mpdscribble is a client for Music Player Daemon that submits information about tracks being played to scrobbler services such as Last.fm.
It is designed to run alongside MPD and automatically report listening activity, making it useful for users who want their local music server playback logged to online scrobbling services.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Written in C++ and designed to use very little memory and CPU.
- Offers full support for MPD’s idle mode.
- Implements the Last.fm protocol 1.2.
- Handles playback scenarios including seeking, crossfading, and repeated songs.
- Supports marking the currently playing song as loved from an MPD client.
- Uses a straightforward configuration file for account and connection settings.
Website: github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/mpdscribble
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Developer: Music Player Daemon Project
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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