---
name: "scrobbler-helper"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libaudio-scrobbler-perl"
version: "0.01-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/scrobbler-helper"
---

# scrobbler-helper(1p)

submit a track to AudioScrobbler

## NAME

scrobbler-helper - submit a track to AudioScrobbler

## SYNOPSIS

```
 scrobbler-helper [-nv] [-e encoding] [-f configfile] -P progname
   -V progver title artist album year comment genre length
```

## DESCRIPTION

The **scrobbler-helper** utility uses the `"Audio::Scrobbler"` module to submit a single track's information to Last.fm's AudioScrobbler - http://www.audioscrobbler.com/.  It requires the program (plug-in) name and version to be specified on the command line, and also requires all seven track attributes, although some of them may be omitted by supplying empty strings.

The following command-line options are recognized:

- \-e encoding

  Specify the character encoding of the track info, if it is neither UTF-8 nor the one specified via **default\_encoding** in the configuration file.

- \-f configfile

  Specify a different configuration file, not ~/.scrobbler-helper.conf.

- \-n

  Do not actually perform the handshake and submission (sets the `"Audio::Scrobbler"` **"fake"** option).

- \-P progname

  Specify the name of the AudioScrobbler plug-in submitting the data. This option is **mandatory**!

- \-v

  Verbose operation - display diagnostic messages to the standard output (sets the `"Audio::Scrobbler"` **"verbose"** option).

- \-V progver

  Specify the version of the AudioScrobbler plug-in submitting the data. This option is **mandatory**!

Besides the command line, the **scrobbler-helper** utility also retrieves information from a per-user configuration file, usually ~/.scrobbler-helper.conf; it is a INI-style file, which must contain a secion named **"global"**.  The following variables are recognized, with **username** and **password** being mandatory:

- •

  default\_encoding

  The encoding to assume for the track info, if none is supplied with the **-e** command-line option.  If neither **-e** is given on the command line nor **default\_encoding** specified in the configuration file, the **scrobbler-helper** utility assumes UTF-8.

- •

  fix\_track\_name

  A boolean flag specifying whether to do some trivial fixes on the song name before submitting it.  Currently, this only removes a "DD. " sequence at the start of the name, where 'D' is a digit.

  The values `"on"`, `"true"`, `"yes"`, and `1` are considered to be true.

- •

  password

  The password for the AudioScrobbler account.

- •

  username

  The username for the AudioScrobbler account.

```
  [global]
  username=jrandomlistener
  password=mylittlesecret
  # Optional (the default is UTF-8)
  default_encoding=windows-1251
  # Optional (the default is "no")
  fix_track_name=yes
```

## TODO

- •

  Command-line options, so people don't have to submit everything...

- •

  Storing and caching of unsuccessful submissions for later retrying.

## SEE ALSO

**Audio::Scrobbler**

- •

  http://www.last.fm/

- •

  http://www.audioscrobbler.com/

- •

  http://www.audioscrobbler.net/

The home site of the `"Audio::Scrobbler"` module is http://devel.ringlet.net/audio/Audio-Scrobbler/

## AUTHOR

Peter Pentchev, \<roam@ringlet.net\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 by Peter Pentchev.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

`$Id:` scrobbler-helper 88 2006-01-02 09:16:32Z roam $