Last.fm Playcount Import (2010-03-28) [MM3/4]

[Psyker7]

Coded this up to use recenttracks recently added to the last.fm API.

Just want to get a test done on my own username before I upload it.... Loading 510 odd xml pages takes a while! They have a limit on the number of tracks per xml page of 50.... so for those with large track histories this will take a long time to download all the xml files!

Will update when mines finished

[Psyker7]

Capped at the moment so I'm getting timeouts... will have to wait for another day or two.
I'm thinking I'll need to get a way to cache the xml files, otherwise this simply won't be practical to run reguarly like I currently do. Fun times...

[CowMix]

Sorry if my questions have been answered before, but when running the script I've noticed that some of my songs have a higher play count of media money then last.fm, is it possible to update my last.fm play count the a higher mediamonkey value? Also is it possible to run this script every time I run mediamonkey or on some kind of schedule because I have a scrobbler on my phone as well and I want to sync the play counts between my computer and phone.

Thanks

[Psyker7]

Version 3.0 is out!

http://psykar.com/scripts/

' Changes: 3.0
' - Added support for last.fm's recent track history

It is *very* slow at the moment, and i'd recommend you do it while playback is stopped, or some tracks may be skipped, as every single xml page is regenerated each time a new track *starts* playing, so the pagination gets screwed up (I'm impressed but because they don't let you download it in a single file it is annoying in this respect)

I'm looking into making a local cache xml file of the track history and only adding updates to this file so less has to be downloaded, but it's going to take me a while, as quite busy at the moment.

Sorry if my questions have been answered before, but when running the script I've noticed that some of my songs have a higher play count of media money then last.fm, is it possible to update my last.fm play count the a higher mediamonkey value? Also is it possible to run this script every time I run mediamonkey or on some kind of schedule because I have a scrobbler on my phone as well and I want to sync the play counts between my computer and phone.

Thanks

Without creating fake scrobbles to last.fm this is not possible.
It's not something that belongs in this script either IMO, and to be honest it's quite possibly against last.fm's policies - only actual played songs are supposed to be uploaded.

[nynaevelan]

Psyker7:

Songbird has a plugin that downloads the Loved Tracks from Last.FM and inserts them into a playlist. Would it be possible to add this feature to the script or should I make a separate request in the forum?? I wouldn't need it to make any changes to the Loved status, I would just like to have a playlist available to play and to use to change the status on Last.FM.

Nyn

[trixmoto]

Does it actually download the tracks, or just a list of them?

[nynaevelan]

It creates a playlist in Songbird, which is essentially only a list, which is all I need since I obviously already own the tracks, CR infringements.

[Psyker7]

Psyker7:

Songbird has a plugin that downloads the Loved Tracks from Last.FM and inserts them into a playlist. Would it be possible to add this feature to the script or should I make a separate request in the forum?? I wouldn't need it to make any changes to the Loved status, I would just like to have a playlist available to play and to use to change the status on Last.FM.

Nyn

Better suited to a separate script I think. I'd try my hand at it, but it'll be a week or two, unless someone else wants to (new thread in order though yes)

[nynaevelan]

Thanks I'll do that.

[Funkafonik]

Anyone knows if there's a script to update MM's internal play history from the newly available Recent Tracks from Last.FM?

[nynaevelan]

Bex's Add/Remove Playstat script.

[Funkafonik]

I use that script already, but is there a way to get all the play histories from Last.FM?
I won't go through 5 years of stats by hand to add them one by one with Bex's script...

[nynaevelan]

No sorry I don't think that exists but I thought this one updated dates?? I do not know since I always say no to the dates portion. Or you could as Pstrykr if he would add the feature.

[Psyker7]

I use that script already, but is there a way to get all the play histories from Last.FM?
I won't go through 5 years of stats by hand to add them one by one with Bex's script...

At the moment it only updates the last played time and the play count now last.fm has exposed the entire play history I am looking at doing what you suggest. Hopefully I can use bex's script somehow rather than duplicating functionality.

[antietam]

Unfortunately I cannot use this script anymore. In the beginning, it goes well and loads my recent tracks from the last.fm website. Then, suddenly, on page 552 of 3443 I receive an error warning, something like "You have an error: an xml-document must have a top level element" and then - "Last.FM Query failed". Finita. Nothing happens.

Will you please tell me how I can solve this problem.