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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/" type="topic" style="task" id="lastfm" xml:lang="da">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="extend#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>
<!--
<copyright>
<year>2010</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-->
<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
</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 Banshee for free. If you subscribe as a paying member, you can also listen
to streaming music from Last.fm in various music clients, including Banshee.
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>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> from the Banshee
menu. Once in the preferences select the <gui>Source Specific</gui> tab, press the
<gui>Source</gui> drop down menu, choose <gui>Last.fm</gui> and finally select the
<em>Sign up for Last.fm</em> link.
</p>
<p>To enable Banshee to report the songs you play on your computer to Last.fm,
sign in to Last.fm in Banshee in the <gui>Source Specific</gui> preferences.
Enter your username and press the <gui>Log in to Last.fm</gui> button. You
will be directed to a Last.fm webpage in your browser to grant Banshee access.
Press the <gui>Yes, allow access</gui> link in your browser and you will be
redirected to a webpage that displays a message that Banshee now has access to
Last.fm. Return to Banshee and press the <gui>Finish Logging In</gui> button
to complete the process.
</p>
</section>
<section id="songreporting">
<title>Enable Last.fm Song Reporting From Banshee</title>
<p>After you have successfully linked Banshee to your Last.fm profile you must
ensure that you have enabled Banshee to report your songs. To enable Banshee to
report the songs to your Last.fm profile go to Banshee's preferences, select the
<gui>Source Specific</gui> tab, select <gui>Last.fm</gui> from the dropdown, and
press the <gui>Enable Song Reporting From Banshee</gui> checkbox. If you have an active internet
connection Banshee 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="devicesongreporting">
<title>Enable Last.fm Song Reporting From Your Device</title>
<p>After successfully linking Banshee to your Last.fm profile and enabling Banshee to
report songs to Last.fm you can also enable scrobbling from a connected device. Banshee
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 Banshee's preferences, select the
<gui>Source Specific</gui> tab, select <gui>Last.fm</gui> from the dropdown, and press
the <gui>Enable Song Reporting From Device</gui> checkbox. If you have an
active internet connection Banshee 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 Banshee 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 Banshee 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 Banshee's sources pane on the left hand side, 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 Banshee will communicate with Last.fm
to populate songs for that radio station. Press the <gui>Play</gui> button
in Banshee or <key>Spacebar</key> to start streaming a Last.fm radio
station. You can also press the <gui>Next</gui> button in Banshee,
<key>N</key> or choose <guiseq><gui>Playback</gui><gui>Next</gui></guiseq>
to play the next song in your radio station queue.
</p>
</section>
</page>
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