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I use both the Spotify Premium app and Google Play Music to scrobble offline. Spotify Premium has a feature that allows you to download music and play it offline, although - in my experience - you do need some initial internet connection (when you start scrobbling, so when you leave home for instance) to actually make the scrobbling work.
For scrobbling my Google Play Music listening sessions, I use the official Last.fm application. It does not need an internet connection to register your scrobbles and it updates your profile automatically once you are connected.
Edit: fixed the link
You can't connect your account, but there are other ways.
Web Scrobbler is a free browser extension that scrobbles many websites, including SoundCloud.
And, the official Last.fm app on Android will be able to scrobble from SoundCloud.
If you're on iOS, sadly there is no way as far as I'm aware.
I use the Last.fm Android app and WebScrobbler Chrome extension. Been working fine since Google Play Music for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.last.android
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/web-scrobbler/hhinaapppaileiechjoiifaancjggfjm?hl=en
Last.fm created their own scrobbler for Android. It has a low rating on Google Play - don't know why because it seems to do just what it needs to do. It's been a while since I've stopped using it (I stream my music from a server that has a built-in scrobbling service), but when I did, I never experienced any problems.
Thanks, of course I did a tiny bit of Googling after posting and immediately found these two:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.last.android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adam.aslfms&hl=en
Anybody have any experience with either? I don't really need the whole Last.fm site on my phone, just a way to scrobble.
I'm going to try both for a bit and report back.
Thanks.
[edit] OK I like the streamlined version - the second link - because it is just a scrobbler and not the whole shebang of Last.fm's site. So far it is doing well with "Now Playing" but it doesn't seem to actually send the scrobbles in, at least not yet. Restarted my phone, will see what's up.
[edit 2] Working fine now - scrobbling from the phone without issue after a restart.
And it scrobbles Spotify now besides others like SoundCloud and Google Play and should have an offline scrobble cache which e.g. the Spotify app does not have: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.last.android
The official Last.fm Android app has been updated recently to work like Pano Scrobbler or Scroball:
>New features:
Refactored scrobbling logic to automatically detect supported players
*you must allow notification permission to enable scrobbling
Updated privacy controls
This new feature might also lead to scrobbling audio that you don't want to be scrobbled though like from Google search results, so you can disable it in the settings.
I have been using the builtin Google Play Music mp3 player with the Last.fm scrobbler for a couple of years now on different Android devices, no problems at all, it even saves scrobbles while offline, for example, when I use it on a tablet that doesn't have cellular access, only WiFi.
Quoted from the Spotify Scrobbling Beta announcement thread on Get Satisfaction, please report problems there:
"It seems that the Beta Spotify Scrobbling feature by Last.fm is not working at the moment, staff has been informed and will be back in office today due to the UK bank holidays.
I tried enabling the internal scrobbling option in the Spotify desktop client 1.0.75 which is the latest version available in the MS Store for Windows 10 (there is a newer version 1.0.77 which some of you might already have). This works for me, so if you report problems, please specify which Spotify scrobbling method you are trying to use (beta scrobbling or internal option) on which device (desktop client, web player, Android or iOS device) and also the Spotify app version.
Also keep in mind that there is a browser extension for the web player and the official Last.fm Android app which might work for you when trying to scrobble from Spotify."
What you mean they don't have an app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.last.android
You can also integrate it with almost any music app...
In the Last.fm world it is called scrobbling. They were last to the party when it comes to charging for anything. It has always been more about classifying music than supplying you with a means to hear said music.
Did you try the official Last.fm application? Although it has been a bit buggy in the past, it works fine for me.
Last.fm app works fine with Google Music.
Do you mean the official Last.fm Android app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.last.android
Or maybe another external Android scrobbling app like Pano Scrobbler, Scroball, Simple Scrobbler?
There is a current known issue with the iOS app crashing when there are animated GIFs on your start screen, but this does not happen with the Android version, as far as I know. Also you may have not the latest version, because it adapts to your device and Android version during installation.
The new mobile app shows the listening reports now, maybe you need to update:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/last-fm-scrobbler/id1188681944
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.last.android
They do have their own app too.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.last.android&hl=en
Quoted from the Spotify Scrobbling Beta announcement thread on Get Satisfaction, please report problems there:
"It seems that the Beta Spotify Scrobbling feature by Last.fm is not working at the moment, staff has been informed and will be back in office today due to the UK bank holidays.
I tried enabling the internal scrobbling option in the Spotify desktop client 1.0.75 which is the latest version available in the MS Store for Windows 10 (there is a newer version 1.0.77 which some of you might already have). This works for me, so if you report problems, please specify which Spotify scrobbling method you are trying to use (beta scrobbling or internal option) on which device (desktop client, web player, Android or iOS device) and also the Spotify app version.
Also keep in mind that there is a browser extension for the web player and the official Last.fm Android app which might work for you when trying to scrobble from Spotify."
