foo_lastfm_radio
A component for playing Last.fm radio stations in foobar2000.
Get version 0.5.6b here: download foo_lastfm_radio
To install, extract the contents of the ZIP file to your foobar2000 components folder.
New for version 0.5.x:
- 0.5.6b: Working again now? Let's hope so.
- 0.5.6: New technical info field "lastfm:imageURL". Use $info(lastfm:imageurl) to retrieve.
- 0.5.5: Removed 'fan' custom station as it only returns empty playlists.
- 0.5.5: New advanced preference: cache album art to a file.
- 0.5.4: Context menu for opening artist stations now uses %artist% rather than %album artist%. This was causing problems with various artist albums.
- 0.5.4: Small usability improvements to the Custom Station dialog.
- 0.5.3: Updated new advanced preference from 0.5.2 to also disable 'Playback Follows Cursor' setting if set.
- 0.5.2: No longer possible to add non-Last.fm tracks to Last.fm playlists. This includes tracks cut from Last.fm playlists. Prevents reordering playlist contents and potential problems with playlists not refreshing.
- 0.5.2: New advanced preference: Set playback order to 'Default' when playing Last.fm radio.
- 0.5.1: Fixed: Custom station dialog OK button would remain disabled when first selecting an item from history.
- 0.5.1: Adding lastfm:// URLs from the command-line or 'File/Add Location...' dialog creates automatically updating playlists. Note that adding from the command-line halts playback and clears your default or current playlist in the same way adding any other file does.
- Option to reuse a single playlist for all stations.
- Favourite stations: managed from the preferences page, accessed in the 'File/Last.fm Radio' menu.
Please report any issues/suggestions in this thread.
Additional Information
Last.fm Playlists
When a Last.fm playlist is created it is populated with tracks. These can be played once, and only in order. Old tracks are automatically removed, and when the number of tracks drops to three, more tracks are retrieved from Last.fm and added to the end of the playlist.
The playlists are remembered when foobar2000 is restarted, and will be re-populated when they are selected.
The component supports album art for tracks played from Last.fm (when using the default UI; third party album art components are not guaranteed to work).
Before you can start listening to Last.fm radio stations you must enter a valid username and password in the preferences page.
Preferences Page
The Last.fm Radio preferences page is found under the Tools branch of the foobar2000 preferences dialog. It allows you to enter your Last.fm account credentials, and set-up your favourite stations.
On occasion, tracks have no album art, and in this case the image entered in the Album Art field will be displayed.
When opening new stations, the default behaviour is for a new playlist to be created dedicated to that station. If the Playlists checkbox is checked however, a single Last.fm playlist is reused for all stations.
We all have favourite artists or genres, and for easy access any custom Last.fm radio station can be added to the favourites list. Your favourites appear under the 'File/Open Last.fm Radio Station' main-menu (and fully support keyboard shortcuts).
Adding Favourite/Custom Stations
Clicking 'Add new' from the preferences page, or selecting the 'File/Open Last.fm Radio Station/Open a custom station...' main-menu command, presents you with the custom station dialog. This allows you to add or open any allowed Last.fm radio station, including arbitrary lastfm:// URLs using the 'custom' option.
The dialog recalls previous entries.