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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on October 20, 2005, 02:40:00 pm
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I'm a bit slow on these websites, but anyone using Audioscrobbler or last.fm? It might be interesting to have a 9:30 forum group at last.fm to findout what people listen to. Audioscrobbler tracks what you listen to on your media player and complies it for other to see. It also creates a group chart as well.
Thoughts?
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i use it, just to see how much damn dylan and the fall i listen to. i don't use any of their services, just use it to track what i listen to. because rankings and statistics and such are inherently cool.
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I've been using it for awhile too but I've found that lately, it never logs what I've actually listened to. If you go by what it has listed for me for the past month or so, you would think that I've only listened to 2 songs. :roll: The reality is far, far greater than that. Apparently, it has something to do with their servers which are always in some state of flux.
Whenever I go on there, I feel like I'm shopping at Target with their new website design.
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you know whats funny?
i was on mine today, and thinking that i should post about it on HERE. i hadn't seen this thread. STRANGE.
well if you want me to start a group i'll do it, but here's my URL. friend me and let me know who you are... http://www.last.fm/user/youbeBetty/ (http://www.last.fm/user/youbeBetty/)
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an ex-boyfriend got me into it while it was still audioscrobbler (before they got all fancy with the last.fm stuff). i think a 9:30 forum group is a great idea!
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Originally posted by you be betty:
you know whats funny?
i was on mine today, and thinking that i should post about it on HERE. i hadn't seen this thread. STRANGE.
well if you want me to start a group i'll do it, but here's my URL. friend me and let me know who you are... http://www.last.fm/user/youbeBetty/ (http://www.last.fm/user/youbeBetty/)
go for it! http://www.last.fm/user/kosmovinyl/ (http://www.last.fm/user/kosmovinyl/)
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dumb question but how does this all work? does it sync w/ your ipod/mp3 player and check what songs you've been listening to?
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yes to a mp3 player, i'm guessin no connection to iPod. it transfer in real time the track info you are listening to. then starts compiling a chart of whats played most often, etc
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You can also install a plug-in to track everything you play via Winamp or WMP.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
You can also install a plug-in to track everything you play via Winamp or WMP.
...or iTunes ;)
a little birdie told me that an ipod plugin is also in the works.
i'll start up the 9:30 group this afternoon when i get home...
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http://www.last.fm/user/brennser/ (http://www.last.fm/user/brennser/)
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it works for ipods. that's how i use it.
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http://www.last.fm/user/Megnificence/ (http://www.last.fm/user/Megnificence/)
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http://www.last.fm/user/JackBauersSunglasses/ (http://www.last.fm/user/JackBauersSunglasses/)
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how?
Originally posted by megs:
it works for ipods. that's how i use it.
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I would assume you'd use the iTunes download and then play your iPod through iTunes...but that's just a guess.
Originally posted by brennser:
how?
Originally posted by megs:
it works for ipods. that's how i use it.
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Just so everyone knows, I'll only be listening to rare 60s stuff in order really fowl up the groups chart :p
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Just so everyone knows, I'll only be listening to rare 60s stuff in order really fowl up the groups chart :p
First rule of 9:30.com last.fm group: no one lets Rhett into 9:30.com last.fm group.
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oh rhett and his mainstream alt.country tunage is welcome... wait until i get the girl group boxset and listen it on repeat for a week.
does last.fm pickup the tags on streaming mp3 stations?
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This is fun:
http://www.last.fm/user/aobehr/ (http://www.last.fm/user/aobehr/)
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i can't quite remember how it works...but rest assured, if i can figure it out i'm sure anyone can. last.fm give pretty good directions about how to use their plugin.
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okay; i have no idea HOW TO INVITE YOU GUYS, but i think this should work if you join...
"GROUP" (http://www.last.fm/group/9%253A30%2BClub)
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Just so everyone knows, I'll only be listening to rare 60s stuff in order really fowl up the groups chart :p
Don't worry. I'll be the other oddball with all of my Shoegaze.
However, as mentioned above, it hasn't been logging most of my music lately so who knows how it will all factor in. It's only been taking about 1 song per week which is more like 2 or 3 weeks.
I read somewhere several months ago that their servers weren't reflecting everything or storing it or something. Had something to do with them upgrading their servers. One day they may all show up but I wouldn't hold my breath. Bottom line, if this happens to you, it's not your machine. It's their servers.
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yeah; they do that a lot. sometimes i'll be listening to a cd and one or two of the songs won't register...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
does last.fm pickup the tags on streaming mp3 stations?
No but it will (or is supposed to) track any properly tagged file be they MP3s, etc, on your machine or from CDs.
