Part 2 of 2 has been posted.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/switched-on-pandoras-box-part-2/
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abdomen
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Pretty funny observation from the article:
'a "Web 2.0" site -- the blanket term we're all aware of referring to a
startup that generates more RSS than revenue.'
Also, I'm intrigued with the Pandora-approved "mash up" between Last.fm
and Pandora mentioned towards the end of the article. Anybody k
Is the point of Scrobbler to submit tracks you like to Last.fm, or just
all tracks you have heard? If you're listening on Pandora and a bad
track comes up, does it get submitted? Or does it only submit for
tracks you rate with a thumbs up?
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andyg
Scrobbler submits any track you've listened to to Last.fm (which used to
be called audioscrobbler). However, if you skip the track before a
certain amount has played (not sure, but it's something like half of
the track or 1 minute elapsed time), it will not submit.
This may not seem perfect, but
It should only submit when you've "listened" to the song, not skipped
it.
Audioscrobbler defines this as listening to either 50% of the song, or
the first 3 minutes for longer pieces. If either condition is met,
then you at least endured the song enough to be logged.
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snarlydwarf
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OK, thanks for the clarification. I guess that probably works OK most
of the time. If I were writing it with Pandora in mind, I'd submit a
track after it had completely played, or as soon as the user gives it a
thumbs up. That way even a thumbs down near the end will not get
submitted.
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an
> Also, I'm intrigued with the Pandora-approved "mash up"
> between Last.fm
> and Pandora mentioned towards the end of the article. Anybody know
> anything about that?
I think siduhe posted a link earlier in the week.
It's a web-based 'wrapper' on Pandora that submits to LastFM
Would be nice to
