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hagfish

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Registered: 2013-01-01

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[solved] MOC submitting %b as album name to last.fm

I'm using moc-1:2.5beta1-1 and lastfmsubmitd-1.0.6-7. After following https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Moc to setup scrobbling to last.fm, everything was fine, expect that the album name for any song submitted was "%b".

I managed to figure out a fix. In the wiki it is told that

 OnSongChange = "/usr/lib/lastfmsubmitd/lastfmsubmit --artist %a --title %t --length %d --album %b" 

should be added to ~/.moc/config. However this line is wrong (at least for me), and instead it should be (%b is changed to %r):

 OnSongChange = "/usr/lib/lastfmsubmitd/lastfmsubmit --artist %a --title %t --length %d --album %r" 

After adding this changed line to ~/.moc/config everything is working well.

The main reason I'm posting this is that I think the wiki should be changed. However, I don't understand the situation well enough to be confident that there actually is an error. Could someone with more experience confirm an edit should be made?

dakatapetrov

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 9

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Re: [solved] MOC submitting %b as album name to last.fm

I had the same problem and your solution fixed it. Thanks.

After looking in .moc/config here's what i found:

# Run the OnSongChange command when a new song starts playing.
# Specify the full path (i.e. no leading '~') of an executable to run.
# Arguments will be passed, and you can use the following escapes:
#
#     %a artist
#     %r album
#     %f filename
#     %t title
#     %n track
#     %d file duration in XX:YY form
#     %D file duration, number of seconds
#
# No pipes/redirects can be used directly, but writing a shell script
# can do the job.
#
# Example:    OnSongChange = "/home/jack/.moc/myscript %a %r"

Obviously %r is the correct escape for the album so the wiki page should be updated.

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: [solved] MOC submitting %b as album name to last.fm

Obviously %r is the correct escape for the album so the wiki page should be updated.

What are you waiting for? You can edit the wiki yourself.

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