[mb-users] taggerscript / last.fm

[Fred Marchee]

I have a sprained ankle, happened this morning, and it hurts like hell, 
my foot is twice as thick as normal, does that help with your problem 
hitting someone on the head? ;-)

Fred (576)

Ali, Mustaqil M wrote:
>
> The main benefit for a user from the perspective of scrobbling to 
> Last.fm is that if the information in Musicbrainz is updated, and we 
> update our import of the Musicbrainz database, when this track is 
> scrobbled, it’ll display with the new metadata as opposed to the 
> outdated content currently within the user’s file.
>
> *From:* musicbrainz-users-bounces at lists.musicbrainz.org 
> [mailto:musicbrainz-users-bounces at lists.musicbrainz.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Tekno Junky
> *Sent:* 26 June 2008 15:20
> *To:* General discussions about MusicBrainz
> *Subject:* Re: [mb-users] taggerscript / last.fm
>
> What is the importantance of MBID's to you (or last.fm) if the files 
> have standardized MB metadata anyway?
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>
>     *From:* Adam Golding <mailto:adamgolding at gmail.com>
>
>     *To:* General discussions about MusicBrainz
>     <mailto:musicbrainz-users at lists.musicbrainz.org>
>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:52 AM
>
>     *Subject:* Re: [mb-users] taggerscript / last.fm
>
>     ok, iSproggler it is then. :p
>
>     2008/6/26 Ali, Mustaqil M <muz at last.fm <mailto:muz at last.fm>>:
>
>     No, not Jonty, mll ;)
>
>     Adam, with regards to MBIDs and iPod scrobbling, the client
>     doesn't pull MBIDs for scrobbling your iPod. At least, not for now.
>
>     *From:* musicbrainz-users-bounces at lists.musicbrainz.org
>     <mailto:musicbrainz-users-bounces at lists.musicbrainz.org>
>     [mailto:musicbrainz-users-bounces at lists.musicbrainz.org
>     <mailto:musicbrainz-users-bounces at lists.musicbrainz.org>] *On
>     Behalf Of *MLL
>     *Sent:* 26 June 2008 14:18
>
>
>     *To:* General discussions about MusicBrainz
>     *Subject:* Re: [mb-users] taggerscript / last.fm <http://last.fm>
>
>     Ali, Mustaqil M wrote:
>
>     I clearly need to hit someone in the face then. Someone sitting
>     next to me…
>
>     Poor Jonty ?
>
>     mll
>
>     I'm right, their answer is badly worded and rather lacking in
>     details ;)
>
>     *From:* musicbrainz-users-bounces at lists.musicbrainz.org
>     <mailto: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 <http://last.fm>
>
>     2008/6/19 Ali, Mustaqil M <muz at last.fm <mailto: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
>     <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:
>
>
>
>     -------------------------------------------------
>     Hi,
>
>     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 -
>
>     "Adam Golding" <adamgolding at gmail.com
>     <mailto:adamgolding at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     > 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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