Introducing CA Scrobbles

<b>Scrobble</b> /?skr?b?l/

Verb

(third-person singular simple present <b>scrobbles</b>, present participle <b>scrobbling</b>, simple past and past participle <b>scrobbled</b>)

To publish one's music-listening habits via software, as counted events when songs or albums are played, to selected internet services in order to track them over time, out of curiosity and/or to make them visible to others. (Source: <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrobble">Wiktionary</a><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrobble"><img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/ca/icons/ex.png" style="padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;" alt="link"></img></a>)

June 16, 2011 the <a href="http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Album-Evening">Album of the Evening</a><a href="http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Album-Evening"><img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/ca/icons/ex.png" style="padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;" alt="link"></img></a> forum topic was started on CA. This topic encourages readers to share what they are listening to each evening. Over 1200 replies and hundreds of new music discoveries later it's time to take things to the next level with CA Scrobbles. CA Scrobbles enables users of JRiver Media Center, version 17.0.80 or newer, to automatically post on Computer Audiophile without leaving the application or interrupting a listening session. Information such as track, artist, album, bit depth, and sample rate are automatically published to the CA Scrobbles page in real time. Users who prefer to keep their ABBA, Britney Spears, or Milli Vanilli listening habits to themselves can easily do so by creating a simple filter within JRiver. Read more to start sharing and discovering.

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<b>How CA Scrobbles Works</b>

Once CA Scrobbles is configured within JRiver Media Center (instructions below) information about each track a user listens to is automatically published to the CA Scrobbles web page here on Computer Audiophile. The published information is only sent to Computer Audiophile when playback moves to a different track (automatically or manually) or stops and only if playback advances past the half-way point of a track. Thus, readers needn't worry about publishing listening habits when they are simply sampling a bunch of tracks looking for that diamond in the rough. The actual scrobble happens in a background thread within JRiver and has no impact on the user interface or sonic quality. Below is a sample of the information sent up to the site via CA Scrobbles.

<center><img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/graphics/2012/0208/ca-scrobbles-example.png"></img></center>

<b>Requirements</b>:

<ol><li>Windows PC</li>

<li>JRiver Media Center version 17.0.80 or newer (<a href="http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=69852.0">Download Here</a><a href="http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=69852.0"><img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/ca/icons/ex.png" style="padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;" alt="link"></img></a>)</li>

<li>Internet connection</li>

<li>Computer Audiophile user account*. New users (<a href="http://www.computeraudiophile.com/user/register">Register Here</a><a href="http://www.computeraudiophile.com/user/register"><img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/ca/icons/ex.png" style="padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;" alt="link"></img></a>)</li></ol>

*If you already have a Computer Audiophile users account there's no need to re-register. You can start scribbling right now.

<b>Note</b>: Work on CA Scrobbles for other applications and operating systems is underway.

<b>Setup Instructions</b>

Open JRiver Media Center version 17.0.80 or newer and select Tools >> Options.

<img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/graphics/2012/0208/01.png"></img>

Select Services from the left column of the Options window.

<img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/graphics/2012/0208/02.png"></img>

In the main windows select the ellipsis button to the left of Manage Computer Audiophile account. Then Select Connect to Computer Audiophile account.

<img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/graphics/2012/0208/03.png"></img>

Enter Computer Audiophile username and password in the popup box.

<img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/graphics/2012/0208/04a.png"></img>

Select Submit playback information to Computer Audiophile (scrobble)

<img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/graphics/2012/0208/05.png"></img>

Optional: Adjust rules for scrobbling. My only rule is pictured below. it says all media that is audio should be scribbled to CA.

<img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/graphics/2012/0208/06.png"></img>

Optional: Create a rule prohibiting JRiver from scrobbling playback information if the artists is milli vanilli. Add more rules for other artists or genres etc. if desired.

<img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/graphics/2012/0208/07.png"></img>

<b>Get Scrobbling</b>

There's nothing more to it. Download the newest version of <a href="http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=69852.0">JRiver Media Center</a><a href="http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=69852.0"><img src="http://images.computeraudiophile.com/ca/icons/ex.png" style="padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;" alt="link"></img></a>, enter your CA credentials, and get scrobbling!

Watch the CA Scrobbles in real time at http://www.computeraudiophile.com/Scrobbles