Comments on: Audioscrobbler and Last.FM http://peteashton.com/2004/10/audioscrobbler_and_lastfm/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: TheKohser http://peteashton.com/2004/10/audioscrobbler_and_lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-5353 TheKohser Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:27:22 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/audioscrobbler_and_lastfm/#comment-5353 From reading other posts/boards/blogs, and from my own experience, it seems that there is a flaw with Audioscrobbler in that you frequently have to re-install the player plugin to get your tracks to ping your profile again. Granted, it only takes 12 seconds to do, but this is an annoying glitch that we all hope Audioscrobbler identifies and fixes. From reading other posts/boards/blogs, and from my own experience, it seems that there is a flaw with Audioscrobbler in that you frequently have to re-install the player plugin to get your tracks to ping your profile again. Granted, it only takes 12 seconds to do, but this is an annoying glitch that we all hope Audioscrobbler identifies and fixes.

]]> By: Pete J http://peteashton.com/2004/10/audioscrobbler_and_lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-5352 Pete J Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:43:21 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/10/audioscrobbler_and_lastfm/#comment-5352 I've been using this on and off for about a couple of months. The biggest problem is that the service doesn't always update your tracks - mine haven't updated since 25/9/04, despite that fact that XMMS gets used at least once a day here (I have the plugin that's supposed to update the site with what <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/BoredByPolitics" rel="nofollow">I've played</a>). <p>Other than that it seems like a great idea, a good way of discovering bands you'd never think to listen to... it's still no replacement for the <a href="http://peteashton.com/04/10/27/peelylinks.html" rel="nofollow">real thing</a> though.</p> I’ve been using this on and off for about a couple of months. The biggest problem is that the service doesn’t always update your tracks – mine haven’t updated since 25/9/04, despite that fact that XMMS gets used at least once a day here (I have the plugin that’s supposed to update the site with what I’ve played).

Other than that it seems like a great idea, a good way of discovering bands you’d never think to listen to… it’s still no replacement for the real thing though.

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