Can't play a friends last.fm loved tracks

[Philip Meyer]

Using Last.fm, i've tried to play loved tracks for several friends.

Doesn't seem to work anymore. The log just says:

[17:05:10.7685] Slim::Player::StreamingController::_getNextTrack (618) Giving up because of too many consecutive errors: 2

At first I thought maybe the friends I was picking didn't have any loved tracks. However, I know ModelCitizen has some, and it doesn't play his loved tracks.

Is it working for anyone else?

Phil

[Siduhe]

Working fine for me via the web interface. How are you trying to initiate the station?

[MikeekiM]

Using Last.fm, i've tried to play loved tracks for several friends.

Doesn't seem to work anymore. The log just says:

[17:05:10.7685] Slim::Player::StreamingController::_getNextTrack (618) Giving up because of too many consecutive errors: 2

At first I thought maybe the friends I was picking didn't have any loved tracks. However, I know ModelCitizen has some, and it doesn't play his loved tracks.

Is it working for anyone else?

Phil

I am assuming you are a paying last.fm subscriber?

Loved stations (either yours, or those from your "friends") is a feature that is only available to paying subscribers...

[Philip Meyer]

>Working fine for me via the web interface. How are you trying to
>initiate the station?
Web interface.

Latest SC7.4 trunk code, without the sqlite branch stuff.

[Philip Meyer]

>I am assuming you are a paying last.fm subscriber?
Ah, good point. I *was* a subscriber, but it seems my subscription has run out recently. I think last time I subscribed for 3 months, and didn't get a warning when it expired.

I think SC doesn't list the "play loved tracks" for friends if you're not a subscriber, but it's not detecting the change of status, so it still allows me to try. I remember that I had to delete my Last.fm account settings in SqueezeNetwork and recreate after I became a subscriber last time, in order to get the option.

[MikeekiM]

>I think SC doesn't list the "play loved tracks" for friends if you're not a subscriber, but it's not detecting the change of status, so it still allows me to try.

No... I have never subscribed, and the loved tracks station appears for myself, as well as for my "friends"...

[Siduhe]

My understanding is, if the friend is a subscriber and has Loved Tracks, they will show in SC for anyone who is their friend, but can only be played by another subscriber.

[MikeekiM]

I am pretty curious about how much value the loved tracks stations are... I would think this would be fabulous... If a friend with similar tastes marks their loved tracks, it should be a station that has the "cream of the crop" songs...

I already drop $13/mo on Rhapsody... I have seriously been thinking about adding another $3/mo for last.fm... If nothing else, I think their service is awesome and would like to help support them...

[Philip Meyer]

>I already drop $13/mo on Rhapsody... I have seriously been thinking
>about adding another $3/mo for last.fm... If nothing else, I think
>their service is awesome and would like to help support them...

I tried subscribing for a 3-month period to see if I found any benefit in being a subscriber.

I have made use of friends loved tracks, but not sure there's much other benefit. Apparently, you get preferential treatment for streaming if it is busy, but I never had a problem when I wasn't subscribed. I don't use playlists.

I think there's more that could be done to benefit subscribers, but it doesn't cost much.