[Canola] Canola Last.FM Plugin Bugs [Archive] - maemo.org

fms

04-05-2008, 03:40 PM

Here is a few things I have found:

* There is no option to play my playlist. The following bugs were found when using "artists similar to..." option.
* After typing in artist's name, the plugin will often show "Playlist is empty" message or something similar. Retrying the same artist usually works.
* After playing a song, last.fm plugin stops playback until a button is pressed.
* The skip-forward button that is supposed to skip to the next song does not work very well: I have to click it multiple times before it works. The button gets highlighted, but nothing happens.
* Audio scrubbing does not appear to work, at least no audio files appear in "My downloads".

Bundyo

04-05-2008, 03:43 PM

Hm, i don't have such experience, maybe not everyone is affected. The second, the third and the fourth item on your list are working for me.

fms

04-05-2008, 03:48 PM

Hm, i don't have such experience, maybe not everyone is affected. The second, the third and the fourth item on your list are working for me.
Weird. Maybe I just need to reboot? Or run Canola-Cleanup and reinstall?

fms

04-05-2008, 03:56 PM

Reboot did not help. Is there something else I may be doing wrong? Or maybe there is someone with the same problems?

Bundyo

04-05-2008, 04:09 PM

The nature of the things you list is suggesting something network related i think. What kind of connection are you using?

fms

04-05-2008, 04:34 PM

The nature of the things you list is suggesting something network related i think. What kind of connection are you using?
802.11g WiFi to the access point, 100Mbd inside provider's network, ~4Mbd out into the world. I don't think this should affect the "skip" button functionality though - the button isn't getting delayed, it is getting ignored unless I click it multiple times. Same button works perfectly well in every other Canola module.

Bundyo

04-05-2008, 04:36 PM

Reinstall the plugin? I guess you already did it :)

chrisak

04-05-2008, 04:55 PM

My playback wasn't interrupted after 1st song either... was surprised cuz I was expecting to have to press the 'next' button. I was playing music tagged 'jazz'

Howevver, I cannot gett lastfm to login unless I select the wrong city as my 'home city' in clock settings.

Bundyo

04-05-2008, 05:37 PM

Strangely enough, after some 10 or so songs, now i need to press next to get to the next song.

The progress bar stops at -00:01 if that's of any help.

fms

04-05-2008, 05:55 PM

Strangely enough, after some 10 or so songs, now i need to press next to get to the next song. The progress bar stops at -00:01 if that's of any help.
Yep, that is what I am seeing as well.

MikeL

04-05-2008, 06:02 PM

Is this perhaps an intermittent problem with Lastfm service, I noted problems connecting sometimes on both the NIT and PC where service would stall trying to connect or after a few tracks being played.

could it even be related to wireless going into a sleep mode when not browsing web pages etc on NIT. ( i.e. like problem with winscp access to nit from PC at times,where one moment its working fine and the next connection is dropped)

Just some thoughts...

handful

04-05-2008, 09:23 PM

* There is no option to play my playlist. The following bugs were found when using "artists similar to..." option.

if you are logged in, the "play now " plays your playlist. Is not working for you?

* After typing in artist's name, the plugin will often show "Playlist is empty" message or something similar. Retrying the same artist usually works.

- We will investigate this. We did test on all features for more than 2 weeks. Can you just (i know it boring ) check if your internet connection is not intermitent or unstable?

* After playing a song, last.fm plugin stops playback until a button is pressed.

- Can you provide us the version of Atabake you are using? This also should not happen.

* The skip-forward button that is supposed to skip to the next song does not work very well: I have to click it multiple times before it works. The button gets highlighted, but nothing happens.

- also strange. Can you do the following : run canola from xterm with -vvv and then try doing this, and copy the log that will show there in the terminal?

* Audio scrubbing does not appear to work, at least no audio files appear in "My downloads"

- Audioscrobbling is not downloading. Audioscrobbling is sending information to your Last.fm account about the musics you are listening. Do you have a last.fm account? did you login on Canola?

