Hi Craig,
Thanks for trying to sort this out. This is my experience to date, just to
clarify the situation.
I have managed to log into the LastFM website, and play various radio stations.
I have Slimscrobbler plugin enabled and working.
I have LastFM version 0.8.1 from your website installed.
I have configured my username and password in Server Settings -> Internet Radio
-> LastFM. This is the same username/password that I used to log into my
profile on the LastFM web site. I have also got the following stations
configured:
group/SlimScrobbler
globaltags/radiohead
LastFM Album Size = Small
I can see a LastFM browse mode in the Web UI. If I select this, I see exactly
the following:
Home / LastFM
LastFM
In the Fishbone skin, "Home" is a hyperlink that creates a new header frame in
the UI, causing a duplicate Slim Devices logo, Home/Statistics/Help links and
browse mode drop-down list.. Not too bothered about that problem at the moment.
Nothing else in clickable.
When I went to the Player UI -> Internet Radio -> LastFM, there was a single
option (something like "Play LastFM internet radio..."). There weren't any
options to select what configured radio station to play. I tried to press play
- nothing.
Then when I went back to the Web UI, there was a Play option on the LastFM
browse page (again no options to select what to play). I pressed this play
option. Nothing changed on the Web UI.
I went back to the SqueezeBox, and I could see it was playing a Tangerine Dream
track. That's quite likely to be something relating to my LastFM profile ;)
The LastFM options on the SqueezeBox now seem to be functioning. I can see
options to indicate "LOVE", "BAN", "SKIP", and there was an option to select a
different station.
I pressed right, and selected Radiohead. This returned to the LastFM menu,
which still displayed the Tangerine Dream track, even though something else was
playing. (Actually it was Glittering Blackness by Explosions in the Sky, which
was a good track that I've never heard before - I so want to get this plugin
working properly and reliably to discover new music!).
The Web UI now seems to be working too.
There does appear to be problems getting the LastFM plugin to work, but it's
well worth it as once you're there, it's great!
There are all kinds of minor problems with the Player UI and Web UI, such as
not updating things properly or links not jumping to the right place, but its a
pretty good start.
Some things I noticed:
1. In the Player UI, cycling through the options using Up/Down buttons seems to
be too responsive - I often skip over options too quickly. Needs a slight
pause.
2. Clicking right-arrow on a radio station seems inconsistent with the rest of
the interface - pressing play (and perhaps allow the use of add too) would be
more consistent.
3. On the Web UI, clicking the station has a link to
http://localhost:9000/plugins/LastFM, which opens a new blank internet window.
Other links for Track, Artist, Album, seem to correctly open a new window in
LastFM web site detailing the info.
4. Clicking a change station link refreshes the page before it has started
playing; does it ever auto-refresh later to display the correct info?
5. The current playlist now playing always displays "LastFM" - is it possible
to display the currently playing meta data.
Phil
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