[android] The app skips scrobbles when it is in the background / The app says that it has been killed

Some manufacturers impose drastic background restrictions on 3rd party apps. Try disabling battery optimisations for this app. Sometimes, that step may not be enough. Please check dontkillmyapp.com to see if there are any solutions for your device. It may be impossible to use this app on a stock ROM from certain manufacturers, due to the said restrictions.

All of my scrobbles from Spotify are duplicated

This happens if you have more than one scrobbler running. Disable or uninstall other scrobblers. Disconnect your Spotify account from the last.fm website.

[android] The app is scrobbling non music videos from YouTube

Unfortunately there is no way to detect whether a video is a music video, from the metadata provided by the YouTube app. You may block certain channels from scrobbling or turn off YouTube scrobbling from settings.

I cannot edit scrobbles older than 14 days

It is not possible to edit scrobbles older than 14 days using this app, whether or not you have a last.fm pro subscription due to the method used for editing.

Pictures of some artists are missing even though they have a picture on last.fm

Artist pictures are sourced from Spotify because the last.fm API does not provide them. Due to the implementation, the artist’s name must have an exact match on Spotify. Sometimes, language differences between the name on last.fm vs Spotify cause this issue.

As a workaround, you can enable “Approximate search for artist images”. Note that this might give you wrong images for some artists. You can also choose your own mapping to Spotify pictures or choose your own from gallery.

Pictures of some tracks are missing in the charts screen

Tracks do not have images for themselves. They have album arts depending on the album or single they are associated with. The last.fm API may not provide an album name for some tracks. In that case, no image will be displayed.

Certain tracks are being ignored

Last.FM has a spam filter, which filters out tracks/albums/artists with titles similar to “Unknown”, “.mp3”, “Track_01” etc

The scrobbler submits incomplete data / does not submit album artists

This can happen if your music player does not provide the complete metadata in its MediaSession on Android, SystemMediaTransportControls on Windows or MPRIS on Linux.

Use a different music player, which does that.

How do I stream music on this app?

This is not a music streaming app. However, you can click the search and play button, to search and play the selected song on your favourite music player.

[android] The search and play button always opens a particular music player

This can happen if you have set that particular music player as the default. To fix this, go to that music player’s app info and tap on “Clear defaults”.

[android] Where is the scrobble from mic feature?

In-app scrobble from mic has been removed, in favour of using Shazam/AutoShazam.

[android] Where are the Tasker intents?

Tasker intents have been replaced with ContentProvider query URIs and an allowlist, which are more secure.

[desktop] How do I launch the app as minimized to tray?

Use the --minimized or -m command line argument.

[desktop] How do I store the app’s data in a different location?

Use the --data-dir or -d command line argument, followed by the path to the directory.

[desktop] How do I correctly scrobble media playing on a web browser?

Web browsers or browser-like apps are not supported. Use WebScrobbler for web browsers.

[desktop] The app does not show notifications on Windows

To show notifications on Windows, the app’s ID must be registered with the OS and linked to its start menu shortcut. This is done by the installer in install mode. So, it won’t work if you are using it portable mode or have removed the start menu shortcut.