Audioscrobbler, anyone?

forkyfork · 07-25-05, 07:12 PM

Does anyone here use Audioscrobbler? For those who don't know, I seriously recommend checking it out. From the website:

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Audioscrobbler builds a profile of your musical taste using a plugin for your media player (Winamp, iTunes, XMMS etc..). Plugins send the name of every song you play to the Audioscrobbler server, which updates your musical profile with the new song. Every person with a plugin has their own page on this site which shows their listening statistics. The system automatically matches you to people with a similar music taste, and generates personalised recommendations.

It's not spyware - in fact, I forget I'm using it sometimes. It blends in nicely with my winamp without any fuss! You can check out my nifty profile here (and I've been using it for a while):
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/forkyfork/

Also, once you join, check out the two special interest groups I've created...
Pocket PC's: http://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/Pocket%2BPC (only 4 more people and we can start compiling weekly stats!)
and
Classic Gamers: http://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/Classic%2BGamers

Feel free to add me to your friend's list too!

p.s. This is my 700th post!!!. Thank you to MrK, my personal post counter

schrags11 · 07-25-05, 07:20 PM

My friend uses it, although i have never really gotten into it.

forkyfork · 07-25-05, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by schrags11

My friend uses it, although i have never really gotten into it.

There isn't really anything to get into. You'll install it, and most likely forget about it.

The cool thing is coming back in a month or so and seeing your music stats compiled up. You can see what songs you've been listening to over time and see what it recommends.

schrags11 · 07-25-05, 07:56 PM

Alright, lol you talked me into it. How often does it update?

forkyfork · 07-25-05, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by schrags11

Alright, lol you talked me into it. How often does it update?

Pretty quickly!

It takes a while to build up beefy stats, but depending on the server you should see plain stats within the next song.

schrags11 · 07-25-05, 08:09 PM

Ah, it finally updated 2 of the songs. Do you have to listen to the song all the way through for it to update? Because i rarely listen to a song all the way through, if never, lol.

http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/schrags

forkyfork · 07-25-05, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by schrags11

Ah, it finally updated 2 of the songs. Do you have to listen to the song all the way through for it to update? Because i rarely listen to a song all the way through, if never, lol.

http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/schrags

It's mentioned in the FAQ somewhere, but I think you have to listen to the song halfway through in order for it to count.

Haha.. you song skipper you :-p

p.s. I added you to my friends list!

Grentz · 07-25-05, 08:36 PM

made an account, will add plugin tonight and see how it works

http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/grentz/

Grentz · 07-25-05, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Audioscrobbler Site

How much of a song do I have to listen to before the plugin reports it?
The song is submitted after you have listened to 50% or 240 seconds of the song, whatever comes first. Any manual skipping or seeking through the track will cause that song not to be submitted.

theres your answer

Grentz · 07-26-05, 12:02 AM

well the link to download the itunes plugin for windows is dead....

schrags11 · 07-26-05, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Grentz

well the link to download the itunes plugin for windows is dead....

I thought you used WMP... guess im alone now.

reese · 07-26-05, 12:02 PM

Wow, this looks really kool!!! Thanx Rachel

DanmanX · 07-26-05, 12:07 PM

Hey that is a cool idea. I think I will try that for awhile.

DanmanX · 07-26-05, 01:28 PM

Jesus. I can't even get it working. It won't work at all in Winamp. I totally disabled my firewall. It connects in WMP but won't even submit songs.

It hasn't updated one single statistic.

Oh well. So much for that.

darundal · 07-26-05, 02:12 PM

http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/darundal/

Dargh!