kbps MP3 file - the (correctly) given length was 2:46, however on submitting the output was:

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audioscrobbler debug: Song too short (< 30s), not submitting

EDIT: Just tried again and it started the submission however crashed:

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audioscrobbler debug: Handshake successfull :) audioscrobbler debug: Going to submit some data...

This is using VLC 0.9.2-test BTW .
END OF EDIT.

Arite.

[arkanoiz]

It doesn't work on what version ?

VLC 0.9.1 Grishenko. No error messages but doesn't scrobble at all...

[arkanoiz]

Just tried it with a standard 128kbps MP3 file

Does the files have to be of some type (like 128 or 320 ecc.)?

[Arite]

It doesn't work on what version ?

VLC 0.9.1 Grishenko. No error messages but doesn't scrobble at all...

Try with the latest nightly build:
http://nightlies.videolan.org/

Just tried it with a standard 128kbps MP3 file

Does the files have to be of some type (like 128 or 320 ecc.)?

No it shouldn't. The reason I said standard 128kbps MP3 is since I have some 320kbps LAME 3.98 alpha build MP3 files where the track length is 00:00/varies randomly in VLC (a common bug in a few other players too). Providing the track is >30 seconds it should be fine.

Also make sure that scrobbling is enabled by going to "Tools >> Preferences..." and in the "Audio" section that "Enable Last.fm submission" is ticked etc.

When playing an audio file press "Ctrl+M" and change the messages verbosity to "2". You should then see (at the end of the song) what happens with the audioscrobbler submission.

Cheers, Arite.

[arkanoiz]

Thank you!
I'm trying. Is it the vlc-1.0.0-git-20080910-0303-win32-debug.7z or the vlc-1.0.0-git-20080910-0303-win32.7z file? Sorry but I'm not very used at these version names..
ciao

[Arite]

I would try the non-debug version.

Arite.

[arkanoiz]

... in fact it doesn't work AT ALL with no one of my mp3s...
downlading vlc-1.0.0-git-20080910-0303-win32.7z

[arkanoiz]

vlc-1.0.0-git-20080910-0303-win32.7z is not working at all too.

either the .exe version doesn't work

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

USe 0.9.2-rc1

[Arite]

USe 0.9.2-rc1

^ Got there before me :

Try VLC 0.9.2-rc1 (from here):
http://people.videolan.org/~jb/Builds/0.9.2-rc1/win32/

Get the *.exe for the installer, *.zip for non-installer, and *.7z if you want a smaller version of the *.zip version and have 7-Zip/7z compatible archive extractor.

Awesome - it works :

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audioscrobbler debug: Submission successful!

Cheers, Arite.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

USe 0.9.2-rc1

Awesome - it works :

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audioscrobbler debug: Submission successful!

Cheers, Arite.

Can I ask, why you are NOT on my friends list on last.fm ?

[Arite]

Can I ask, why you are NOT on my friends list on last.fm ?

Too true. Done - I've added you (my other alias The_Smoothness).

Arite.

[arkanoiz]

HUGE

[arkanoiz]

Sorry a last question: does scrobbling refer only to mp3s? Doesn't it read when I listen to a CD or other formats?

[Arite]

You need to have properly tagged audio files which VLC recognises. Works fine with e.g. FLAC (and presumably Ogg Vorbis etc.). Audio CD's does contain meta data (except e.g. CD Text) so unless the metadata is aquired from the net probably won't scrobble (haven't tested CDs on 0.9.x yet).

Arite.

[arkanoiz]

Mmm, but VLC recognize my audio CDs, with album and songs name... Could be a feature request for the plugin...
But at this moment, it doesn't scrobble CDs. Actually I want to point out that I'm not pretending it..
great work till now!

[Arite]

Well try scrobbling with a normal MP3 file to see if that works, then try an audio CD.

Arite.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Sorry a last question: does scrobbling refer only to mp3s? Doesn't it read when I listen to a CD or other formats?

As there is NO libcddb support on windows, I doubt that for a CD it will work on windows.

Else, everything is yes.

[arkanoiz]

Well try scrobbling with a normal MP3 file to see if that works, then try an audio CD.

Arite.

Yeah the with mp3s it works perfectly. With other formats didn't try yet. With audio CDs doesn't work. But I found it strange because the names of album and songs are there on VLC playlist when I play it.

@ j-b I don't know what is libcddb. Is it is a indicization tool for bringing the CD names?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Well try scrobbling with a normal MP3 file to see if that works, then try an audio CD.

Arite.

Yeah the with mp3s it works perfectly. With other formats didn't try yet. With audio CDs doesn't work. But I found it strange because the names of album and songs are there on VLC playlist when I play it.

@ j-b I don't know what is libcddb. Is it is a indicization tool for bringing the CD names?

Yes. Just Google it.

[MacL3an]

Im using the nighly builds of VLC on Mac OS X (great program btw! can't stand Itunes).

The submissions to Last.fm used to work fine, but when I look now it seems like nothing has been submitted in the last 12 days and I can't remember which version of vlc I had at the time.

Does any one know which is the latest mac version where the last.fm support works?