XMPlay Last.fm/Audioscrobbler plugin (xmp-scrobbler)

[saga]

I'm using version 0.9.6. Message tab says...

Library:
Title   Apidya Ingame 1
Artist   Chris Hülsbeck

Right-click for track info
 (if supported by plugin)

Log says...

2010-08-03 13:07:08   ----
2010-08-03 13:07:08   [INFO] Hello, this is xmp-scrobbler 0.9.6
2010-08-03 13:07:19   [INFO] Number of entries in the cache: 0
2010-08-03 13:07:22   [INFO] Handshake with Last.fm server successful!
2010-08-03 13:07:29   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-08-03 13:07:29   [INFO] Current track: Chris Hülsbec - Apidya Ingame 1 ()
2010-08-03 13:07:29   [INFO] Submitting in 13 seconds...
2010-08-03 13:07:41   [INFO] Track added to the cache for submission
2010-08-03 13:07:41   [INFO] Preparing to submit 1 track(s) from the cache
2010-08-03 13:07:42   [INFO] Submission succeeded!

And that's how it appears on my last.fm profile :s

[saga]

ok... pre-0.9.7 seems to fix this...

[vind]

the plugin doesn't seem to submit anything, despite of what the log is indicating...

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2010-08-11 00:27:43 [INFO] Hello, this is xmp-scrobbler 0.9.3
2010-08-11 00:27:44 [INFO] Number of entries in the cache: 72
2010-08-11 00:27:44 [INFO] Handshake with Last.fm server successful!
2010-08-11 00:27:53 [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-08-11 00:27:53 [INFO] Current track: Sidewinder - Just Break'n Out ()
2010-08-11 00:27:53 [INFO] Submitting in 224 seconds...
2010-08-11 00:31:36 [INFO] Track added to the cache for submission
2010-08-11 00:31:36 [INFO] Preparing to submit 10 track(s) from the cache
2010-08-11 00:31:36 [INFO] Submission succeeded!
2010-08-11 00:43:38 [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-08-11 00:43:39 [INFO] Current track: Sidewinder - Just Break'n Out ()
2010-08-11 00:43:39 [INFO] Submitting in 224 seconds...

the last successful submission was apparently in March, according to earlier data in the log...

why hasn't it submitted anything since then, only to save up 72 new scrobbles which still - 25 minutes after logging an apparent successful submission - haven't appeared in my chart of recently listened tracks ?

[Dotpitch]

Only 10 tracks can be submitted at once, so it'll take some time to submit the complete cache. Could you switch on debug logging (in the plugin config)? Have the tracks still not showed up on your profile?

[raina]

You seem to be running a rather dated copy of xmp-scrobbler. I think you should update first and look for solutions second, if the problem persists. I recently had some problems with submitting titles from a cue file, with xmp-scrobbler 0.9.6. The pre-0.9.7 fixed that.

[hukka]

Where is this pre-0.9.7 build? I couldn't find anything newer than 0.9.6 and that started crashing when it was time to submit new tracks to last.fm.

[raina]

Attached to the following post:

[hukka]

Thanks! That seems to have done the trick.

[Raverbashing]