Cheers,

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to : chrisak

This is in the known issues, we are following the protocol correctly, but seems that a lot of users uses different time zone information, causing the server to deny the connection. As requested we will remove this check in a update.

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to : Bundyo

This can be a bug, we will try to replicate. In order to be able to stream faster / less buffering e did a custom component for Gstreamer, so it far from perfect, but FMS problems are a little bit more worring, because it seems that he have a broken instlalation of some kind : /

FMS : what version of ITOS are you using? 2008 ? 2007? Which device?

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to : All

As pointed by mike, can you please try using the official last.fm client at the same time.. to see if the issues repeat there? If so then it a server problem, not ours, if not then we need to look even deeper.

Also : if there a developer on the forum, the code is on the website you can also test on the desktop with canola code.

Cheers

thanks for the feedbacks / bugs!

Marcelo

fms

04-06-2008, 02:10 AM

if you are logged in, the "play now " plays your playlist. Is not working for you?
It appears to play something that has nothing to do with my playlist.

- We will investigate this. We did test on all features for more than 2 weeks. Can you just (i know it boring ) check if your internet connection is not intermitent or unstable?
It is a bit unstable (too much concrete between me and access point). I will move closer to the AP and retest today.

- Can you provide us the version of Atabake you are using?
ii atabake 0.1.4-maemo1 Atabake media engine framework.
ii atabake-gstmp3-plugin 0.1.0-maemo1 GStreamer MP3 plugin for atabake.

- also strange. Can you do the following : run canola from xterm with -vvv and then try doing this, and copy the log that will show there in the terminal?
Will do (may take some time though).

- Audioscrobbling is not downloading. Audioscrobbling is sending information to your Last.fm account about the musics you are listening.
Oh, ok. Then I stand corrected.

Do you have a last.fm account? did you login on Canola?
"Yes" to both questions. Otherwise, I would not be able to use Last.FM plugin at all.

handful

04-06-2008, 06:06 AM

""Yes" to both questions. Otherwise, I would not be able to use Last.FM plugin at all."

Actually there is a way to listen to a "general" radio :) without login :)

But I will wait for your other feedback! thanks!

Cheers,

Marcelo

fms

04-06-2008, 10:02 AM

"But I will wait for your other feedback!

All right. I have done a canola-cleanup and reinstalled everything from scratch. Here is what I have found:

* When Shuffle and Repeat options are OFF (using menu in the audio player module), Last.fm "next-song" button is responsive, it works like a charm. Unfortunately, Last.fm still does not switch to the next song automatically when the current song ends. You have to press "next-song" button.

* When Shuffle and Repeat options are ON (and you have to go into audio player module to toggle them again), Last.fm "next-song" button becomes unresponsive, you have to click it multiple times to get to the next song. Last.fm STILL DOES NOT SWITCH to the next song automatically when the current song ends.

Now, I have run "/usr/bin/canola -vvv" from ssh, got into Last.fm module, started playback, and pressed the "next-song" button. The button did not work, but here is what I have got in the ssh window:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "edje.c_edje_object.pxi", line 42, in edje.c_edje.signal_cb
File "canola-core/media_base/ui/ui.py", line 206, in next_button_cb
File "canola-lastfm/ui.py", line 260, in next
File "canola-core/audio/ui.py", line 238, in next
File "canola-core/media_base/ui/controller.py", line 404, in next
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is unsubscriptable

This output appears every time the "next-song" button does not work. When it does work, Canola simply reports going to the next song.

Hope this helps.

handful

04-06-2008, 10:18 AM

Hi FMS that helps a lot!

I will forward to the one who wrote the last.fm plugin!

Br

Marcelo

*just a note : I have been using this morning (1 hour) the last.fm with search by artist : band of horses and it didn't stop once : /

I will try to reproduce it anyways in the office!

Br

Marcelo

fms

04-06-2008, 10:21 AM

I have been using this morning (1 hour) the last.fm with search by artist : band of horses and it didn't stop once
Doesn't say much as we may have grossly different setups - different library versions, etc.

