Bug 154905

Summary:	lastfm buttons do not work anymore
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	Daniel Hahler <kde-bugzilla>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Daniel Hahler 2007-12-31 17:02:25 UTC

Version:           1.4.8 (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

The lastfm "Skip" button in Amarok does not work anymore, while it works in the official lastfm client itself (tested with 1.3.2.14.dfsg-1ubuntu1).

I've used wireshark to sniff the network traffic and there are different requests involved:
Amarok makes a GET request to ws.audioscrobbler.com/radio/control.php (see src/lastfm.cpp) and receives "response=OK".
The lastfm client itself makes a POST request to ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/rw/xmlrpc.php instead.

It seems that the currently used protocol has been dropped.. see "How do I Ban / Skip / Love tracks?" in the lastfm dev forum:
http://www.lastfm.de/forum/21716/_/351390

See also http://www.last.fm/group/Amarok+Users/forum/18538/_/310660 for other reports of this problem.
This has been reported for Ubuntu at https://launchpad.net/bugs/156431

Comment 1 Seb Ruiz 2008-01-01 00:16:56 UTC

Amarok and the official last.fm client use different protocols.

no need to report this problem since we know about it, and will be fixed for 2.0. Also, there is another bug filed for it.