lastfm-mpris2-scrobbler 0.3.0

Last.fm scrobbler via MPRIS2 in Linux

Last.fm scrobbler

A Last.fm scrobbler via MPRIS2 in Linux, implemented via pylast and mpris2

Modified based on dbus-scrobbler

Features

• scrobble music to Last.fm if one of the conditions are met:

  • played for 4 mins
  • played for half the length

• update now playing status

• offline storage support

Alternatives

If you'd like a scrobbler similar to this, there're some choices. I recommand taking a look at scrobblez, which is more functional (at least for now).

Also, although rescrobbled may also work, in my case it raised "Dbus error: argument type mismatch".

What is MPRIS2?

MPRIS (Media Player Remote Interfacing Specification) is a standard D-Bus (Desktop Bus) interface that allows applications to communicate with and control media players running on a Linux desktop environment.

Thus, this scrobbler is a general-purpose one under the Linux desktop environment, supporting scrobble music from media players without a built-in Last.fm scrobbling feature.

Check if your media player supports MPRIS2 via (make sure the player is running):

lastfm-mpris2-scrobbler --list-players

The uri names of players will be shown

Installation

There're two options available now:

• grab the stand-alone binary from release page

• or, via PyPI

  pip install lastfm-mpris2-scrobbler
  

Configurations

The program expects a config.yaml file, example and detailed information can be found in config.yaml.example:

# username for that service
user_name: foo

# md5 hash of your password (obtained via `echo -n password | md5sum`)
password_hash: abc123492abccf4f1997f7ccaabc123b

# last.fm api, which can be created via https://www.last.fm/api/account/create
api_key: 11111111111111111111111111111111
api_secret: 11111111111111111111111111111111

# the app's uri you want to scrobble
# use `lastfm-mpris2-scrobbler --list-players` to check the uri name
application_whitelist: [ "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.harmonoid" ]

Usage

lastfm-mpris2-scrobbler -c PATH_TO_YOUR_CONFIG/config.yaml

For more options, see:

lastfm-mpris2-scrobbler --help