Last.fm Plug-in & Auto-DJ testing (MM 3.0.x)

Post by **rusty** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:23 pm

Hi,

We're happy to begin a beta test period for a new plug-in / script combination that allows you to scrobble to Last.fm and generate Auto-DJ Playlists based on Last.fm (to learn about Last.fm, see: http://www.last.fm):

1) Last.fm Scrobbler plug-in. This is a native plugin that 'scrobbles' the tracks that you play in MediaMonkey to Last.fm, so that you can share your musical tastes with others, and get recommendations for new music from other users with similar tastes.

Download:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/addons/

Installation:
-Install the latest beta of MediaMonkey (this has been tested with MediaMonkey 3.0.3 Beta 1, though it should also work with MediaMonkey 3.0.2)
-Double-click the downloaded file, and agree to install
-Go to Tools > Options > Last.fm Service to configure your username and password

2) Last.fm Auto-DJ script. This script allows you to automatically build playlists based on recommendations from Last.fm. It takes the last played track, and finds a top-rated Track from a similar Artist. It's a great way to listen to your collection without having to manually select tracks.

This script is largely inspired by the work of psyxonova who created the ScrobblerDJ plugin. Special thanks to Trixmoto and others for work on URL Encode, Dressen for SQL Query optimization and various corrections, and Technojnky & trixmoto for testing.

Download:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/beta/Last.fm ... .0.23.mmip

Installation:
-Install the latest beta of MediaMonkey (this has been tested with MediaMonkey 3.0.3 Beta 1, though it should also work with MediaMonkey 3.0.2)
-Double-click the downloaded file, and agree to install
-Go to Tools > Options > Auto-DJ and enable the Auto-DJ
-Set the Auto-DJ to Add 1 upcoming track to the Now Playing list
-Choose Add Tracks from: Last.fm DJ, and press configure to change settings
-Click OK until you exit the Options panel, and then Add a single track to the Now Playing list that you wish to seed your playlist, and start playing the track.

Enjoy!

-The MediaMonkey Team

Big_Berny · Post by **Big_Berny** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:48 pm

Great news! Thanks!

Specially the second one is very nice and a cool addition for MM. I think a lot new users will like it! From the first one I personally expected a bit more. At least submissions for played songs on ipods would have been a cool addition. But ok, this can also be implemented later.

Big_Berny

Dreadlau · Post by **Dreadlau** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:17 pm

I'm using it right now. It works flawlessly.
I also think this will be apealling for new users

Thanks to all the poeple who have worked into this.

onkel_enno · Post by **onkel_enno** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:56 pm

Seem to work here too, Thanks a lot.

But again the Password nicely readable in text form

Dreadlau · Post by **Dreadlau** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:58 pm

Set the Auto-DJ to Add 1 upcoming track to the Now Playing list

Just a little question: Why only one upcoming track. What would happen if I put more. Like 5 for example?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:11 pm

I wanted to install the Last.fm plugin but it says the installation wasn't successful. I'm running the newest beta on Vista. Do I have to remove the winamp plugin from Last.fm first?

spacefish · Post by **spacefish** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:12 pm

Nice! Looking forward to trying it out.

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:30 pm

@Guest - if you're running on Vista you need to disable UAC or right-click and select "Run as adminstrator" to raise the permissions, otherwise some files cannot be edited, hence the error you're getting.

Post by **Peke** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:35 pm

Ok answers:
@onkel_enno: Password Mask is on our To-Do list.

@Dreadlau: Last.fm have some limitation in continuous queries and 1 is only suggested value due to Script functionality that uses always last track in Now playing for search. Mainly it gives better control to MM

@Guest: You do not need to uninstall WA last.fm plugin but it is suggested to either disable or uninstall as last.fm have strict policies when you scrobble tracks to same username twice and will crop both submissions.

I only can say to enjoy and keep reports coming.

Bex · Post by **Bex** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:42 pm

Thanks for this Peke.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:41 am

I've tried but I can't get the first one to work. Is there anything I could be doing wrong?

drjboulder · Post by **drjboulder** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:53 am

Anonymous wrote:I've tried but I can't get the first one to work. Is there anything I could be doing wrong?

Are you running Vista?
Are you using the latest Monkey, the one in my sig?

Wargazm · Post by **Wargazm** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:29 am

Awesome, thanks!

suggestion: it'd be great if the last.fm configuration screen could show you the last few tracks it has sent to the server.

MarineBrat · Post by **MarineBrat** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:34 am

Peke wrote:@Dreadlau: Last.fm have some limitation in continuous queries and 1 is only suggested value due to Script functionality that uses always last track in Now playing for search. Mainly it gives better control to MM

When I do set it to more than 1 I get lots of dupes coming up. But so far 1 at a time has worked nicely.

spacefish · Post by **spacefish** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:36 am

Very nice! I love the added touch of showing the now listening line which I only got with the client before. Unfortunately, it only worked on the first track played and tracks are not scrobbling. I did get an error message a couple of times while playing tracks. I have sent you the debug logs.

Using Windows Vista Home Premium, no errors on installation. I can see the plugin in the General Plugins folder and I did see the Now Listening data the very first track I played, but nothing since and no scrobbling. I have removed the old Winamp plugin because disabling it did not appear to be sufficient.

Reinstalling while running MM as admin produced an error so I thought I'd need to uninstall it to reinstall it. I tried uninstalling the plugin through the Extensions dialog and though it removed it from that window, it did not uninstall it. Reinstalling again produced an error and I am still not scrobbling, though the first track played at the beginning of each new session appears on the Now Listening line on my profile.

Is anyone else running this and AutoRateAccurate at the same time? I think there's a conflict. When do you submit the track to last.fm? AutoRateAccurate rates the previous track when the next one plays. If you're also sending at that time, the two processes appear to be colliding. I've never had a problem with AutoRateAccurate before.

Couple of questions:

Why is there no include/exclude dialog? Besides my Music folder, I have one other in my MM library that I never want scrobbled. This is my unsorted folder with tracks that need to be cleaned up and then organized. I rarely play tracks from this folder but occasionally I'll need to play a track to identify it in some way. I would not want those tracks to scrobble. Finally, I never want to scrobble CDs.

Where does the plugin log and/or cache data reside? You are caching data at times when last.fm is not receiving, right? I ask because I'm not scrobbling at the moment and often looking at the log helps with troubleshooting. I've looked in various places for a log pertaining to this plugin but haven't found anything. If you're not creating one, however, I guess we have a problem.

Too bad. I really wanted this to work. Unfortunately, without log data, I can't really begin to understand what might be happening.

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