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Audioscrobbler

Posted Feb 5, 2003

The Audioscrobbler plugin for Winamp/XMMS aggregates listening habits by tracking the artists/songs you've listened to, and comparing that information with all of the other users in the database. If this catches on, a system like this would be a really effective way to discover new artists and find people with similar tastes. (My personal stats.)

A simple idea, but brilliant. (Thanks, Cameron.)

Update: Audioscrobbler's service provider took the site offline because of increased bandwidth usage. The site's creator is looking for a new host.

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Feb 10, 2003
11:05 AM

jeremy wrote:

no Mac compatible plugins. I hope someone can make an iTunes version. seems like a waycool© concept.

Feb 10, 2003
11:16 AM

Andy wrote:

One of the users is making an iTunes plugin right now, and RJ just finished the XMMS plugin. Up next, RSS/XML syndication of playlists.

Feb 11, 2003
10:39 AM

komlenic wrote:

Syndication of playlists will be a great feature... and I'm assuming that at some point there will be a plugin for Winamp 3.

As great as it is, this thing does have it's limitations though... especially when dealing with improperly named mp3s, etc... although it seems that most of the data being gathered is okay (especially if you don't mind strings like "Some Album - nn - Some Song" in the song name field).

Feb 11, 2003
5:35 PM

Andre wrote:

It's forced me to start getting my ID3 tags in order. Andy showed me Tag & Rename, which has proven to be invaluable.

Mar 11, 2003
9:37 AM

david jones (djsalt) wrote:

Rj's site www.audioscrobbler.com is now going back online after someone kindly gave him a dedicated server to use.
as far as i am aware there is now a verion of audioscrobbler for itunes on the Mac and a version for linux xxms.

re-commence the scrobbling.
dj

Nov 11, 2003
5:26 AM

Mike wrote:

I found a great program with nice features which more comfortable than T&R. This is Ultra Tag Editor.

Jan 7, 2004
6:00 PM

anthony wrote:

An audioscrobbler for iTunes running on the Windows platform would make a few people happy.

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