This tutorial will explain how to submit track info to last.fm (audioscrobbler) when you use cmus. For those who don't know it, cmus is a text-based music player for unix-like systems and it just rocks!

Everything is explained here, but I will recap it, now that you're reading.

I asume you have cmus installed and have a last.fm account. If not:

sudo apt-get install cmus

and/or go to http://www.last.fm/join/ to get a last.fm account

1. Download the script

http://nex.scrapping.cc/code/post-fm/post-fm

put the script in ~/.cmus, and make it executable

2. Install the script

run cmus:

cmus

and type:

:set status_display_program=/home/username_here/.cmus/post-fm

3. Enter your last.fm account information

nano /home/username/.cmus/post-fm

and enter your login and password. Save it

4. Check it

If you have a recent version of cmus, you can check the settings window by typing '7' and scrolling down till the end where

status_display_program /home/username/.cmus/post-fm

should be stated.

Now play a track and check your last.fm profile. The scripts is written in such a way that it will only submit tracks that are nearly finished playing. So don't expect it to submit it right away.

That's all!

for more information visit http://nex.scrapping.cc/code/post-fm/