2010-09-22 11:51:29   [INFO] Hello, this is xmp-scrobbler 0.9.6
2010-09-22 11:51:32   [INFO] Number of entries in the cache: 87
2010-09-22 11:51:36   [INFO] Handshake with Last.fm server successful!
2010-09-22 11:51:47   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 11:51:47   [INFO] Current track: Hanin Elias - Slide ()
2010-09-22 11:51:47   [INFO] Submitting in 182 seconds...
2010-09-22 11:54:47   [INFO] Track added to the cache for submission
2010-09-22 11:54:47   [INFO] Preparing to submit 10 track(s) from the cache
2010-09-22 11:54:48   [WARNING] Your login info is not correct, check the plugin config.
2010-09-22 11:55:20   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 11:55:20   [INFO] The current track should already have been submitted, resuming playback.
2010-09-22 11:55:30   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 11:55:30   [INFO] The current track should already have been submitted, resuming playback.
2010-09-22 11:55:49   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 11:55:49   [INFO] The current track should already have been submitted, resuming playback.
2010-09-22 11:55:58   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 11:55:58   [INFO] The current track should already have been submitted, resuming playback.
2010-09-22 11:58:01   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 11:58:01   [INFO] Current track: Hanin Elias - The Key ()
2010-09-22 11:58:01   [INFO] Submitting in 160 seconds...
2010-09-22 12:00:40   [INFO] Track added to the cache for submission
2010-09-22 12:00:40   [INFO] Preparing to submit 10 track(s) from the cache
2010-09-22 12:00:40   [WARNING] Your login info is not correct, check the plugin config.
2010-09-22 12:00:53   [INFO] Shutting down...
2010-09-22 12:00:53   ----
2010-09-22 12:06:43   ----
2010-09-22 12:06:43   [INFO] Hello, this is xmp-scrobbler 0.9.6
2010-09-22 12:06:45   [INFO] Number of entries in the cache: 89
2010-09-22 12:06:46   [INFO] Handshake with Last.fm server successful!
2010-09-22 12:06:55   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 12:06:55   [INFO] Current track: Hanin Elias - To Stay With You ()
2010-09-22 12:06:55   [INFO] Submitting in 99 seconds...
2010-09-22 12:08:32   [INFO] Track added to the cache for submission
2010-09-22 12:08:32   [INFO] Preparing to submit 10 track(s) from the cache
2010-09-22 12:08:33   [WARNING] Your login info is not correct, check the plugin config.
2010-09-22 12:10:20   [DEBUG] DSP_NewTrack (CLOSE)
2010-09-22 12:10:20   [DEBUG] DSP_SetFormat( 1, NULL )
2010-09-22 12:10:20   [DEBUG] DSP_StopTrack
2010-09-22 12:10:20   [DEBUG] DSP_NewTrack (OPEN)
2010-09-22 12:10:20   [DEBUG] DSP_SetFormat( 1, 44100, 2 )
2010-09-22 12:10:29   [DEBUG] XMP_FetchInfo -- start
2010-09-22 12:10:29   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 12:10:29   [DEBUG] XMP_FetchInfo -- end
2010-09-22 12:10:29   [DEBUG] len = 108, diff = 8
2010-09-22 12:10:29   [INFO] Current track: Industrial Company Inc - The  Weapon (Featuring Hanin Elias) ()
2010-09-22 12:10:29   [INFO] Submitting in 100 seconds...
2010-09-22 12:12:08   [DEBUG] DSP_Process -- sec <= 0
2010-09-22 12:12:08   [DEBUG] XMP_SubmitProc start
2010-09-22 12:12:08   [DEBUG] AddTrack (cache_size = 90, tracks_size = 99)
2010-09-22 12:12:08   [INFO] Track added to the cache for submission
2010-09-22 12:12:08   [INFO] Preparing to submit 10 track(s) from the cache
2010-09-22 12:12:08   [DEBUG] Submitting...
2010-09-22 12:12:08   [DEBUG] Submission failed: bad authorization.
2010-09-22 12:12:08   [WARNING] Your login info is not correct, check the plugin config.
2010-09-22 12:13:57   [DEBUG] DSP_NewTrack (CLOSE)
2010-09-22 12:13:57   [DEBUG] DSP_NewTrack (OPEN)
2010-09-22 12:14:06   [DEBUG] XMP_FetchInfo -- start
2010-09-22 12:14:06   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 12:14:06   [DEBUG] XMP_FetchInfo -- end
2010-09-22 12:14:06   [DEBUG] len = 81, diff = 8
2010-09-22 12:14:06   [INFO] Current track: Hanin Elias - Do You know!!!!!!! ()
2010-09-22 12:14:06   [INFO] Submitting in 73 seconds...
2010-09-22 12:15:18   [DEBUG] DSP_Process -- sec <= 0
2010-09-22 12:15:18   [DEBUG] XMP_SubmitProc start
2010-09-22 12:15:18   [DEBUG] AddTrack (cache_size = 91, tracks_size = 99)
2010-09-22 12:15:18   [INFO] Track added to the cache for submission
2010-09-22 12:15:19   [INFO] Preparing to submit 10 track(s) from the cache
2010-09-22 12:15:19   [DEBUG] Submitting...
2010-09-22 12:15:19   [DEBUG] Submission failed: bad authorization.
2010-09-22 12:15:19   [WARNING] Your login info is not correct, check the plugin config.
2010-09-22 12:16:40   [DEBUG] DSP_NewTrack (CLOSE)
2010-09-22 12:16:41   [DEBUG] DSP_SetFormat( 1, NULL )
2010-09-22 12:16:41   [DEBUG] DSP_StopTrack
2010-09-22 12:16:41   [DEBUG] DSP_NewTrack (OPEN)
2010-09-22 12:16:41   [DEBUG] DSP_SetFormat( 1, 22050, 2 )
2010-09-22 12:16:50   [DEBUG] XMP_FetchInfo -- start
2010-09-22 12:16:50   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 12:16:50   [DEBUG] XMP_FetchInfo -- end
2010-09-22 12:16:50   [DEBUG] len = 120, diff = 8
2010-09-22 12:16:50   [INFO] Current track: Hanin Elias - Everywhere Nowhere ()
2010-09-22 12:16:50   [INFO] Submitting in 112 seconds...
2010-09-22 12:18:40   [DEBUG] DSP_Process -- sec <= 0
2010-09-22 12:18:40   [DEBUG] XMP_SubmitProc start
2010-09-22 12:18:40   [DEBUG] AddTrack (cache_size = 92, tracks_size = 99)
2010-09-22 12:18:40   [INFO] Track added to the cache for submission
2010-09-22 12:18:40   [INFO] Preparing to submit 10 track(s) from the cache
2010-09-22 12:18:40   [DEBUG] Submitting...
2010-09-22 12:18:41   [DEBUG] Submission failed: bad authorization.
2010-09-22 12:18:41   [WARNING] Your login info is not correct, check the plugin config.
2010-09-22 12:20:39   [DEBUG] DSP_NewTrack (CLOSE)
2010-09-22 12:20:39   [DEBUG] DSP_NewTrack (OPEN)
2010-09-22 12:20:48   [DEBUG] XMP_FetchInfo -- start
2010-09-22 12:20:48   [WARNING] No valid MusicBrainz ID found, consider using MusicBrainz taggers to tag this file properly!
2010-09-22 12:20:48   [DEBUG] XMP_FetchInfo -- end
2010-09-22 12:20:48   [DEBUG] len = 109, diff = 8