Personally, I've found that it often misses machine held MP3s and burned CDs regardless of how well they are tagged. Then again, I've seen it completely miss big label professional CDs and reflect personal MP3s or other computer files. A lot has to do with whatever is going on at their end.
The last song it tracked of mine is a WMA file sent to me by a friend in a band but none of the CDs that I've played have logged a thing. Prior to that, it logged 1 My Bloody Valentine song from a CD yet I played the entire CD. It's kind of like a lottery system lately.
It did once log some CD cleaning tracks once. LOL. I just went into the profile editor and removed them.
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http://www.last.fm/user/tgeary (http://www.last.fm/user/tgeary)
Pearl Jam is about 60% of the music I listen to haha.
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http://www.last.fm/user/jspeterson82/ (http://www.last.fm/user/jspeterson82/)
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OKAY; so we need 15 members to start our charts. aka, more people join!
i'm also trying to figure out how to enable people to write journals and stuff like that...it doesn't seem to be working yet (maybe it won't as well if we don't have at least 15 people)
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my girlfriend's been doing that.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
wait until i get the girl group boxset and listen it on repeat for a week.
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Originally posted by komsol vinyl:
I'm a bit slow
Thoughts?
Wow komsol, having a playlist of everyone's ipod mp3 selections mixed together would make for a great online radio station! I'm sure that someone would listen. There's probably a prison or a dentist's waiting room where you could pipe that stream into.
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Originally posted by you be betty:
OKAY; so we need 15 members to start our charts. aka, more people join!
i'm also trying to figure out how to enable people to write journals and stuff like that...it doesn't seem to be working yet (maybe it won't as well if we don't have at least 15 people)
Betty, after some use, you will find that Last.FM still has a very long way to go to catch up with the latest technologies. It's a nice site but has it's bugs. Lots of them. It's not uncommon to make some sort of change and it seems to not take but may eventually show up hours or even days later. Or maybe not at all. With that said, it's better than it use to be but still has a long way to go.
I would try to avoid using their message system if you can. One of the most archaic systems still around. In fact, I don't think that it even sent my last message to one of my friends. Also watch out with the recommendations function. Some guy sent me one for his band that I never saw until months and months later! At least he knew what he was using and also sent me one via MySpace so I eventually got one in the end.
I've never tried their chat functions so can't speak on that. One of the biggest problems with a chat room is that you need people who can all be committed to use it at the same time. Not very conducive for using in a work environment and most of the loons here are professional surfers. That's one of the reasons that the 9:30 forum is so good. You can use it at your own pace.
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Originally posted by Jaguar:
Originally posted by you be betty:
OKAY; so we need 15 members to start our charts. aka, more people join!
i'm also trying to figure out how to enable people to write journals and stuff like that...it doesn't seem to be working yet (maybe it won't as well if we don't have at least 15 people)
Betty, after some use, you will find that Last.FM still has a very long way to go to catch up with the latest technologies. It's a nice site but has it's bugs. Lots of them. It's not uncommon to make some sort of change and it seems to not take but may eventually show up hours or even days later. Or maybe not at all. With that said, it's better than it use to be but still has a long way to go.
I would try to avoid using their message system if you can. One of the most archaic systems still around. In fact, I don't think that it even sent my last message to one of my friends. Also watch out with the recommendations function. Some guy sent me one for his band that I never saw until months and months later! At least he knew what he was using and also sent me one via MySpace so I eventually got one in the end.
I've never tried their chat functions so can't speak on that. One of the biggest problems with a chat room is that you need people who can all be committed to use it at the same time. Not very conducive for using in a work environment and most of the loons here are professional surfers. That's one of the reasons that the 9:30 forum is so good. You can use it at your own pace. [/b]
oh right i completely agree...these boards are irreplacable, and everything else i do on myspace and facebook. but somebody wrote a concert review journal entry, and i'm still not quite sure how to let them have it posted. so that's that.
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you have 15 now.
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Betty, I have a suggestion. You ought to create a thread used solely to correspond Last.FM user names with 9:30 user names so that we know who each other are. Mine and a few others are rather obvious but there are several who are not at all.
Also, if this is even possible, you should make it a sticky for easier reference.
I've never really played around much in the groups there and haven't created any myself so don't know what all is at your hands. You might even see if there is some way that you can create a box that allows you to list this to streamline it and make it easier to read. Threads in blogs and forums can get a bit weary to read at times with many people using different methods of listing such info.
There might be something like that you can use over at the Audioscrobbler/WiKi page but that can get a bit geeky and more than you want to handle.
You probably could do so in your edit account section in the About portion...or whatever it's called. You'll just have to depend on others to provide you with their info so that you can list any new members.