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Renne
Rising Star
Rising Star
November 25, 2017
Not for now

Scrobble tracks properly to/Improvements to Last.fm integration

  • 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

    101 replies

    bluezzbastardzz
    Superuser
    Superuser
    July 23, 2020

    Well, you could edit instead of deleting them, but that would afford a Last.fm subscription. And if you don’t use a desktop computer, editing scrobbles on a mobile device can be tiring, I guess.

    Fixing the broken internal Deezer scrobbling would also be my favorite update, even before gapless playback. :wink:

     

    ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen (Bluezz Bastardzz and Indigo Rocks, live album on Deezer, last.fm/user/hjbardenhagen)
    Ultimate Superstar
    July 23, 2020

    Well, you could edit instead of deleting them, but that would afford a Last.fm subscription. And if you don’t use a desktop computer, editing scrobbles on a mobile device can be tiring, I guess.

    Fixing the broken internal Deezer scrobbling would also be my favorite update, even before gapless playback. :wink:

     

    I still use additional srubblers, because Deezer one is no go.

    I hope they can implement it they way I and we want it… then I could get rid about excess apps.

    Roadie
    July 27, 2020

    Well, you could edit instead of deleting them, but that would afford a Last.fm subscription. And if you don’t use a desktop computer, editing scrobbles on a mobile device can be tiring, I guess.

    Fixing the broken internal Deezer scrobbling would also be my favorite update, even before gapless playback. :wink:

     

    Yes, more logical seems just fixing what is broken in the first place.
    Now people use additional 3rd party software because deezers feature is broken.
    I think it would even be better to just have NO scrobbling instead of not functioning scrobbling.

     

    I don't even want to edit these specific ones because it's duplicate scrobbles. The tagging is not wrong. But it should not have been scrobbled 2 times in the first place.

    I do have a Last.fm subscription by the way. Not only does Deezer mess up my stats, but Spotify has terrible tagging, so I love to fix it all.

    And for the people who have a Last.fm subscription too, there's a userscript that makes fixing all scrobbles of a certain song/album very easy in one go. (bulk editing)
    If you are interested in how to get it set up, here's the link to the Reddit post:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/lastfm/comments/f039j4/i_created_a_script_that_will_let_you_bulk_edit/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

    bluezzbastardzz
    Superuser
    Superuser
    July 27, 2020

    You only get duplicate scrobbles from Deezer if you use both methods, i.e. their internal scrobbling and the Web Scrobbler browser extension or an Android scrobbling app. So you have to decide which one you prefer, e.g. I use the internal option, because I listen with the Deezer desktop app most of the time.

    ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen (Bluezz Bastardzz and Indigo Rocks, live album on Deezer, last.fm/user/hjbardenhagen)
    Andre Osokin
    Guitar Hero
    Guitar Hero
    July 28, 2020

    @Rudi @Flo.Deezer Hi guys

    can we please have some status and timeline on this development?

     

    thanks a lot!

    Rafael.
    Ultimate Superstar
    Ultimate Superstar
    July 29, 2020

    @Rudi @Flo.Deezer Hi guys

    can we please have some status and timeline on this development?

     

    thanks a lot!

     

    Hi Andre, we don't have an update yet. We passed this feedback a couple of times and I can confirm that our developers and LastFm are aware of it. Hopefully it won't take long to get it sorted!

    Roadie
    November 28, 2020

    Unhappy with deezer because scrobbling doesn't work properly. According to this topic, these problems are about 3 years old. Good job, guys

    Rafael.
    Ultimate Superstar
    Ultimate Superstar
    February 4, 2021
    Updated idea status In discussion → Feedback
    Rudi
    Ultimate Superstar
    Ultimate Superstar
    March 15, 2021
    Updated idea status Feedback → In discussion
    Rudi
    Ultimate Superstar
    Ultimate Superstar
    March 25, 2021
    The following idea has been merged into this idea:

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