potential bug: end of old protocol
Bug #1081768 reported by
Chris Murphy
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| lastfm (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
I got an email from last.fm today saying they will deprecate the old last.fm streaming protocol by Dec. 1, 2012. Will this affect this last.fm client?
This client is one of the few non browser-based solutions to streaming last.fm!
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| Chris Murphy (murphycc) wrote | #1 |
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Anybody have any comments on this? Am I misinterpreting this?
Here is another email sent just yesterday to me:
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From Tuesday 15 January 2013, radio streaming within the desktop client will only be available to Last.fm subscribers. Free, ad-supported radio will still be available on the website. Our desktop client remains the best way to scrobble, and all desktop features other than radio are free.
We are also releasing a new, modernised desktop client, that is currently in Beta. This update brings a new design and greater stability to the existing application, and allows you to interact more with the music you listen to. It will update to the full release including a version in your language on or soon after Tuesday 15 January 2013.
If you wish to continue to take advantage of ad-free radio in the desktop client, we welcome you to subscribe. A subscription also affords you ad-free browsing and uninterrupted listening on the website, as well as radio in other applications and on other platforms.
Finally, we know that many users have had difficulty scrobbling from iOS devices with the old desktop client. We are pleased to announce that we will soon be releasing a new iOS scrobbling & playlisting application, the Scrobbler for iOS, that finally brings native scrobbling to iOS devices and offers new ways to listen to the music you carry in your pocket every day!
Thanks,
The Last.fm Team