Windows Media Player won't scrobble

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- stained_glass said...
- User
- 18 Apr 2009, 20:48
Windows Media Player won't scrobble

Hi there,

since a few days, I'm having a strange problem: The last.fm client doesn't notice that I'm playing music anymore (and of course it doesn't scrobble).
scrobbling is switched on, plugins are active, I've installed the latest version of the client, and also the latest media player version (11.0.6001.7004). (I already considered the faq) It still worked perfectly about two weeks ago, afaik I know I haven't made any changes to the system since then (windows vista SP1... but don't blame the problem immediately on vista ;) ). I have already tried installing the client anew. Anyway, it seems to work with winamp, but I don't want to use winamp (have never liked it).
Does anybody know what might bei the reason? Have there been any updates for vista or the media player that are crutial?
Thanks a lot!

[quote][b][user]stained_glass[/user][/b] said: Hi there, since a few days, I'm having a strange problem: The last.fm client doesn't notice that I'm playing music anymore (and of course it doesn't scrobble). scrobbling is switched on, plugins are active, I've installed the latest version of the client, and also the latest media player version (11.0.6001.7004). (I already considered the faq) It still worked perfectly about two weeks ago, afaik I know I haven't made any changes to the system since then (windows vista SP1... but don't blame the problem immediately on vista ;) ). I have already tried installing the client anew. Anyway, it seems to work with winamp, but I don't want to use winamp (have never liked it). Does anybody know what might bei the reason? Have there been any updates for vista or the media player that are crutial? Thanks a lot![/quote]

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- BabyCheese said...
- Subscriber
- 18 Apr 2009, 23:40
Radio does not play

My WMP scrobbles fine but the radio station page is lifeless and does not play My Recs,Loved Tracks or My Neighbourhood. The page reads as follows: Start listening with foobar2000 0.9 or Windows Media Player to update your Last.fm profile. This is called scrobbling. Check your profile to see your recently played tracks, top charts and music recommendations.
Have also seen small pop up that says: Couldn't load radio service "httpinput". The radio will not work.
Diagnostics page reads everything ok. How do I get my radio going again?

[quote][b][user]BabyCheese[/user][/b] said: My WMP scrobbles fine but the radio station page is lifeless and does not play My Recs,Loved Tracks or My Neighbourhood. The page reads as follows: Start listening with foobar2000 0.9 or Windows Media Player to update your Last.fm profile. This is called scrobbling. Check your profile to see your recently played tracks, top charts and music recommendations. Have also seen small pop up that says: Couldn't load radio service "httpinput". The radio will not work. Diagnostics page reads everything ok. How do I get my radio going again?[/quote]

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- jennytrueblood said...
- User
- 19 Apr 2009, 10:31
To stained_glass

Check yr Media Player once again please,menu-->Plug-Ins-->others-->Last.fm Plugin,hope it works,Good luck :-)

Farben Meiner Welt

[quote][b][user]jennytrueblood[/user][/b] said: Check yr Media Player once again please,menu-->Plug-Ins-->others-->Last.fm Plugin,hope it works,Good luck :-)[/quote]

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- stained_glass said...
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- 19 Apr 2009, 13:56
@jennytrueblood:
already checked :(

[quote][b][user]stained_glass[/user][/b] said: @jennytrueblood: already checked :([/quote]

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- DFA1979 said...
- Subscriber
- 19 Apr 2009, 20:18
Probably a stupid question, but have you accidentally disabled scrobbling (look in the bottom right of the Last.fm client). Otherwise I'd say to make sure the directories with your files are set to scrobble (tools > options > scrobbling), but I suppose these are both unlikely solutions if you've re-installed the plug-in and client.

Something slightly odd about the WMP version number (11.0.6001.7004) though:
I'm running 11.0.6000.6349 (presumably older, as it's a lower number) and when I use the 'check for updates' option it says there are none available. I'm not sure what that would indicate though.]

as for BabyCheese: your question's not really related, you should start a new thread to ask for help rather than doing so in this one. My first thought is that it's possibly firewall related, fwiw, but I'm no expert.