>Have you ever seen the Billboard Hot 100 chart and wondered to yourself "Man, this chart does not accurately reflect /r/popheads at all. Maybe we should have our own chart." > >Well, that idea is about to become a reality. > >Introducing....... > >##The Popheads Weekly Hot 40 Chart! > >This is basically our own version of the Billboard Hot 100 chart where Carly Rae Jepsen and our no name flops can actually chart well! > >-------------- > >#How Does This Chart Work > >So you're wondering, where does this chart gets its data and information from? Well, from your last.fm accounts! > >Here's how it works. > >A program developed by /u/letsallpoo tracks down everyone's top 10 tracks from their last.fm accounts from the days of Friday Midnight GMT to Thursday 11:59 GMT. > >This program does not look at the play counts of those top 10 songs of the week. Instead, it will give points to a song depending on the position of the song from that someone's last.fm. For example, my most played song of the week is Bon Appetit. The program will give the song 15 points. Then the second most played song of the same week will get 14 points, third most played song will get 13 points. This continues until the least played song on my top 10 gets 5 points. And then, the program looks at another person's last.fm and their top 10songs of the week and repeats the same process. > >This goes on and on until the program has checked everyone's top 10. The program then ranks the songs based on points. The song with the most points will be the #1 song of the chart, with the song with the least amount of points within the top 40 chart will be ranked on the bottom. > >The results of the chart will then be revealed every Monday! > >-------------- > >#How I Can Sign-Up? > >What you do is you sign up by clicking this link, which takes you to a Google Forms page. You need to sign in your Google account to fill the sign-up sheet. This is to ensure there is only one response per person and there would not be duplicate entries from the same person. Don't worry, I will not know your e-mail addresses. You will also get the chance to edit your response after you submitted! > >There are only simple three questions in the sign-up sheet, two of them are required. > >1. What is your Reddit username? (REQUIRED) >2. What is your last.fm account? (REQUIRED) >3. Would you be okay being disclosed publicly that you're part of this? (If you leave a blank answer, you answer will be defaulted to the first option) > >Once you sign up and I verify your username and last.fm account, I will inform /u/letsallpoo to add your last.fm account to the program and I will update this list of participants of the chart which you can see here. If you answered option #2 - #4 in the third question of the sign-up sheet, your username and/or last.fm account will simply say ANONYMOUS on the list. > >You can register at anytime you like within the days of Monday to Thursday as the sign-up sheet is open for registration until every Friday, which will then be closed as this is when the program will start collecting data of the past week. Don't worry! If you didn't have the chance to sign-up, the sign-up sheet opens again for registration every Monday after the chart has been revealed! > >------------------------------------------------------- > >#Basic Rules and Limitations in the Chart: > >* There will be no limits of how many songs an artist can be in the charts.....for now. >* Official remixes will chart as its own song entry in the chart. >* Covers can chart as its own song entry as long as the cover itself has a last.fm page on their database. >* For now, there is no cut-off time for songs that stayed in the charts under the top 10 for long periods of time, unlike the rules of the Billboard Hot 100 that deals something like this. > >-------------------------------------------------------- > >#Tracking Dates and Chart Reveal > >For this first chart issue, the tracking dates will be from June 16 (Friday, 12:00 AM GMT) to June 22 (Thursday 11:59 PM GMT). The chart will be revealed on June 26 (Monday)! > >I will be making a self-post containing a summarized top 10 as well as a link to the rest of the chart. I will be using Crowwnote to make the chart, which is a website that lets you create your own chart. Here's my own personal Top 25 chart on Crownnote to give you an idea what the chart would look like. > >For subsequent weeks, I will be adding sections that would include new song entries, re-entries and the songs that departed from the chart, which is kinda like /u/leahmerone's Billboard Funeral. I will also be adding a section of a song that has the biggest position increase of the week as well as the biggest position decrease of the week. > >On occasional moments, I might also do a reveal on plug.dj where I will slowly reveal the results, starting from #40 all the way to #1. This might only be an occasional thing and since this is the first ever chart issue, I might do this at a time before the plug.dj theme of that day starts. > >For future info, the second chart issue's tracking dates will be from June 23 (Friday, 12:00 AM GMT) to June 29 (Thursday 11:59 PM GMT), with the chart reveal on July 3 (Monday) and so on. > >---------------------- > >#Useful last.fm Apps > >These are apps/extensions that help you track the songs you played, or as what last.fm calls them as "scrobbles". > >* First, check the music players/streaming services that you regularly use has a built-in last.fm scrobbling function. Music players like MusicBee and streaming services like Spotify and Tidal should have a built-in last.fm scrobbling function. If that's not the case, check other options below. > >* For Windows/Mac: There is an official last.fm desktop app that can track the songs you listen to. This is helpful for people who use Windows Media Player or iTunes as both applications don't have a built-in last.fm scrobbling. You have to make sure the desktop app is open and active when you scrobble songs on WMP and iTunes. >Windows // Mac > >* For Android/iOS: There is an official last.fm app for iOS and Android that can track the songs you listen to. This is helpful for music players/streaming services that don't have built-in last.fm scrobbling. You can also use this app instead of relying the built-in last.fm scrobbling on your music players/streaming services. Alternatively for Android users, there is an unofficial last.fm app that simply tracks your scrobbles without all the fancy stuff that the official last.fm app has. Official Android App // Alternative Android App // Official iOS App > >* For Chrome/Firefox/Safari: There are browser extensions that can track the songs you listen to while your browser is open. I personally recommend the "last.fm scrobbler" which is available for Chrome and Firefox. This extension can track your music from any streaming website you go to. This includes YouTube which itself doesn't have a built-in last.fm scrobbling function. "scroblr.fm" is an alternative extension for Safari/Chrome users. last.fm Scrobbler for Chrome // last.fm Scrobbler for Firefox // scroblr.fm for Safari and Chrome > >* For more info on how you could track music to last.fm on your preferred streaming service, just click the link of the preferred streaming site you see: YouTube // Spotify // Google Play Music // Tidal // Deezer // SoundCloud // Mixcloud // Sonos // Hype Machine // 8tracks // Bandcamp // Pandora // More options > >-------------------------------------- > >If you guys have any questions, ask away and I will try to answer your questions as I can!
...what? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.last.android&hl=en_US
It says very clearly "Updated July 24, 2019"
Is the app trash? Yes. But you don't have to lie about the last update