last.fm

How do I use last.fm and progtology.   I'm currently confused.

video vertigo wrote: go to last.fm download the free software create a profile, whenever you play songs on your computer last fm will keep track. I no longer use it because I no longer play songs on my computer I use a stereo.

    
So it keeps track if I play songs off i-tunes?

I understand how to play songs with last.fm, but not how to choose them...
    
But thank you.

Edited by inpraiseoffolly - November 04 2006 at 03:45

inpraiseoffolly wrote: How do I use last.fm and progtology.   I'm currently confused.

last.fm and progtology.com are two totally separate websites. If you want to use progtology.com signature images which display your last.fm profile statistics you first need to get a last.fm account, install their software and make sure that the songs you play are registered by the last.fm software and appear on the last.fm website in your profile.

Then you can simply create an account at www.progtology.com and enter your last.fm username in the signature settings.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: video vertigo wrote: go to last.fm download the free software create a profile, whenever you play songs on your computer last fm will keep track. I no longer use it because I no longer play songs on my computer I use a stereo. I think that the biggest disadvantage of last.fm is that they only register some of the tracks an user listens to. Mobile players, vinyl, CD, Napster player, streaming radio, iTunes ... it all doesn't register. I'd like to encourage anyone who's using my signature service to also rate your favorite albums and add them to your signature ... you have much more control over the chart positions, and you can separate the lists by genre, which generally makes the lists more meaningful.

How could a web site possibly register what you play on a mobile player or vinyl?

How do you use progtology.com? I sort of figured out last.fm but I can't understand progtology.com at all.

How do I add albums to my collection and review them?

Ok, there are two ways:

1. Go to the album page, open the tab labeled "Review Editor". There you can select whether you own the album and assign genres, ratings, prog status and tags. You can also enter a date of purchase, write a review, submit comments for the tracks.

2. You can also use the "collection builder" ... the link is in the upper right corner (when you're logged in). The tabs take longer to load, but if you're planning to add many albums it's probably the quickest solution. But it's not yet feature complete ... you can choose purchase info, genres, ratings, prog status and tags, but only on the album level, any you can't yet submit reviews or track comments.


Have a try ... let me know if you have further questions.

BTW: I know that the website is somewhat confusing ... I'll try to add more explanatory texts, maybe even a tutorial.

For the option 1 - how do I know it is added to my collection?

BTW: You can also post these question on the discussion board at progtology.com ... then you'll get realtime responses.

last fm gave me a real headache- but I did finally get it.