From 2b8e89bb16d90b35d469937ce670c0c9df529891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Bradshaw Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:40:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updating the readme --- README.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3f4b541..e8fe852 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,37 @@ Scrobbyl ========================== +This is a fork of the original Scrobbyl, because I tried to get it to work and couldn't. + +It's certainly incomplete, and I've had trouble getting it to recognize songs recorded +from a microphone due to the fingerprinting not recgonizing it, which isn't something +that can really be adjusted for on the client side, so no guarantees there. Do let me +know if you have success with that though. + +You'll need at least the following Python packages to run this. Use whatever package manager you +prefer, I uses `pip`, so I run `pip install `: + + * pyechonest + * pyaudio + +If you run `python scrobbyl.py` (after running the lastfm auth detailed below), the script +will run a loop of recording a sample, trying to identify it. If it recognizes a song +that it hasn't scrobbled, it will scrobble said song. The length recorded defaults to +20 seconds, you can change that in `scrobbyl.py` in the call to recorder.recordAudio. + +This hasn't been extensively tested, I just threw my latest stuff up here because someone +e-mailed me asking about it. But in any case, it should work better than the original +stuff, which was quite broken by now. It at least runs in a loop, takes in audio, +and tries to recognize it and scrobble it. + +I have ambitions to make a GUI out of it and such, but honestly there are more +important/interesting things on my plate at the moment, so I make no promises. + +If you have questions/comments, just leave comments here or otherwise contact me via GitHub. + +Original Readme +========================== + Don't you wish you could **scrobb**le your vin**yl**? Well, now you can. What it does