My login is correct. I logged out from last.fm and from xmp-scrobbler and logged in again and nothing happens. I can't submit a song since yesterday

[Dotpitch]

No need to post the whole log, is there?

The handshake is successful, so Last.fm servers are running fine. You should try re-entering your username/password once again. If that doesn't help, rename the cache file and start XMPlay. My submissions are still fine, btw.

[Zarggg]

2010-09-22 12:12:08   [DEBUG] Submission failed: bad authorization.
2010-09-22 12:12:08   [WARNING] Your login info is not correct, check the plugin config.

The above means that Last.fm is not accepting your authentication from the plugin.

[saga]

If you are very sure that the password is correct, here's a wild guess: Are you using any funky characters in the password, i.e. some non-ASCII characters?

[diabeticus]

I am using:  [INFO] Hello, this is xmp-scrobbler Pre-0.9.7.
I have a couple of problems:

1)  XMPLAY AudioScrobbler plugin loses the login credentials:

2010-10-01 10:44:55   [INFO] Preparing to submit 1 track from cache.
2010-10-01 10:44:55   [DEBUG] Submitting.
2010-10-01 10:44:55   [DEBUG] Submission failed, the server reported bad authorization.

I can fix this by going to:
Options and stuff/Plugins/, selecting xmp-scrobbler, Remove it, then re-Add it, close options and stuff.

However, this usually will only work if the cache is empty.  If the cache has several songs to submit, I will 90% of the time, crash.  Which leads to my second problem.

2)  If the submission cache has several items in it, I cannot submit it without following some specific steps, which , I think, are interesting.

when this occurs, I have tried playing just 1 track, as opposed to loading in a list of songs.  even with just one song, when the scrobbler goes to submit the track, it crashes XMPLAY.

The ONLY way I have been able to get past this (short of deleting the cache file) is to play a VERY short song: 

2010-10-01 10:24:48   [INFO] The current track is "[silence]" by Ministry.
2010-10-01 10:24:48   [DEBUG] Caching for submission in 26 seconds.
2010-10-01 10:25:13   [DEBUG] Scheduling a new submission.
2010-10-01 10:25:13   [DEBUG] Adding track to cache: 1 track in cache, 10 slots.
2010-10-01 10:25:13   [INFO] Track added to cache for submission.
2010-10-01 10:25:13   [INFO] Preparing to submit 1 track from cache.
2010-10-01 10:25:13   [DEBUG] Submitting.
2010-10-01 10:25:14   [INFO] Submission succeeded.

I am not sure why it works with a shorter song.  I can't see why that would matter, but it usually does the trick.  Once i get the cache emptied, I am back to normal.   No crashing, etc...

I see 2 problems.  1)  at somewhat random times, for whatever reason, the login credentials fail to the last.fm server.  Once you have ONE failure, you need to go manually reset it by removing and reading the xmp-scrobbler plugin.  When I do this, I don't retype my password or anything.  It has all that info.  It's as if the xmp-scrobbler gives up trying to login if it fails 1x.  Perhaps if the plugin were modified to try more than once?  maybe on a 10 sec interval or something.  If I can fix it by manually removing and reading the plugin, the program should be able to do something I similar.

The second problem is the whole app crashes when there is a bunch of stuff in the cache.  "A bunch" can be anywhere from 2 to 40 tracks.  I have even seen it crash when it had nothing in the cache, but that is after xmplay is left open over night.

