Re: Last.fm = Free Music <3
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:06 pm
I don't get it..it only plays first 30seconds of the song? This site is good how? 
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It plays 30 seconds of most songs if you directly request the song. This is because it would be illegal to play the full song. What you have to do is add it to your playlist, then when you have over 15 tracks in your playlist you can play the full tracks. Reason: It plays them in a random order and won't play the same track more than once within a 15-track time frame due to radio licensing laws. I suspect any websites which just give you the full track are breaking such laws.Jcart wrote:I don't get it..it only plays first 30seconds of the song? This site is good how?
It seems they stream full versions for those in UK and USA - thus the fuss =)Jcart wrote:I don't get it..it only plays first 30seconds of the song? This site is good how?
You can turn that off, and/or you can change the amount of time a track has to play for before it scrobbles. The default is 50% of the track length but it won't scrobble at all if the track is less than 60 seconds long.Weirdan wrote:It seems they stream full versions for those in UK and USA - thus the fuss =)Jcart wrote:I don't get it..it only plays first 30seconds of the song? This site is good how?
[edit]Ok, I found how to make the last.fm player play full versions... does it have to be THAT difficult?[/edit]
Btw, what I find to be funny and annoying at the same time about last.fm is that they prohibit player plugins from scrobbling any streamed content (they say it's not what people chosen to listen to - it's just radio) yet they own player does exactly that - it scrobbles content it streams in random order.