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News

2-24-02: iScrobbler is now available! See below for download links!

2-24-02: Project Update: Binaries released to a group of beta testers. Public binaries in a few days!

2-18-02: Project Update

2-13-02: Project Update

What is iScrobbler?

iScrobbler is an application for Mac OS X that creates a simple menu extra that submits your "currently playing" info from iTunes to AudioScrobbler. AudioScrobbler is a project similar to the CDNow project that suggests music you might like based on what other people's interests. The difference is that while CDNow makes suggestions based on what people buy, AudioScrobbler makes suggestions based on what people are actually listening to. Also, AudioScrobbler is a non-commercial project. AudioScrobbler submissions are also possible through a plugin for Winamp2 (read this SixDifferentWays post for info on how to get it running with Winamp3), and XMMS.

How do I get iScrobbler?

Download iScrobbler!

iScrobbler is now available as a compressed .DMG file from the sourceforge download library.

What are iScrobbler's features?

• Menu-Extra functionality. It sits nice and orderly up in the corner by your clock, doesn't get in the way.
• Offers one-click access to the Audioscrobbler site and your personal statistics.
• Displays detailed information about the song data sent, and the response from the server.
• Automatically checks for updates. Update information is sent along with the server connection, so no other action is needed for you to be kept informed of any new development.
• Uses the system keychain for username/password storage.

What features are in the works?

• Delayed submission in case your internet connection isn't active.
• Support for Audion MP3 player.
• Optionally send POST queries to a secondary URL of your choice, in order to keep a 'currently playing' list on your website or blog.
• Support for the MusicBrainz TRM identification system to standardize artist and track information.

What are iScrobbler's system requirements?

The informal requirements are as follows:

• Mac OS X, version 10.2.4. May work on as early was 10.2.0, though will definately not work on 10.1.x or 10.0.x.
• iTunes 3 or newer.
• The BSD sub-system. Unless you specifically unchecked this option when you installed Jaguar, then this is already installed.
• An internet connection (of course). iScrobbler currently does not store submissions for later sending if an internet connection cannot be established, it simply discards the data. However, this feature is planned for the future.
• Any computer capable of meeting the above requirements. Development is all done on a Beige G3 upgraded to a G4/466mhz w/ 768megs of ram. My guess is that if your computer runs OS X without trouble, then it will have no trouble running iScrobbler.

Who Wrote iScrobbler?

iScrobbler is developed by Sam Ley. Visit his weblog, send him an email or see his personal stats on Audioscrobbler.com!

License? Source?

iScrobbler is written in Objective-C/Cocoa and Apple Script. iScrobbler requires the cURLHandle Framework to be installed if you intend to compile the application yourself. The framework is not needed to use the application. cURLHandle is graciously provided in the public domain.

iScrobbler is licensed under the GPL. A copy of the license can be found here.

Source code is currently available via anonymous CVS. See the Project Page for more details and CVS links.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.