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{{Infobox project
{{Infobox project
| title = Last.fm
| logo = Last-fm-logo.png
| image = Lastfm home page (5-4-13).png
| image = Lastfm home page (5-4-13).png
| description = The home page of Last.fm, as seen on May 4, 2013.
| description = The home page of Last.fm, as seen on May 4, 2013.
| URL = http://last.fm/
| URL = http://last.fm/
| project_status = {{specialcase}} (switching codebases, some user data might die)
| project_status = {{specialcase}} <small>(switching codebases, some user data might die)</small>
| archiving_status = {{upcoming}}
| archiving_status = {{partiallysaved}} <small>(forum in all languages, part of users)</small>
| source = [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/lastfm-discovery lastfm-discovery], [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/lastfm-grab lastfm-grab], [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/lastfm-items lastfm-items]
| tracker = [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/lastfmdisco/ lastfmdisco], [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/lastfm/ lastfm]
| irc = lastchance.fm
| irc_network = EFnet
| irc_abandoned = true
| data = {{IA collection|archiveteam_lastfm}}
}}
}}
== Vital Signs ==
<pre>
[12:41:49]  <@SketchCow> Last.fm is going to switch codebases in the first two weeks of April
[12:41:59]  <@SketchCow> Opinion of these folks is... it's not going to well
[12:42:23]  <@SketchCow> Code music data likely to survive, but some user generated material may die
[12:42:33]  <@SketchCow> From latter:
[12:42:34]  <@SketchCow> There are 1m+ forum posts spanning nearly 11 years across global
[12:42:34]  <@SketchCow> forums (which you can see at http://www.last.fm/forum) and group
[12:42:34]  <@SketchCow> forums. The good news is all the forums are accessible by incrementing
[12:42:34]  <@SketchCow> the ID at the end of http://www.last.fm/forum/<id>. They are spread
[12:42:36]  <@SketchCow> across a mostly-continuous ID namespace.
[12:42:48]  <@SketchCow> 'm also slightly concerned about user journals (e.g.
[12:42:48]  <@SketchCow> http://www.last.fm/user/Russ/journal), but that's more difficult as
[12:42:48]  <@SketchCow> there's no easy way of enumerating users, short of crawling similar
[12:42:48]  <@SketchCow> user/friends lists.
[12:42:48]  <@SketchCow> I'd also suggest archiving blog.last.fm during this switchover as
[12:42:50]  <@SketchCow> hilarity is likely to ensue.
[12:42:53]  <@SketchCow> ...
[12:42:55]  <@SketchCow> That's all.
[12:43:04]  <@SketchCow> So I think a project is worth it
[12:43:32]  <@SketchCow> I suggest #lastchance.fm
</pre>


== What's there? ==
== What's there? ==
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* Your "scrobbled" listening history of songs you've listened to sent by supported software, including "Loved tracks"
* Your "scrobbled" listening history of songs you've listened to sent by supported software, including "Loved tracks"
* Your playlists generated on the website  
* Your playlists generated on the website  
* Artist Wiki biographies (licensed Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike, and GNU Free Documentation)
* Artist Wiki biographies (licensed Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike, and GNU Free Documentation), album wikis, track wikis, label wikis, and tag wikis
* Artist images
* A page for each artist, album, track, label, user, tag, and group
* Artist and label images
* Album artwork (can be multiple images for an album)
* Like/dislike votes on images (including album artwork)
* Forums
* Forums
* Event Calendars
* Event Calendars
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* Some artists have uploaded tracks, which are free to download
* Some artists have uploaded tracks, which are free to download
* per user "badges" showing top tracks, # tracks listened to, popular this week tracks etc.
* per user "badges" showing top tracks, # tracks listened to, popular this week tracks etc.
* users' About Me profiles, and where they're from
* Groups, group forums, group connections, and group articles (group journals)
* Shoutboxes (comment areas) on users, groups, musicians, albums, tracks, labels, tags, and pictures (including album artwork)
* Help pages http://www.last.fm/help
* Last.fm Originals http://originals.last.fm/
* "Tools, Plugins & more" http://build.last.fm/


