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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
type="topic" style="task"
id="lastfm">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="extensions#official"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="sync"/>
<desc>Enable Last.fm, song reporting and Last.fm radio.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="1.6" version="0.1" date="2010-07-15" status="draft"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Paul Cutler</name>
<email>pcutler@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
<email>aruna.evam@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<!--
<copyright>
<year>2010</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-->
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Last.fm</title>
<p>Last.fm is a popular online service that offers both free and paid
versions. Last.fm offers information on music artists and albums and if you
create a user profile Last.fm allows you to track the music you listen to in
<app>Banshee</app> for free. If you subscribe as a paying member, you can
also listen to streaming music from Last.fm in various music clients,
including <app>Banshee</app>. Last.fm offers multiple channels to stream,
including recommended music for you based on your listening habits, your
favorites and more.</p>
<section id="enable-lastfm">
<title>Enable Last.fm</title>
<p>To get the most out of Last.fm, you will want to create a Last.fm
profile. Visit <link
href="http://www.last.fm/join">http://www.last.fm/join</link> to create an
account or choose <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>
from the <app>Banshee</app> menu.
Once in the preferences select the <gui style="tab">Source Specific</gui>
tab, press the <gui style="menu">Source</gui> drop down menu, choose
<gui style="menuitem">Last.fm</gui> and finally select the <em>Sign up for
Last.fm</em> link.</p>
<p>To enable <app>Banshee</app> to report the songs you play on your
computer to Last.fm, sign in to Last.fm in <app>Banshee</app> in the
<gui style="tab">Source Specific</gui> preferences. Enter your username
and press
the <gui style="button">Log in to Last.fm</gui> button. You will be directed
to a Last.fm webpage in your browser to grant <app>Banshee</app> access.
Press the <gui style="button">Yes, allow access</gui> link in your browser
and you will be redirected to a webpage that displays a message that
<app>Banshee</app> now has access to Last.fm. Return to <app>Banshee</app>
and press the <gui style="button">Finish Logging In</gui> button to complete
the process.</p>
</section>
<section id="song-reporting">
<title>Enable Last.fm Song Reporting From <app>Banshee</app></title>
<p>After you have successfully linked <app>Banshee</app> to your Last.fm
profile you must ensure that you have enabled <app>Banshee</app> to report
your songs. To enable <app>Banshee</app> to report the songs to your Last.fm
profile go to <app>Banshee</app> and select preferences, then select the
<gui style="tab">Source Specific</gui> tab, select
<gui style="menuitem">Last.fm</gui> from the dropdown, and press the
<gui style="checkbox">Enable Song Reporting From <app>Banshee</app></gui>
checkbox. If you have an active internet connection <app>Banshee</app> will
now send Last.fm information regarding the songs you play. To view your play
history visit your profile on the Last.fm website. Last.fm will automatically
update your music metadata if any of your artist, song title, or album
information is incorrect (although we recommend that you use the Metadata
Fixer extension to correct your files instead).</p>
</section>
<section id="device-song-reporting">
<title>Enable Last.fm Song Reporting From Your Device</title>
<p>After successfully linking <app>Banshee</app> to your Last.fm profile and
enabling <app>Banshee</app> to report songs to Last.fm you can also enable
scrobbling from a connected device. <app>Banshee</app> will, upon connection
of your device, attempt to scrobble the songs you have played since the
device was last connected and submit them to Last.fm.</p>
<p>To enable scrobbling of a connected device go to <app>Banshee</app> and
select Preferences, select the <gui style="tab">Source Specific</gui> tab,
select <gui style="menuitem">Last.fm</gui> from the dropdown, and press the
<gui style="checkbox">Enable Song Reporting From Device</gui> checkbox. If
you have an active internet connection <app>Banshee</app> will, upon
connection of your device, now attempt to gather information regarding the
songs that you have played since it was last connected.</p>
<p>As with regular <app>Banshee</app> scrobbling submissions Last.fm will
automatically update your music metadata if any of your artist, title, or
album information is incorrect (although we again recommend that you use the
Metadata Fixer extension to correct your files instead).</p>
<p>Please note that currently <app>Banshee</app> only supports this feature
with Apple products that are supported by the AppleDevice extension.</p>
</section>
<section id="lastfm-radio">
<title>Listen to Last.fm Radio</title>
<p>Last.fm radio is free for residents of the United States, United Kingdom
and Germany. Residents of other countries will have to pay for a premium
account with Last.fm to listen to radio. Premium members, in all countries,
also receive premium radio features: listening to playlists and stations of
music you've loved or tagged.</p>
<p>In the sources panel on the left hand side of <app>Banshee</app>, you
will now have a Last.fm section, including your Last.fm radio stations. You
will need an active internet connection to listen to Last.fm radio. Choose
the radio station you wish to listen to and <app>Banshee</app> will
communicate with Last.fm to populate songs for that radio station. Press the
<gui style="button">Play</gui> button in <app>Banshee</app> or
<key>Space</key> to start streaming a Last.fm radio station. You can also
press the <gui style="button">Next</gui> button in <app>Banshee</app>,
<key>N</key> or choose <guiseq><gui style="menu">Playback</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Next</gui></guiseq> to play the next song in your radio
station queue.</p>
</section>
</page>
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