[quote][b][user]DFA1979[/user][/b] said: Probably a stupid question, but have you accidentally disabled scrobbling (look in the bottom right of the Last.fm client). Otherwise I'd say to make sure the directories with your files are set to scrobble (tools > options > scrobbling), but I suppose these are both unlikely solutions if you've re-installed the plug-in and client. Something slightly odd about the WMP version number (11.0.6001.7004) though: I'm running 11.0.6000.6349 (presumably older, as it's a lower number) and when I use the 'check for updates' option it says there are none available. I'm not sure what that would indicate though.] as for BabyCheese: your question's not really related, you should start a new thread to ask for help rather than doing so in this one. My first thought is that it's possibly firewall related, fwiw, but I'm no expert.[/quote]

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- Andyk7 said...
- User
- 28 Apr 2009, 08:00
Re: Windows Media Player won't scrobble

@jennytrueblood
I had the same problem as stained_glass, my Windows Media Player wouldn't scrobble. And your suggestion to re-check the plugin-options worked just fine for me :-)

[quote][b][user]Andyk7[/user][/b] said: @jennytrueblood I had the same problem as stained_glass, my Windows Media Player wouldn't scrobble. And your suggestion to re-check the plugin-options worked just fine for me :-)[/quote]

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- purple_prince said...
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- 28 Apr 2009, 08:55
This is exactly what my problem was over the weekend and I'm a WMP user. I tried the whole procedure to get it to work and eventiually it hooked up briefly enough by clicking reconnect over and over to read some cached tracks. I ended up deinstalling. Now I can't reinstall! See the other thread on the setup wizard. This is clearly not affecting a high number of users but there is a problem out there.

[quote][b][user]purple_prince[/user][/b] said: This is exactly what my problem was over the weekend and I'm a WMP user. I tried the whole procedure to get it to work and eventiually it hooked up briefly enough by clicking reconnect over and over to read some cached tracks. I ended up deinstalling. Now I can't reinstall! See the other thread on the setup wizard. This is clearly not affecting a high number of users but there is a problem out there.[/quote]

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- Kevdunne said...
- User
- 3 Jul 2009, 20:49
I've had the same problem and just recently managed to get it working again with WMP12. Don't know if its still an issue but here's how I fixed it.

Right-click on the tab bar at the top in WMP and select TOOLS > PLUG-INS > LASTFM PLUG-IN

[quote][b][user]Kevdunne[/user][/b] said: I've had the same problem and just recently managed to get it working again with WMP12. Don't know if its still an issue but here's how I fixed it. Right-click on the tab bar at the top in WMP and select TOOLS > PLUG-INS > LASTFM PLUG-IN [/quote]

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- arfer said...
- User
- 13 Jul 2009, 21:06
I've recently had the same problem described. Fix was the same as Kevdunne suggested: uncheck Last.FM from the plug-ins menu, quit WMP12, restart, and re-enable the plug-in. Go figure.

If it helps anyone, I'm running Windows 7 x64 and WMP 12.

[quote][b][user]arfer[/user][/b] said: I've recently had the same problem described. Fix was the same as Kevdunne suggested: uncheck Last.FM from the plug-ins menu, quit WMP12, restart, and re-enable the plug-in. Go figure. If it helps anyone, I'm running Windows 7 x64 and WMP 12.[/quote]

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- R-Intro said...
- User
- 14 Jul 2009, 00:47
I too, I had the same problem people...

[quote][b][user]R-Intro[/user][/b] said: I too, I had the same problem people...[/quote]

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- R-Intro said...
- User
- 14 Jul 2009, 21:49
the scrobble still without work, the songs you hear are not added to history, I am a subscriber and want a solution, please.

Thanks

[quote][b][user]R-Intro[/user][/b] said: the scrobble still without work, the songs you hear are not added to history, I am a subscriber and want a solution, please. Thanks[/quote]
Edited by R-Intro on 15 Jul 2009, 09:36

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- elusiveness said...
- User
- 15 Jul 2009, 06:51
Same here, I'm using Spotify and the last.fm option is activated. I can see it working properly because I can see on my profile which song I am currently listening and every time I skip the song, the currently played stuff on my last.fm page is displaying the infos of the right track.
But it will not add it to the history and increase my counter.
Any idea?
Thanks!

[quote][b][user]elusiveness[/user][/b] said: Same here, I'm using Spotify and the last.fm option is activated. I can see it working properly because I can see on my profile which song I am currently listening and every time I skip the song, the currently played stuff on my last.fm page is displaying the infos of the right track. But it will not add it to the history and increase my counter. Any idea? Thanks![/quote]

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- jenniferek said...
- User
- 15 Jul 2009, 10:19
hi

€I had the same problem, i turned off the last fm program than i changed my old password for w new one at the website. After that I turn on last fm and they asked me for my password and everything was ok!! i HOPE THAT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS.