Somebody else in this thread reported the plugin getting stuck after successfully playing 10 songs, in pretty much the same way as it is getting stuck for me.

handful

04-06-2008, 10:27 AM

Yah, I try to keep the clean setup in at least one device :

a) Clean n810 with latest firmware, Clean beta8 install, clean last.fm install
(my testing devices are others, they really don't count)

But I'm not saying that is your fault, just telling my experience, trying to actually find the problem also... because we need to be able to reproduce it to be able to solve it correctly :)

I'm playing again now :) (4 songs already) problems : as I'm using my internet connection heavily it hook up a few times the playback : / exactly when loading a compelx page / download. I will see how our buffering system is working.

Cheers
Marcelo

Bundyo

04-06-2008, 11:29 AM

Yeah, next song is working for me today too. Dunno till when :) Turns out like one of the latest versions of Skype for Linux. I'm using Darklooks as theme and Skype randomly starts white or black :)

handful

04-06-2008, 11:36 AM

Hi FMS :

Thanks for the info, with your details I was able to fully reproduce the bug of the next button here. I already wrote a bug to the team.

Now I'm trying to find that automatic next song bug.

Bundyo : if works on day and not on the other without you changing anything, can be service connection failure that breaks the next function (for example : in a given moment, last.fm plugins tries to get the new song, but the connection is drop for 1 second in that moment, this must be generating a error messgaing inside canola that is not being treated well.

Anyways, keep sending details, if we can reproduce we fix it :)

Marcelo

Bundyo

04-06-2008, 01:00 PM

in a given moment, last.fm plugins tries to get the new song, but the connection is drop for 1 second in that moment

Naah, this bug manifests itself far too persistant to be dependent on a random force.

I'll just start Canola with debug now and will wait for it :)

handful

04-06-2008, 01:03 PM

Yeah, that's way better :) if that's consistent...please send us.
The next button problem is already "reproduceable".

Maybe this next song bug, is just the same, can you try with the random, suffle off? also?

BR

Marcelo

fms

04-06-2008, 01:12 PM

Maybe this next song bug, is just the same, can you try with the random, suffle off? also?
Nope. This glitch occurs either way, with or without Repeat/Shuffle.

Bundyo

04-06-2008, 03:20 PM

While we're on the subject - a feature request - would be good if i press the home button, to see in the app title the currently playing artist and song name. I need it for this plugin because i often read while i'm listening and in last.fm i won't recognise the song, so i want to check without bringing Canola to front. ;)

I just Marcelo will understand this gibberish. :)

handful

04-06-2008, 09:15 PM

Hi Bundyo : I understand and agree : ) we need to see if this is possible :) and even more : how many text can fit there ...

BR
Marcelo

Bundyo

04-07-2008, 03:10 AM

In OS2008 - There are two rows, MicroB is using the second for site title.
Not much space in the old ones though.

cashless

04-08-2008, 01:01 PM

Nevermind - fixed

drpill

04-11-2008, 04:15 PM

First of all I am a huge fan of Canola. You folks are doing incredible work, and the youtube and last.fm plugins have added so much value to my tablet experience that I can't wait to see what's coming next.

Not a bug, so much as a feature request... I notice Canola only scrobbles tracks that I play while connected to a network. What I was really hoping for was a plugin that would cache the metadata of songs I listen to while offline and then upload this data when I connect to the internet again. I spend most of my listening hours on public transit or in other places with no available wifi, making scrobbling basically useless for me.

Is there any chance we could see this kind of behavior from the Canola last.fm plugin in the future?

Thanks again for your efforts!

handful

04-11-2008, 06:18 PM

DrPill, it was supposed to be doing that.. if not :) I will for sure add this to the list!
this is a must for any last.fm user :)

Marcelo

runcibleshaw

04-11-2008, 09:56 PM

I just installed Canola 2 beta and it seems like a really cool program. I love the interface. However, I cannot seem to login into last.fm using the last.fm plugin. Every time I try I get an error message that says
"Login error: Your system time is not" which I assume is an error message that has been cut off.

