How to Submit Tracks From Your iPod

The following instructions were given by frankko in Ipod update and I have extracted them here to make them more visible. Please note that the iPod Shuffle is not supported because it does not track all of the the required information.

Quoth the iScrobbler Readme file:
c. You can begin playing a song in iTunes and then sync the iPod with the following restrictions:

I) If the iPod is still updating when the current song is submitted (1/2 played or 240 seconds, whichever comes first) the iPod tracks will be discarded. This can occur if a large number of songs are being copied to the iPod.

d. If another person uses your computer while you are away, and plays a track with iTunes, any tracks played before and during that time on the iPod will be discarded...


Is your iPod set to auto sync or manual sync? When it's set to auto sync, when you plug it in, iTunes automatically copies songs/playlists to and from your iPod and you do nothing to help it along (this includes only automatically updated "selected playlists"). When it's set to manual sync, you have to copy/delete songs/playlists yourself.

If your iPod is set to auto sync:

iTunes, by default, ships with a smart playlist called "Recently Played". If you haven't deleted it and haven't edited it, then you can skip to step 5.

1. Open iTunes
2. Create a new Smart Playlist by going to File | New Smart Playlist... in the iTunes menu, or pressing command+option+n on your keyboard, or option-clicking the New Playlist button at the bottom right of iTunes (you'll notice the + icon turn to sort of a *).
3. In that new window that appears, do the following:
- check "Match the following rule:" (if it isn't already selected);
- change the first select box from Artist (or whatever it says) to "Last Played";
- change "is" to "is in the last";
- change the "1" to a "7";
- leave it as "days"
- uncheck "Limit to" & "Match only checked songs" (if they are checked) and check "Live updating" (if it isn't already);
- click OK;
4. your new smart playlist is created with a default name. Change it to "Recently Played".
5. open iScrobbler's preferences
- check Enable iPod Submissions;
- Using Playlist should be set to "Recently Played" (if not, find it in the select menu)
6. if your iPod is plugged in, unplug it. Then plug it in to get a sync going.

That should be it. In auto mode, you DO NOT use the "Update iPod" menu item. That's only for manual mode. In auto mode, iScrobbler does its thing automatically.

For manual mode iPods:
1. Open iTunes.
2. select your iPod in the left pane of the iTunes interface, and make sure it is still selected before you move on (very important).
3. see auto mode's steps 2-5 about creating the smart playlist, as the instructions are the same (the major difference, though, being the playlist has to be on the iPod)

That's it for set up, but for manual mode iPod users, after you plug in your iPod, iTunes will indicate that it's updating your iPod. Once that is finished-- but before you play any new tracks in iTunes-- go to the iScrobbler menu and select "Update iPod".

Edit - Damaged @ 2006/5/16: Added iScrobbler Readme notes regarding playing tracks before updating the iPod.