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Scrobble tracks properly to/Improvements to Last.fm integration

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November 25, 2017
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Please properly implement the Last.fm Scrobbling API! Here: https://www.last.fm/api/scrobbling

For start, tracks should be scrobbled only if they've been played for 50% of their duration or for 4 minutes, whichever sooner. Currently, Deezer scrobbles them regardless (and only after the next song has started).

Second, please also make Deezer send the "Now Playing" notification immediately when the track starts.

Implementation of any other aspects of the API are appreciated as well. Thanks!

-Renne

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bluezzbastardzz

Superuser

I am joining the demand for correction of “&”. It’s very frustrating indeed!

There is a new userscript for the Tampermonkey browser extension which improves the standard bulk scrobble editing feature of Last.fm, see this Reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/lastfm/comments/f039j4/i_created_a_script_that_will_let_you_bulk_edit/

You can e.g. add the missing ampersand symbols of the internal Deezer scrobbling option in artist, album and track names with one edit now.

You still have to be a Last.fm Pro user to use it of course.

ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen (Bluezz Bastardzz and Indigo Rocks, live album on Deezer, last.fm/user/hjbardenhagen)

Rudi

Ultimate Superstar

And the Last.fm employer of the month is…

:sweat_smile: just joking, great tip @bluezzbastardzz! Check it out, Last.fm Pro users :thumbsup_tone2:

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Lena Kotek

Roadie

Hi!

I have a running mistake with my last.fm scrobbles. Somehow “&” disappears while it gets from deezer to last.fm I had this problem with artists’s songs and album names. And I was ignoring this issue until I scrobbled an artist with “&” in its name and it scrobbled incorrectly. Of course it’s a completely different artist for last.fm.

I don’t understand how it happens and what to do, because I use deezer scrobbler for last.fm.

Can you help me with this issue?

how it looks while I listen on deezer:

how it scrobbles:

and it happens to every name (song, album) with “&” in it.

p.s. also I use web version of deezer.

bluezzbastardzz

Superuser

Known long-time issue with Deezer’s internal scrobbling, see e.g. these two threads:

https://en.deezercommunity.com/ideas/324

https://en.deezercommunity.com/features-feedback-44/scrobble-last-fm-not-working-697

You could use the browser extension Web Scrobbler to scrobble with the Deezer web player instead which also has some other extra features like an edit option for the current track and remembering your edits.

As a Last.fm Pro user you could edit your past wrong scrobbles in your library, see the official FAQ on Last.fm’s support forum for more details and screenshots:

https://support.last.fm/t/deezer-scrobbling/177

Also note that ampersand symbols in track names are left out as well, also all additions in brackets like (feat. xyz). Furthermore anything with a plus sign will not scrobble at all, e.g. Mike + The Mechanics or Florence + The Machine, so check for these missing artists, albums and tracks, too.

ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen (Bluezz Bastardzz and Indigo Rocks, live album on Deezer, last.fm/user/hjbardenhagen)

Rudi

Ultimate Superstar

Hi there @Lena Kotek

Thanks a lot for your input - and apologies for the bad scrobbling. I've moved your comment and @bluezzbastardzz reply here so that you can support an existing idea about this. Please don't forget to vote! :wink:

bluezzbastardzz

Superuser

I forgot to mention another feature of the Web Scrobbler browser extension which the internal Deezer option does not offer: It shows the “Scrobbling now” track in your Last.fm Recent Tracks list, so you can e.g. use it for other external apps like the Discord gaming chat app which has an inofficial Last.fm server, too, where you can show your currently playing track on Deezer then. :slight_smile:

Another useful app which depends on the “Scrobbling now” track being present is the fullscreen online tool Descent which can show your current Deezer track on a big screen or a second monitor then.

ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen (Bluezz Bastardzz and Indigo Rocks, live album on Deezer, last.fm/user/hjbardenhagen)

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hpguru

Ultimate Superstar

Would be nice to send now playing, right now on my Last.fm it shows as song is ended played 1 minute ago etc. Now playing you can’t see in real time. Also found that remix version is not transferred. For example Armin Van Buuren - All On Me (Brennan Heart VIP Remix) is shown on Last.fm as original edit Armin Van Buuren - All On Me. This is not the remix I listened, I listened Brennan Heart VIP Mix. Thank you for your time reading. Hope it gets fixed.

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hpguru

Ultimate Superstar

I forgot to mention another feature of the Web Scrobbler browser extension which the internal Deezer option does not offer: It shows the “Scrobbling now” track in your Last.fm Recent Tracks list, so you can e.g. use it for other external apps like the Discord gaming chat app which has an inofficial Last.fm server, too, where you can show your currently playing track on Deezer then. :slight_smile:

Another useful app which depends on the “Scrobbling now” track being present is the fullscreen online tool Descent which can show your current Deezer track on a big screen or a second monitor then. See this Last.fm support thread for more details and screenshots.

Namaskaram.

I changed to Web Scrubbler and turned Deezer scrobbler off.

It delivered to the last.fm with right metadata as All On Me (Brennan Heart VIP Mix).

Deezer scrobbler skips (Zatox Remix Edit) etc. which makes it unusable

On phone I needed to connect with official Last.fm scrubbler. Now I can see exact DJ mixes, not just labeled as original each, which is plain wrong. Now I can see which DJ mixes I stream the most.

You just saved my life and returned my love for the hard dance music Deezer Legend.

Have a look at my Last.fm here with glasses as you may not heard any song before.

Thank you!!!

bluezzbastardzz

Superuser

That is our job as Deezer Legends: saving lives! :wink: By the way, there are other external Android scrobbling apps which can scrobble correctly from Deezer, too, like Pano Scrobbler or Scroball. On iOS you would have to rely on the internal Deezer scrobbling option though, as iOS prevents third party apps from accessing external sites.

In your quote there is an outdated link to the old Get Satisfaction support forum for Last.fm which is disabled now. But there is a new support forum hosted on Discourse which doesn’t have a related thread about Descent yet, the fullscreen online tool for currently playing tracks. Last.fm Pro users can also have an internal fullscreen view by simply clicking on “Scrobbling now” in their recent tracks list. Here are two screenshots: