One collection, multiple computers

[Ben K]

There was once a script that synced amarok playcounts from last.fm values,
but I think it was for 1.4.

The ideal way to deal with this would be to use a plugin-architecture for
things like tags and playcount (and possibly rating), and then the data can
be provided by and interface that abstracts either eg last.fm or the amarok
DB , or any other provider that keeps this kind of info.

With respect to ratings on last.fm I cheat and tag things "5stars" "4stars"
etc, though this is hardly ideal. There's also 'Love', which would seem to
match a 5 star rating, but that's not much use without other ratings.

Also, two way syncing of playcount from amarok to last.fm is a no-no if you
are scrobbling - you'd double count. One way syncing from lfm to Amarok is
sufficient given that Amarok scrobbles plays to lfm anyway.

2 way syncing of tags would be sweet, and I suspect could be achieved with a
script of some kind.

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Colin Kern <colin.kern at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Ben K <benkloester at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why not open a last.fm account and import your current stats, then just
> make
> > sure that all of your variaous installations of amarok scrobble? Then
> you'll
> > have play statistics from all your players/devices in the one place.
>
> I have a last.fm account that I've been using for years, and this
> would be an almost perfect solution IF I could use those statistics
> stored on last.fm in Amarok's dynamic playlists and automatic playlist
> generator. But as far as I can tell, that's not possible.  If Amarok
> kept its local play count synced with my last.fm's play count, and
> also mirrored last.fm tags with local labels (both of these should
> ideally be a two-way syncing), that would be great!  But even then,
> you can't store ratings on last.fm :(
>
> Thanks,
> Colin
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