[mb-users] taggerscript / last.fm

[Adam Golding]

lol, ok.  The main thing I need to clarify is whether the last.fm client
submits the MBIDs from ipods as well.  iSproggler is the only third-party
one that mentioned MBIDs, but if the last.fm client does it from iPods i can
remove iSproggler from my setup.

2008/6/26 Ali, Mustaqil M <muz at last.fm>:

>  I clearly need to hit someone in the face then. Someone sitting next to
> me…
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> I'm right, their answer is badly worded and rather lacking in details ;)
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> *From:* musicbrainz-users-bounces at lists.musicbrainz.org [mailto:
> musicbrainz-users-bounces at lists.musicbrainz.org] *On Behalf Of *Adam
> Golding
> *Sent:* 26 June 2008 13:17
> *To:* General discussions about MusicBrainz
> *Subject:* Re: [mb-users] taggerscript / last.fm
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> 2008/6/19 Ali, Mustaqil M <muz at last.fm>:
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> At minimum, all we need are correct artist and track title tags in order
> for someone to scrobble.
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> 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.
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> 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 Track name link is out of date in light of changes on the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
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> 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:
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> -------------------------------------------------
> 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
>
> - Hide quoted text -
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> "Adam Golding" <adamgolding at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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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