== Getting it Out ==
== Getting it Out ==
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=== Listening History ===
=== Listening History ===


Tools
Tools to export scrobbles


* LastScrape GUI http://encukou.github.com/lastscrape-gui/
==== LastScrape GUI ====
* LastToLibre https://gitorious.org/fmthings/lasttolibre
https://github.com/encukou/lastscrape-gui
* Playlistify (Limited Export) http://playlistify.org/
 
The useful script here is lastexport.py. The user's history must be public, though.
 
==== LastToLibre ====
https://gitorious.org/fmthings/lasttolibre
 
==== Playlistify ====
(limited export)
 
http://playlistify.org (dead?)
 
==== Official exporter ====
http://www.last.fm/settings/dataexporter (dead)
 
==== Misc ====
 
There were some tools available via http://build.last.fm as well.


There's some tools available via http://build.last.fm/ as well.
=== User Profile Image ===
=== User Profile Image ===


Access your profile, right click image, Save Image
Access your profile, right click image, Save Image
Can get it bigger by changing the image size parameter (default 126) to 500 (or maybe more?)


=== Wiki ===
=== Wiki ===
?
?


== Archives ==
Forum in all languages: https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_lastfm


== Alternative services ==
== Alternative services ==

Latest revision as of 17:12, 24 May 2022

Last.fm
Last.fm logo
The home page of Last.fm, as seen on May 4, 2013.
The home page of Last.fm, as seen on May 4, 2013.
URL http://last.fm/
Status Special case (switching codebases, some user data might die)
Archiving status Partially saved (forum in all languages, part of users)
Archiving type Unknown
Project source lastfm-discovery, lastfm-grab, lastfm-items
Project tracker lastfmdisco, lastfm
IRC channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint)
(formerly #lastchance.fm (on EFnet))
Data[how to use] archiveteam_lastfm

What's there?

  • Your "scrobbled" listening history of songs you've listened to sent by supported software, including "Loved tracks"
  • Your playlists generated on the website
  • Artist Wiki biographies (licensed Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike, and GNU Free Documentation), album wikis, track wikis, label wikis, and tag wikis
  • A page for each artist, album, track, label, user, tag, and group
  • Artist and label images
  • Album artwork (can be multiple images for an album)
  • Like/dislike votes on images (including album artwork)
  • Forums
  • Event Calendars
  • Your user submitted profile image
  • Your user journal entries
  • Your friends list
  • Events user went to
  • Some artists have uploaded tracks, which are free to download
  • per user "badges" showing top tracks, # tracks listened to, popular this week tracks etc.
  • users' About Me profiles, and where they're from
  • Groups, group forums, group connections, and group articles (group journals)
  • Shoutboxes (comment areas) on users, groups, musicians, albums, tracks, labels, tags, and pictures (including album artwork)
  • Help pages http://www.last.fm/help
  • Last.fm Originals http://originals.last.fm/
  • "Tools, Plugins & more" http://build.last.fm/

Getting it Out

Listening History

Tools to export scrobbles

LastScrape GUI

https://github.com/encukou/lastscrape-gui

The useful script here is lastexport.py. The user's history must be public, though.

LastToLibre

https://gitorious.org/fmthings/lasttolibre

Playlistify

(limited export)

http://playlistify.org (dead?)

Official exporter

http://www.last.fm/settings/dataexporter (dead)

Misc

There were some tools available via http://build.last.fm as well.

User Profile Image

Access your profile, right click image, Save Image

Can get it bigger by changing the image size parameter (default 126) to 500 (or maybe more?)

Wiki

?

Archives

Forum in all languages: https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_lastfm

Alternative services

  • Libre.fm - Open source clone, no apparent user costs