the return of audioscrobbling

[billy]

i cut this off the audioscrobbler website:

Development has resumed. Submissions are being tested with a small group of people for now. We'll be fully operational again by Monday 8th (basic stats, plugin downloads, account creation, song submissions).

they have a link to the qcd plugin, albeit the old crashy one. hopefully we'll all be back in action soon, eh? :D

[Tokelil]

I thought they had change the protocol so updated plugins was needed... I guess not.

Nice to see some action. Finally!

[Tokelil]

They have opened for submission again and the old QCDscrobbler plugin works! :)

[billy]

the old plugin works? you're shitting me.. i'll have to give it a go! :D

[billy]

peon? lmao.. who comes up with this stuff

[billy]

A few things i think the scrobbler plugin really needs:

* the ability to disregard (and NOT submit) files that:
a) havent delivered at least artist and title fields properly to qcd
b) are video files, which probably have nothing to do with scrobbling

* more support of new audioscrobbler website features. surely they wont support old plugins forever, and ressurecting support was (imho) somewhat of a fluke and a surprise.

[Tokelil]

I agree... Hopefully canard_bleu will get the time to take a look at it. I have 2 other plugins that Id like to look at, but on the other hand is audioscrobbler the only plugin I use my self. :confused:

[krazyd]

Is Canard still active on these forums? Haven't seen him round lately... :confused:

[acozz]

He's registered but never posted. If you want anything done, you should email him.

[billy]

another cut from the as website:

Submission System
Posted by on the 29 of December 2003 at 10:57 pm
I've just finished coding a brand new submission system which is now online. Unfortunately, you'll need a new plugin to use it, and the only plugin available right at the moment is the one for Foobar2000, which I was using to test the new system (you can get it from the download section). New plugins for other players should appear over the next few days. Russ


so i guess this is the end of as for qcd? sigh.

[thetribe]

Not sure I want to start scrobbling seriously again anyway, most of my submissions have been lost and my stats are whacked. According to the QCDScrobbler plugin I've submitted 48,000+ tracks, according to the AudioScrobbler site it's 2,000+

It seems to have kept 1 song per artist as my artist totals equal the total of the one track left for that artist. 'If' a new plugin comes around I may see if I can reset my stats and start again otherwise it's pointless. I mean 16 submissions for AC/DC, a band that I have every album of along with loads of live stuff, they've gone from way out at the top of my list to the bottom. </rant> ;)

Ah well, wait and see what happens I suppose :)

[Tokelil]

so i guess this is the end of as for qcd? sigh.
Someone will make a plugin for it eventually Im sure. Personally I haven't got the time before february... :( (Unless one of the other plugins for another player is easy to port...)

TheTribe: If you logon to their IRC channel and explains your problem Im sure they'll reset your accound for you!

[billy]

the AS dude admitted that things went awry at some point, and he's looking at fixing it... anyway, it wouldnt be so bad to just get a new account. i noticed the same problems, and they are annoying.

that said, i enjoy using the site so im gonna stick with it... if i can (if someone makes a plugin!) :D

[Tokelil]

Someone in the IRC channel had the same problem, he wanted to reset his account, and one of the developers told him that a feature for that will be made and they'd prefer if he didn't make a new account.

I like the project too and the developers behind it seems cool so I'll going to stick with the project. It needs a little time but I think it'll be great in a few months. :)