Script to scrobble YARG songs to Last.FM.
Generative AI acknowledgment: This script was written with the Google Gemini 1.5 LLM. I do not claim to be the "programmer" of this script because I did not directly write the code. I simply revised it and researched the required mechanisms and processes that were converted into Python code.
YARG.fm requires the following Python libraries:
It is strongly recommended that you have a basic understanding of Python and managing a Python environment before using this script.
To set up YARG.fm, you must have a Last.FM API account. This is a straightforward process and can be done here: https://www.last.fm/api/account/create. API Applications can be viewed at https://www.last.fm/api/accounts.
After obtaining your API Key and Shared Secret, modify the configuration lines in yargfm.py. For privacy reasons, you may not want to hard-code these values into your yargfm.py instance.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
API_KEY |
Your API key |
API_Secret |
Your API Shared Secret |
USERNAME |
Your Last.FM username |
PASSWORD_HASH |
Obfuscated value of your Last.FM password. Password should be inserted aspylast.md5("YOUR_LAST_FM_PASSWORD") |
DB_PATH |
The location of your scores.db file, located inside your YARG installation. A typical install path may be "C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\LocalLow\YARC\YARG\release\scores\scores.db" |
POLLING_INTERVAL |
Length in seconds to wait between calls to YARG SQLite database (scores.db). Shouldn't need to be lower than once every 60 seconds. |
LAST_SCROBBLED_FILE |
Location of last_scrobbled.txt, a persistent file that holds the timestamp of the last scrobble. Should be safely placed outside of the YARG directory. |
After running the script for the first time, you'll be asked to authenticate the application. After this, all subsequent executions of the script should run on its own!
To automate YARGfm on Windows, you can use a tool like Task Scheduler to run the script. An example task could look like this:
Known Issues:
- The script will continue to scrobble the last played track every
POLLING_INTERVAL. This should be a minor fix, but is mostly inconsequential given that Last.FM identifies and ignores duplicate scrobbles.
Happy scrobbling!