Hello,

just wondering if any other users are having problems with last.fm since last week. Amarok isn't scrobbling tracks anymore and backlog is growing...

I'm suspecting last.fm and their code being changed recently. I tried to raise a support ticket, it hasn't been accepted as amarok is a third party player. It seems that amarok has problems with handskake and submitting played tracks.

excerpt from amarok's log file:

Connection was to 87.117.229.205 at port 80
[2007-11-27 22:56] Failed to submit several tracks to last.fm
[2007-11-27 22:56] Failed to submit 'Sounds Like Desolation' and 9 other tracks

356 tracks still in queue
[2007-11-27 22:59] Could not connect to host 87.117.229.205.
[2007-11-27 22:59] Failed to submit several tracks to last.fm
[2007-11-27 22:59] Failed to submit 'Sounds Like Desolation' and 9 other tracks

357 tracks still in queue
[2007-11-28 21:01] Failed to submit 'Monday - Paracetamol' to last.fm
[2007-11-28 21:01]

348 tracks still in queue
[2007-11-28 21:01]

348 tracks still in queue
[2007-11-28 21:02] Timeout on server
Connection was to 87.117.229.205 at port 80
[2007-11-28 21:02] Failed to submit several tracks to last.fm
[2007-11-28 21:02] Failed to submit 'Sounds Like Desolation' and 9 other tracks

358 tracks still in queue
[2007-11-28 21:02] Failed to submit 'Sounds Like Desolation' and 9 other tracks

358 tracks still in queue
[2007-11-28 21:03] Timeout on server
Connection was to 87.117.229.205 at port 80
[2007-11-28 21:03] Failed to submit several tracks to last.fm
[2007-11-28 21:03] Failed to submit 'Sounds Like Desolation' and 9 other tracks

358 tracks still in queue
[2007-11-28 21:05] Timeout on server
Connection was to 87.117.229.205 at port 80
[2007-11-28 21:05] Failed to submit several tracks to last.fm
[2007-11-28 21:05] Failed to submit 'Sounds Like Desolation' and 9 other tracks

358 tracks still in queue

Last.fm software for linux has apparently no problems with handshake...

http://post.audioscrobbler.com:80/np_1.2
http://87.117.229.205:80/protocol_1.2"

"071126 20:43:39" - "-1231673136" - void ScrobblerManager::onHandshaken(Scrobbler*) ( 267 ) - L4
  "svatoboj"

"071126 20:43:39" - "-1231673136" - void ScrobblerManager::scrobble(const ScrobbleCache&) ( 125 ) - L4
  "svatoboj"

"071126 20:43:39" - "-1231673136" - void ScrobblerManager::scrobble(const ScrobbleCache&) ( 129 ) - L4
  No tracks to scrobble

"071126 20:43:40" - "-1231673136" - void Request::onHeaderReceivedPrivate(const QHttpResponseHeader&) ( 96 ) - L4
  "Handshake" response: 200

"071126 20:43:40" - "-1231673136" - void Request::onSuccessPrivate(QByteArray) ( 157 ) - L4
  "Handshake"  request succeeded

Any ideas what needs to be done? Thank you in advance.

S.

Just a few hints:

this is taken from last.fm software:

?hs=true&p=1.2&c=****&v=1.3.2.13&u=svatoboj

this was captured by wireshark while amarok tried to submit tracks...

?hs=true&p=1.1&c=ark&v=1.4&u=svatoboj

So it seems to me that internal scrobbling protocol of last.fm has been changed from version 1.1 to 1.2.

I use amarok copile from source - SVN.

Thanks.

S.

It generally means a problem or delay with last.fm's submission servers. When they're congested, last.fm restricts the length of connections (or the number of submissions at a time, can't remember which). Just wait... they'll clear in good time.