Last.FM Node: dynamic node based on last.fm 2009.08.17 [MM3]

[nightflight]

Thanks for your reply! Yes, bad song choice, but that was not the problem.
The problem was that I lost the settings, and no amount of installation could bring them back.
Apparently, one really needs a tick next to the "Time out" box and have its value set on something larger than zero. As it was, Last.Fm Node was not waiting long enough for last.fm to return (takes just over a second for me).

Another problem with the settings I noticed is that the box "limits the available tracks" should be equal or higher than the "number of tracks to enqueue". Logical once you understand what is happening, but would be easier if the tooltip contained that info.

Great log file though!

[Teknojnky]

I would recommend you keep the 'limit available tracks' to 30 to 50 for best results.

In most cases, lastfm will return a list of about 250 tracks, the above option will limit the number of tracks *found in your library*. So if lastfm returns 250, your library has 100 of those 250, and you set that option to 5, you will only get the top 5 found in your library.

The lower the number, you will get less tracks for the script to randomly choose from. If you have already played those tracks/artists, it can cause it to not find tracks it should normally be able to.

I will look into the time out next time I get around to updating.

Thanks for the info and glad you got it working again.

[odyss3y]

Are you still developing this script at all? I ask because I've made some changes that others might be interested in and that I'd like to see in any future release so I don't have to try to merge them again and again.

When I get a similar tracks response from Last.FM I check to see if I have the similar track. If not I perform a request to get the mbid of the release that the track appears on. From there I'd like to be able to input that to a URL somewhere to take further action (build a list of missing albums I might like - or do other, more robust things like calculate preference levels, etc - but sending it to a URL is enough to get it out of MediaMonkey).

I have all of this working just fine but if you want to include it in future releases it should probably get some config options that I haven't/don't know how to make in the UI.

If you don't plan on working on this at all then I'll just keep it the way that it is - if you do and want the changes let me know and I'll try to post them here.

Please do post that change. I was looking for something exactly like you describe.

[thefaceman]

Has anyone tried this in MM4 yet? I want an 'iGenius' feature and this one looks like it is the best choice.

[Antono]

Has anyone tried this in MM4 yet? I want an 'iGenius' feature and this one looks like it is the best choice.

Yes, it works fine for audio. I haven't tested it with video files yet.