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Coming Soon - Full Last.fm integration

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Published on Friday, 15 January 2010 12:06

Written by Martin Millmore

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One of the pieces of feedback that I got from SpotifyMCE was wouldn't it be cool if it also integrated with Last.fm. Well, I listened, and I have a new version coming soon with full last.fm integration. Because of that there is also going to be a name change, and I'm please to announce the imminent arrival of Songler. It will allow you to play Spotify content, and also will allow last.fm premium subscribers to play all of their stations properly within media center - even on extenders. Here's a sneak preview;

Last.fm integration with SpotifyMCE

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Published on Wednesday, 13 January 2010 18:39

Written by Martin Millmore

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At last - your two favourite music services merged together (assuming you aren't from the US in which case it's 1 of your favourite services and one you can't use). That's right,  I've just released the latest (beta) version of SpotifyMCE, which brings integration with Last.fm. When you play a track through SpotifyMCE, it will now scrobble that in to your music profile. Download version 0.9.3b for this great integration.

And I know I will get asked about launching last.fm stations from within SpotifyMCE. All I can say is stay tuned.

Spotify Media Center Application Coming Soon

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Published on Sunday, 03 January 2010 19:35

Written by Martin Millmore

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After listening to Helen and Ollie's Web 2009 Awards, and hearing them give the Public Service award to Spotify, I got really in to the free music service, and decided to write a Media Center application for it. At the moment it can search for artists, then drill down to albums and tracks to play those tracks individually via the regular spotify free application. It's got a bit of work to do still, but look out for a beta release soon.

My one question to you all is would people pay to buy a version that worked better but required a premium subscription? I'd need to pay for a premium subscription myself to be able to build it (you can't get access to the api without that), so I wouldn't be able to do it for free. The advantage of access to the premium subscription code is that better media center integration can be achieved with the Ogg audio played directly in media center, not via the Spotify application, although even then the Ogg format isn't supported on extenders, so it still wouldn't work with them. Anyone think it is worth it?

Another question is what about the name? SpotifyMCE seems just too uninspired, so I am open to suggestions.

UPDATE The beta is now available to download here.

Bye Bye Standby Add-In

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Published on Friday, 11 December 2009 00:11

Written by Martin Millmore

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