Any idea what this means?

I am running OS2006 on a Nokia 770.

handful

04-11-2008, 10:54 PM

Hi :) you can always search the threads :) specially this one in the beginning :)

This is one of the 2 known issues: actually is not a bug, we are following the protocol as last.fm recommends, and seems that people with time different times zone will not login.

So can you (just for login ) correct your time zone (on your settings) in your regular interface and try again ? you can look at the beginning of this threads that some people had this problem and solved by changing.

We are going to update the plugin with a less "demanding" logging, dropping the need for a correct time zone.

Br

Marcelo

drpill

04-12-2008, 12:20 PM

DrPill, it was supposed to be doing that.. if not :) I will for sure add this to the list!
this is a must for any last.fm user :)

Marcelo

Ah, good to hear! Then I guess my request is actually a bug report after all, because I'm definitely not getting tracks scrobbled unless I listen to them while online.

Thanks again for all your efforts. Canola is by far my favorite app for the tablet. I think that having a portable player scrobbling your tunes is a real breakthrough, and for me it makes Last.fm a truly valuable resource for the first time.

fms

04-12-2008, 12:27 PM

Hello, Marcelo!

Just wondering whether you have managed to duplicate the last.fm-stops-after-playing-a-song bug? I looked at the debug messages printed when a last.fm song finishes playing (and the plugin gets stuck) but it prints nothing, just stops.

handful

04-12-2008, 05:55 PM

Yes FMS, we did, I told you there :) it's a bug betwen the common player x the last.fm player. It happens if you have shuffle and repeat ON in the default music player (inside canola) no the platform one.

So for now, to avoid that... you need to make sure the music player has the 2 options off.

Marcelo

iontruo2

04-13-2008, 10:40 AM

Love Canola2. That said, I am trying hard here to get LastFm going. In both Canola2 and an effort through Vagalume it keeps tripping at a song request and returns an "unknown error' from Canola2. I do get signed in o.k. and the album art comes up with a particular title and then the error message. In Vagalume, I get a "connection error" in much the same way.
My WiFi, is at 30% indoors and reading 54mb/s. Streamtuner for example works fine.
Any thoughts as to why the error?

handful

04-13-2008, 10:49 AM

Hi iontruo2 :

We are trying to find out what's happening. If is happening to both, I believe it can be a mix of a unexpected network event + something related to the gstreamer pipe responsible for streaming / playing the file : /

We are after this one, and if we fix it will be on the next update!

Marcelo

daron_j

04-14-2008, 02:30 AM

I'm getting the same problem as iontruo2. Everything was tip-top until sometime last night. What on earth happened?

handful

04-14-2008, 05:48 AM

Hi Daron,

I really don't know exactly what it is, but we didn't change anything since the launch :) that I can guarantee. Did you guys install other applications in the meantime?

Marcelo

johsua

04-14-2008, 06:41 AM

I'm getting the same problem as iontruo2. Everything was tip-top until sometime last night. What on earth happened?

same thing here. I didn't install anything. In fact it was working earlier in the day. I then decided to listen to something else and that's when I got the error. Perhaps it's a last.FM bug?

iontruo2

04-14-2008, 06:42 AM

Hi Handful! Thanks for your reply.
Actually I was installing on a pretty much clean new OS2008 and memory cards were blank as I was starting fresh. Canola2 was already installed and I had just installed Vagalume prior to establishing a LastFm account on line via my MacBook. Vagalume would 'connect'- 'sign in', and allow an artist input and then would stall at the actual play point with error message. Subsequently I uninstalled it. Then I realized Canola2 was fully capable too.
Much the same occurred. When a song was chosen and was about to play, it did get as far as the title and album cover loaded, before the error message in Canola2.

I have not at this stage had it work at all for me. So this problem occurred from a fresh setup. Not sure if that point really helps, but it does appear others had theirs working previously.

Thanks again for a great product Handful. Hopefully I can get this plug-in working too.

johsua

04-15-2008, 02:41 PM

I am still getting this error. I tried logging in again.