I really like this plugin, and I have tried various versions of the app.  I experience this going through a web-proxy, as well as not going through a web-proxy, so I don't think that is a factor.

any ideas?  do you want more information?  Let me know.

[Dotpitch]

XMPLAY AudioScrobbler plugin loses the login credentials ... I can fix this by going to Options and stuff/Plugins/, selecting xmp-scrobbler, Remove it, then re-Add it, close options and stuff.

Do you happen to be using Saved settings with auto-load? I can't really think of another reason for xmp-scrobbler to use different credentials (and I've certainly never seen it do this). What Windows do you have, btw?

If the submission cache has several items in it, I cannot submit it without following some specific steps, which , I think, are interesting. When this occurs, I have tried playing just 1 track, as opposed to loading in a list of songs.  Even with just one song, when the scrobbler goes to submit the track, it crashes XMPLAY. The ONLY way I have been able to get past this (short of deleting the cache file) is to play a VERY short song.

If it happens again, could you save the cache file and post it here? Does the short track also fix the problem if its title is "silence" rather than "[silence]"?

[diabeticus]

Do you happen to be using Saved settings with auto-load? I can't really think of another reason for xmp-scrobbler to use different credentials (and I've certainly never seen it do this). What Windows do you have, btw?

I checked and it does not appear that I am using Saved Settings with AUTO LOAD, of course, I never knew about that feature in XMPLAY, so perhaps I am looking in the wrong area.
Both machines are  Windows XP SP3

If the submission cache has several items in it, I cannot submit it without following some specific steps, which , I think, are interesting. When this occurs, I have tried playing just 1 track, as opposed to loading in a list of songs.  Even with just one song, when the scrobbler goes to submit the track, it crashes XMPLAY. The ONLY way I have been able to get past this (short of deleting the cache file) is to play a VERY short song.

If it happens again, could you save the cache file and post it here? Does the short track also fix the problem if its title is "silence" rather than "[silence]"?

Short track can be any short song I have tried (< 2mins).  It is odd, but I get pretty consistent success if:
1) I have one song in play list (I can't drag a whole list of songs over for instance)
2)  that song is "short", i.e. 2 minutes or less.  I have occasionally been able to do it with longer songs (4+ mins), but my perception is that a shorter song works better.  If the longs songs fail after 2 tries, I will try the short song and it works like a champ.


Ironically, it has not happened since I posted the original problem. 

If it happens again, I will post the cache file.

[alexsupra]

xmp-scrobbler 0.9.6
xmplay 3.5.1.53

hi. noticed that when playing dir with mp3 files the first file from playlist is sent to lastfm but other ones which playing next are not appearing in last played tracks. i.e. the track which is double-clicked (activly selected for playing) is sent but in case of playing next ones automatically by player not. is it normal?

[raina]

xmp-scrobbler 0.9.6
xmplay 3.5.1.53

...

the track which is double-clicked (activly selected for playing) is sent but in case of playing next ones automatically by player not. is it normal?

I found 0.9.6 went sour after a while but the 0.9.7pre fixed any and all problems I was having. You can find it attached to this post:

[Ian @ un4seen]

So that it is easier to find, I have now added the 0.9.7pre build to the 1st post.

[dukzcry]

Since no progress is going on the plugin, what about 0.9.7pre sources?

[natschos]

Since no progress is going on the plugin, what about 0.9.7pre sources?

THIS.

By the way. Why is this plugin getting worse with every update that comes? If the programmer can't do it right, don't do it at all. Right now I have to use 0.8 to get it to work at all for more than 1 song submission in a row.

[Dotpitch]

By the way. Why is this plugin getting worse with every update that comes? If the programmer can't do it right, don't do it at all. Right now I have to use 0.8 to get it to work at all for more than 1 song submission in a row.

Excuse me? If you have a problem with this plugin, please post the steps required to reproduce it, so it can actually be fixed.

[dukzcry]

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[raina]

Since no progress is going on the plugin, what about 0.9.7pre sources?

THIS.

You didn't answer at my question at all.

And probably didn't mean to. Replying simply "this" is supposed to be the expression du jour meaning "I second this", "I agree", "Hear, hear" or even "+1".

[est]

It still does not report Digitally Imported Radio, Shoutcast or Icecast. I am assuming it does not report any streaming except last.fm.

No, it doesn't. And I'm not sure if I should support this as it's not recommended in the Audioscrobbler protocol specification:

"If a user is playing a stream instead of a regular file, do not submit that stream/song."

And that's what Winamp plugin is doing - it doesn't submit anything except regular music files. What are your thoughts about this?

Please support icecast/shoutcast. I was using Foobar2000 and recently discovered the amazing XMPlay. The only regret is XMPlay could not scrobble Internet radios. Otherwise it would be perfect.

[dukzcry]

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