[mb-users] taggerscript / last.fm

[Adam Golding]

2008/6/19 Ali, Mustaqil M <muz at last.fm>:

> At minimum, all we need are correct artist and track title tags in order
> for someone to scrobble.
>
> If you have MBIDs assigned to your track, we can rely solely on those to
> figure out what the track played, however there are things to be wary;
>
> 1) The plugin you use needs to submit the MBID. Although this is described
> in the scrobbling protocol, it is an optional parameter and not all plugins
> adhere to it. I think that the latest official client on Windows and all of
> its plugins do submit MBIDs, but a large number of third party scribblers
> don't.
>
> 2) Our MBID -> track name lookups rely on us having a copy of that MBID
> from when we last imported a copy of the MB database. Our data imports are
> not automated at the moment, and I can't vouch for when the last one was
> done. If we don't have the relevant MBIDs in our database, we default to
> reading your artist and track title at minimum, as a minimum to scrobble.
>
> 3) If our MBID -> Track name link is out of date in light of changes on the
> MB site, they may not have been imported for the same above reason, meaning
> that you may then get a wrongly assigned track name due to the MBID.
>
> -- Muz
>
>


I seem to get contradictiig information, from last.fm support, saying that
MBID tags are not read by the official software, only mentioning last.fm's
own fingerprinting--quoted message below:



-------------------------------------------------
Hi,

last.fm only takes the metadata from the song on your computer (song and
artist titles) and nothing else. Last.fm also has the option to fingerprint
your tracks, you can read more here:
http://www.last.fm/help/faq/?category=Fingerprinting

Regards,
The Last.fm Support Team

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"Adam Golding" <adamgolding at gmail.com> wrote:

> does the official last.fm software submit musicbrainz ids when scrobbling
> the ipod?
>
> 2008/6/26 Last. fm Support <support at last.fm>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sorry, but we currently do not offer support for scrobbling devices
other
> > than
> > with the offical Last.fm software, but if you wish, you can check out
> > http://build.last.fm for other third party plugins that might.
> >
> > Regards,
> > The Last.fm Support Team
> >
> > adamgolding <adamgolding at adamgolding.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What methods of scrobbling from portable devices will submit
musicbrainz
> > ids?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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