[quote][b][user]jenniferek[/user][/b] said: €I had the same problem, i turned off the last fm program than i changed my old password for w new one at the website. After that I turn on last fm and they asked me for my password and everything was ok!! i HOPE THAT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS. [/quote]

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- R-Intro said...
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- 15 Jul 2009, 22:18
I tried everything, nothing works

[quote][b][user]R-Intro[/user][/b] said: I tried everything, nothing works[/quote]

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- Kryptoni7e said...
- User
- 4 Oct 2009, 18:55
got the same problem...worked perfectly just two days ago, now only winamp scrobbles, didnt even use the pc since then..
already had the problem some weeks ago, but reinstalled windows anyways a week later, after that everything worked again..redownloading the plugin doesnt help, neither did reinstalling last.fm completely i think, but not sure whether i did so

[quote][b][user]Kryptoni7e[/user][/b] said: got the same problem...worked perfectly just two days ago, now only winamp scrobbles, didnt even use the pc since then.. already had the problem some weeks ago, but reinstalled windows anyways a week later, after that everything worked again..redownloading the plugin doesnt help, neither did reinstalling last.fm completely i think, but not sure whether i did so[/quote]

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- inuyasha16 said...
- User
- 28 Oct 2009, 03:10
Thank you Kevdunne

Right-click on the tab bar at the top in WMP and select TOOLS > PLUG-INS > LASTFM PLUG-IN

This worked for me. For some reason WMP never turned this plugin on. >.<

Right On.

[quote][b][user]inuyasha16[/user][/b] said: Right-click on the tab bar at the top in WMP and select TOOLS > PLUG-INS > LASTFM PLUG-IN This worked for me. For some reason WMP never turned this plugin on. >.<[/quote]

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- TubOfCereal said...
- User
- 21 Feb 2010, 17:18
My problem is different !

my scrobbler is working perfectly fine

but,
the thing is, my song playcounts from windows media player havnt added onto my last fm profile because i used media player for years but then switched to itunes last year and i just started scrobbling the otherday and i realy want my old playcounts from media player to add on :/

HEPL please ! :(

[quote][b][user]TubOfCereal[/user][/b] said: my scrobbler is working perfectly fine but, the thing is, my song playcounts from windows media player havnt added onto my last fm profile because i used media player for years but then switched to itunes last year and i just started scrobbling the otherday and i realy want my old playcounts from media player to add on :/ HEPL please ! :( [/quote]

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- doughboy334 said...
- User
- 14 Jun 2010, 04:54
worked!

This did it for me!

Kevdunne said:
I've had the same problem and just recently managed to get it working again with WMP12. Don't know if its still an issue but here's how I fixed it.

Right-click on the tab bar at the top in WMP and select TOOLS > PLUG-INS > LASTFM PLUG-IN

[quote][b][user]doughboy334[/user][/b] said: This did it for me! [quote][b][user]Kevdunne[/user][/b] said: I've had the same problem and just recently managed to get it working again with WMP12. Don't know if its still an issue but here's how I fixed it. Right-click on the tab bar at the top in WMP and select TOOLS > PLUG-INS > LASTFM PLUG-IN [/quote][/quote]

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- NatassjaEternal said...
- User
- 27 Jun 2010, 04:58
I HAVE THE EXACT SAME BLOODY PROBLEM. What I did was reinstalled the whole scrobbler and it works for a short period of time but, I don't want to keep 'reinstalling' but, whatever floats your boat.

[quote][b][user]NatassjaEternal[/user][/b] said: I HAVE THE EXACT SAME BLOODY PROBLEM. What I did was reinstalled the whole scrobbler and it works for a short period of time but, I don't want to keep 'reinstalling' but, whatever floats your boat.[/quote]

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- JustMunky said...
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- 24 Aug 2010, 07:20
Re: To stained_glass

jennytrueblood said:
Check yr Media Player once again please,menu-->Plug-Ins-->others-->Last.fm Plugin,hope it works,Good luck :-)

I had this same exact problem and this helped. Thank you so much! :D

[quote][b][user]JustMunky[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]jennytrueblood[/user][/b] said: Check yr Media Player once again please,menu-->Plug-Ins-->others-->Last.fm Plugin,hope it works,Good luck :-)[/quote] I had this same exact problem and this helped. Thank you so much! :D[/quote]

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- gaz_ said...
- Subscriber
- 24 Aug 2010, 20:26
I had the old audioscrobbler and it began randomly dropping tracks in the last two days and I would have to untick the plugin, re-enter my details, tick it, untick and tick it again to get it to work again and then whenever you stop listening to music for a minute or more it would drop everything again. I'd never ever had a problem with the original Audioscrobbler plugin before.