Are any other users of last.fm getting this "unknown error" error?

handful

04-15-2008, 03:42 PM

Joshua : can you try using vagalume or your pc client? It seems that this unknown error is probably on the service refusing client, then in the client itself : /

Marcelo

johsua

04-15-2008, 04:26 PM

I don't have vagalume installed, and I can listen to it on my PC via the web. I haven't tried any software players on the PC. I was kind of thinking that it's them not you. It's odd that it worked Sunday am them stopped Sun pm. well - thanks for the reply. Hopefully it'll work itself out!

daron_j

04-16-2008, 10:16 AM

for some reason it's working again...I have no idea why...nothing has changed...

handful

04-16-2008, 10:56 AM

Daron : it seems to be really a last.fm service problem : /

Code doesn't change in the fly :) ehhehe

Cheers

Marcelo

johsua

04-17-2008, 02:14 AM

for some reason it's working again...I have no idea why...nothing has changed...

I'm at work now, but I'll see if it's working again for me too. Perhaps last.FM changed/updated/restarted something on their end??? who knows. I'll report back later.

yabbas

04-20-2008, 06:46 AM

1208690970.9672 ERROR controller:517:_player_error() Player's Controller Error: 0 - Unknown error.

after searching an artist, the album is shown, the artist name and track are shown canola appears to try and stream but fails with unknown error. above is verbose output.

yabbas

04-20-2008, 06:48 AM

silly me! so is last.fm still down?? :)

Laughing Man

04-20-2008, 02:20 PM

Sort of. (http://status.last.fm/)

maaad

09-21-2008, 03:48 PM

Hi, when we can see promised feature or this project has already dead?

...Not a bug, so much as a feature request... I notice Canola only scrobbles tracks that I play while connected to a network. What I was really hoping for was a plugin that would cache the metadata of songs I listen to while offline and then upload this data when I connect to the internet again. I spend most of my listening hours on public transit or in other places with no available wifi, making scrobbling basically useless for me.
Is there any chance we could see this kind of behavior from the Canola last.fm plugin in the future?

handful

09-24-2008, 07:32 AM

Maad : it's not dead, we are running to deploy the update, to release the full source code and I have a big list of features fixes still going on :) it's just that we have problems on scanner / playback that demands more attention right now :/

BR

Marcelo

GeraldKo

06-10-2009, 10:28 PM

Sean-o

06-12-2009, 01:06 PM

I just used Last.fm for the first time today. On the NIT, I'm using it through the Canola plug-in.

I'm getting a bug that was reported last year: after a few songs, it just stops playing. It makes it to the end of a song, and then I have to hit the Fast Forward (Next Song) button to get it to play the next song. Once it gets that way, I have to hit that button at the end of every song.

Has anyone found a cure for this?

Newbie question -- I have both Canola with the last.fm plugin installed, and vagalume with last.fm. Vagalume offers the ability to fire up my last.fm library that I built via the PC several months ago, but the Canola version doesn't seem to offer a way to play my last.fm library? I can log in via canola and search for artists and tags, but not my library. I can play my 'neighbours' libraries, but not mine.

Am I missing something in the Canola app, or is it just limited this way?

Thanks.

Axplayer

07-26-2009, 01:17 AM

First let me say Canola2 has a very nice GUI and I want to thank you for creating it. Unfortunately I am having problems several problems.

lastfm- this is a problem mentioned at the beginning of this post. Selecting Play now results in finding the album cover and track info but i get an error mssg "an error has occured in your session. The server may be down.....or you may be experiencing network problems". This happens no matter the network I'm using.

How do I add stations to the internet radio? I read somewhere the http address should be an ip address and the it should be typed in as suck xxx.xx.xx.x\.pls Is this correct?

Flickr gives me "you are not logged in. Please switch to your browser and allow canola-flickr access to your flickr account. Logging in to Flickr via the browser results in the same error msg.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nokia N810 Maemo OS2008 Ver. 5.2008.43-7
canola2 2.0.0 beta 11
canola2last.fm plug in 0.1.2