[mb-users] taggerscript / last.fm

[MLL]

Ali, Mustaqil M wrote:
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> I clearly need to hit someone in the face then. Someone sitting next 
> to me...
>
Poor Jonty ?

mll
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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 <mailto: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.
>
> 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.
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> 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 Track name link is out of date in light of changes 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 <http://last.fm> 
> support, saying that MBID tags are not read by the official software, 
> only mentioning last.fm <http://last.fm>'s own fingerprinting--quoted 
> message below:
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> -------------------------------------------------
> Hi,
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> last.fm <http://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 <mailto:adamgolding at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
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> > does the official last.fm <http://last.fm/> software submit 
> musicbrainz ids when scrobbling
> > the ipod?
> >
> > 2008/6/26 Last. fm Support <support at last.fm <mailto: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 <http://build.last.fm/> for other third party 
> plugins that might.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > The Last.fm Support Team
> > >
> > > adamgolding <adamgolding at adamgolding.com 
> <mailto:adamgolding at adamgolding.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > What methods of scrobbling from portable devices will submit 
> musicbrainz
> > > ids?
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > >
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