So I updated to the last.fm client plugin and that still drops tracks, to the point that it was so frustrating I reinstalled the original Audioscrobbler plugin.

Why is this happening? It's ridiculous.

[quote][b][user]gaz_[/user][/b] said: I had the old audioscrobbler and it began randomly dropping tracks in the last two days and I would have to untick the plugin, re-enter my details, tick it, untick and tick it again to get it to work again and then whenever you stop listening to music for a minute or more it would drop everything again. I'd never ever had a problem with the original Audioscrobbler plugin before. So I updated to the last.fm client plugin and that still drops tracks, to the point that it was so frustrating I reinstalled the original Audioscrobbler plugin. Why is this happening? It's ridiculous.[/quote]

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- nicoleoh said...
- User
- 2 Dec 2010, 04:56
In my WMP, when I go to plug-ins, it doesn't recognize that I've got a last.fm plug-in. Also, when I'm in the last.fm scrobble client, and I do tools>options>scrobble, it says my music has to be in the C or D drive?
Need help :(

[quote][b][user]nicoleoh[/user][/b] said: In my WMP, when I go to plug-ins, it doesn't recognize that I've got a last.fm plug-in. Also, when I'm in the last.fm scrobble client, and I do tools>options>scrobble, it says my music has to be in the C or D drive? Need help :([/quote]

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- Balder_FFS said...
- User
- 12 Dec 2010, 22:25
Re: To stained_glass

jennytrueblood sa:
Check yr Media Player once again please,menu-->Plug-Ins-->others-->Last.fm Plugin,hope it works,Good luck :-)

Thanks a lot, that fixed it for me!

[quote][b][user]Balder_FFS[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]jennytrueblood[/user][/b] sa: Check yr Media Player once again please,menu-->Plug-Ins-->others-->Last.fm Plugin,hope it works,Good luck :-)[/quote] Thanks a lot, that fixed it for me![/quote]

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- Balder_FFS said...
- User
- 12 Dec 2010, 22:29
nicoleoh sa:
In my WMP, when I go to plug-ins, it doesn't recognize that I've got a last.fm plug-in. Also, when I'm in the last.fm scrobble client, and I do tools>options>scrobble, it says my music has to be in the C or D drive?
Need help :(

Check options->scrobbling in the last.fm scrobbler and check all the drives listed there.
It's possible to only scrobble music on selected drives. Strange setting, eh?

[quote][b][user]Balder_FFS[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]nicoleoh[/user][/b] sa: In my WMP, when I go to plug-ins, it doesn't recognize that I've got a last.fm plug-in. Also, when I'm in the last.fm scrobble client, and I do tools>options>scrobble, it says my music has to be in the C or D drive? Need help :([/quote] Check options->scrobbling in the last.fm scrobbler and check all the drives listed there. It's possible to only scrobble music on selected drives. Strange setting, eh?[/quote]

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- zonyy said...
- User
- 1 Jan 2011, 10:38
Re: worked!

doughboy334 said:
This did it for me!

Kevdunne said:
I've had the same problem and just recently managed to get it working again with WMP12. Don't know if its still an issue but here's how I fixed it.

Right-click on the tab bar at the top in WMP and select TOOLS > PLUG-INS > LASTFM PLUG-IN

Worked for me too!

Last.FM Milestones5000th track: (17 Feb 2011)
Wilco - Leave Me
10000th track: (14 Aug 2011)
Coldplay - Don't Panic
15000th track: (20 Oct 2011)
Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life
20000th track: (02 Jan 2012)
Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
Generated on 22 Jan 2012
Get yours here

[quote][b][user]zonyy[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]doughboy334[/user][/b] said: This did it for me! [quote][b][user]Kevdunne[/user][/b] said: I've had the same problem and just recently managed to get it working again with WMP12. Don't know if its still an issue but here's how I fixed it. Right-click on the tab bar at the top in WMP and select TOOLS > PLUG-INS > LASTFM PLUG-IN [/quote][/quote] Worked for me too![/quote]

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