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One Hit Wonder
January 24, 2020

Last.fm scrobbling for deezer family

  • January 24, 2020
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Hi, is there any way you could enable last.fm scrobbling on secondary family accounts?

That is the only feature I am missing. I am considering going back to spotify if there is no way to fix it. I am aware of the browser addon but I use the deezer app on my computer.

    19 replies

    Roadie
    January 29, 2020

    you can use the feature by linking your Deezer account to last.fm
    here’s how you do it:
    Click here

    walker
    Hitmaker
    Hitmaker
    January 31, 2020

    you can use the feature by linking your Deezer account to last.fm
    here’s how you do it:
    Click here


    The problem is that family accounts have a mother account with witch they log in the rest of 5 family members. They see what you said, but are not their own settings, are mother account settings.
    That’s why some people made a topic asking for 6 true family accounts.

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    Rudi
    Ultimate Superstar
    Ultimate Superstar
    February 3, 2020

    Hi there @walker @homam_gamer @David Galevski 

    Thank you for the feedback - moved the topic as it's an improvement to an existing idea. @bluezzbastardzz with the Last.fm extension for Edge, can this problem be mitigated or is it something we need to do on our side?

    bluezzbastardzz
    Superuser
    Superuser
    February 3, 2020

    The Web Scrobbler browser extension for almost all browsers (except Safari) that the original poster is aware of could be used by family members who have to listen to Deezer in the web player then. Another option for them would be the Last.fm Android app or other external Android scrobblers which support the Deezer Android app.

    But he doesn’t, he uses the desktop app, so he and his main account (if he is the owner) is tied to the internal Deezer scrobbling option which can be enabled in the web player account settings under Alerts & Sharing. The other family members could have an individual Last.fm account and exclusively use the Web Scrobbler with the web player though, but not use the desktop app then, because it only scrobbles with the internal Deezer option which connects both accounts (Deezer and Last.fm), so everything the Deezer Family account owner listens to would appear on their individual Last.fm profiles.

    Furthermore family members do not see the necessary setting to connect to Last.fm in the web player under Alerts & Sharing, so they couldn’t connect to their Last.fm account even if they wanted, see e.g. this related Reddit thread with a screenshot. I have updated the Last.fm FAQ about Deezer scrobbling with this important detail.

    Spotify does not have this problem, because they offer separate logins and profiles for each family member, as far as I know. There is at least one related idea on this forum where affected users can vote:

    https://en.deezercommunity.com/ideas/874

    Also related are these threads and ideas:

    https://en.deezercommunity.com/your-account-and-subscription-5/can-t-you-scrobble-with-secondary-profile-on-family-account-1049

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

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

    Last but not least interesting to know:

    https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115002459285-Deezer-Family

     

    TL;DNR: Family members must use the Web Scrobbler extension in their browser or an Android scrobbler for Deezer. :wink:

    ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen (Bluezz Bastardzz and Indigo Rocks, live album on Deezer, last.fm/user/hjbardenhagen)
    Rudi
    Ultimate Superstar
    Ultimate Superstar
    February 4, 2020

    Hey @bluezzbastardzz 

    Thanks for sharing this feedback with us. All are accurate.

    At the moment our devs are thinking about a way to improve the Family logins, so it's something that should be tackled this year :thumbsup_tone2:

    Roadie
    January 27, 2022

    @Rudi It seems like you still can’t connect your accounts? I’ve managed to make a separate login for my account, which is tied to the family plan, but there still isn’t an option to connect to last.fm. Probably wouldn’t be hard to implement the feature for each individual family member.

    bluezzbastardzz
    Superuser
    Superuser
    January 27, 2022

    That’s right, family members still cannot use the internal Deezer scrobbling option.

    ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen (Bluezz Bastardzz and Indigo Rocks, live album on Deezer, last.fm/user/hjbardenhagen)
    Roadie
    October 1, 2022

    This is a much needed feature.

    Let me help sell you the need for it:

    kids. Kids are using Deezer and they want these stats that are scrobbled. They talk about it with their peers. These kids will be Deezer users of their own after they leave the nest. You want them to remain loyal to Deezer. If they can’t compare these stats with their peers they are left out and have a distaste for Deezer. My 12 year old kid loved Deezer, but now she thinks it sucks. That’s a bad marketing imprint.

    Roadie
    August 30, 2023

    Today I wanted to connect my secondary family account (with its own separate login!) to last.fm just to find out that it’s not possible. This is really sad and I hope the option will be available soon, because this would drive me (and the whole family account with me) to switch to Spotify as it seems to be working there.

    Considering that separate accounts are now possible, I don’t see why it is still not possible to connect each to their own last.fm account.

    Are there any concrete plans to implement this feature/enhancement?

    Barendrecht
    Hitmaker
    August 30, 2023

    It works for me. As a family members i use the internal Deezer scrobbling option. The way I accomplished this is first set up the scrobbling option with free account, then connect to the family account.

    The scrobbling menu will be gone, but scrobbling still works in the background. At least it works for me, I did this like 3 years ago...