AudioScrobbler.com

[Rozzlyn]

Hey everybody!

I just made the WinAmp plug-in work with the site and my compooper. If you want to see what I like to listen to when I'm *not* posting here, go here instead.

[Guest Game of Chance]

cool

[Rozzlyn]

cool

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Oh yeah, I'd describe it as kind of a cam-portal for WinAmp -- except you can't actually hear anything, you just get a text list of the songs most recently listened to. It's a neat idea, but there was this thing that you could code into yor website that let people viewing your site see the most recently played song in WinAmp -- which, of course, doesn't exist anymore. This is kinda like that, except I'm not seeing anything that'll let you code something into your site.

[Scary Guy]

look up spyamp but it doesn't exactly work on your site. More like it turns your computer into a site.

Thats one of my favorite sites though as far as music goes. I also like www.musicbrainz.org and www.coverproject.com too.

[Rozzlyn]

OK, as proof that I'm REALLY addicted to this site, I created a DGN Audoscrobble group:

http://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/Detroi...ic%2BScrobblers

This way there can be charts for who listens to how much of what -- and with that power, we could probably REALLY determine the DGN theme song.

[Fierce Critter]

This sounds interesting... but I'm confused.

What is this for the somewhat technically challenged?

[Rozzlyn]

This sounds interesting... but I'm confused.

What is this for the somewhat technically challenged?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

OK, you join the site.

After joining the site, you download a plug-in for the music player you use most often on your computer and configure it to your settings. (I use WinAmp, always have -- and if you use it, I can talk you through the process of configuring the plug-in.)

After that, it logs what you listen to onto a webpage so you can display your tastes for others. You page will look something like this:

http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/boirozzlyn/

a friend of mine in Denver has had her account for over a month -- here's what her page looks like:

http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/o0olellyo0o/

It can take a while for anything to show up after you first get the plug-in configured, but I think it just takes a while for the site's servers to recognise your computer the first time. It took the site almost forty-five minutes to recognise my computer, so if you don't see anything right away, don't worry!

I like how it gives you a kind of vouyeristic look into what other people listen to. And I can go "wow, all of these people listen to crappy tunes" a lot. :grin

[Fierce Critter]

That sounds VERY cool. I share your curiosity. It's a bit of both voyeurism AND exhibitionism I could get into.

The one concern I have, however, is the fact that it's reading MY computer. How secure is this as far as the rest of my hard drive?

[Rozzlyn]

That sounds VERY cool. I share your curiosity. It's a bit of both voyeurism AND exhibitionism I could get into.

The one concern I have, however, is the fact that it's reading MY computer. How secure is this as far as the rest of my hard drive?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Well, I've been reading the forums and the admins who are pretty active on there have turned down some feature suggestions because it can allow spam and spyware to seep through -- and those things are never cool. It all looks like it *just* reads the music player and nothing else.

[Fierce Critter]

I'll install it on my desktop PC sometime then.

Thing is, though, my PC sound system sucks, and my rack system rocks, so I don't use my Winamp all that much.

That, and I haven't bothered to burn most of what I already own on CD, tape or vinyl... Maybe it's time to.

[Rozzlyn]

AudioScrobbler's gone through some massive updates. By the way, here's how the DetroitGothicScrobblers group is doing:

http://www.last.fm/group/DetroitGothic%2BS...lers/revolution

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