Dammit.....AllMusic.com (AMG) seems to have stopped scrapers..

dirtymurt · 2012-01-14 12:32

can anyone describe how to do the workaound, I have selected last.FM scraper, but how do you get it to scrape, it seems to keep defaulting to allmusic which aint working, help appreciated......

**DDDamian** · 2012-01-14 16:28

dirtymurt Wrote:can anyone describe how to do the workaound, I have selected last.FM scraper, but how do you get it to scrape, it seems to keep defaulting to allmusic which aint working, help appreciated......

You can change to LastFM as a default scraper for the source or for an individual artist/album. Then click on either Artist Information or Album Information in the pop-up context menu and click Refresh when that comes up.

It will re-scrape using LastFM or whatever you have set the scraper to.

dirtymurt · 2012-01-14 17:17

but how can i scrape all artists, it just quickly pops up and goes away

**DDDamian** · 2012-01-14 17:35

This is an
"Are you sure? Yes/No"
"Are you REALLY sure? Yes/No"
moment. If you want a full re-scrape of your music library you are best off either 1) deleting the mymusic1x.db or 2) using SQL to clear it. Make sure your default scraper is LastFM before you do. IIRC you may need to re-add the source when you re-boot XBMC, then re-scrape.

Back up userdata directory first!

dirtymurt · 2012-01-14 18:45

thanks but it doesn't work, won't switch from allmusic scraper. is thee a way to disable allmusic?

dirtymurt · 2012-01-14 21:31

ok, getting somewhere now. you need to change scrapers in settings under audio, not from the context sensitive menu in artists/albums,

lastFM is good at scraping the artist but the album info is not there for a lot of my albums.

thanks for the help though!

**DDDamian** · 2012-01-14 23:03

dirtymurt Wrote:ok, getting somewhere now. you need to change scrapers in settings under audio, not from the context sensitive menu in artists/albums, !

yeah, sorry that's what I meant by default scraper (globally)

and yeah, LastFM sucks, that's why the Dammit in the original post Laugh

glad I could help

86themachine · 2012-01-19 10:24

Hello,
Dealing with the same issue.

Can I manually add my own Album review? Any directions on how to do it?

**DDDamian** · 2012-01-19 12:57

86themachine Wrote:Hello,
Dealing with the same issue.

Can I manually add my own Album review? Any directions on how to do it?

Highly recommend XWMM available here http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=60643

Note that if you have the patience you can copy-paste the AllMusic review Laugh

86themachine · 2012-01-19 17:38

To: DDDamian

Thanks Ill check it out asap.

dirtymurt Senior Member Posts: 179 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-01-14 12:32 Post: #11 can anyone describe how to do the workaound, I have selected last.FM scraper, but how do you get it to scrape, it seems to keep defaulting to allmusic which aint working, help appreciated......
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dirtymurt Senior Member Posts: 179 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-01-14 17:17 Post: #13 but how can i scrape all artists, it just quickly pops up and goes away
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dirtymurt Senior Member Posts: 179 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-01-14 18:45 Post: #15 thanks but it doesn't work, won't switch from allmusic scraper. is thee a way to disable allmusic?
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dirtymurt Senior Member Posts: 179 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-01-14 21:31 Post: #16 ok, getting somewhere now. you need to change scrapers in settings under audio, not from the context sensitive menu in artists/albums, lastFM is good at scraping the artist but the album info is not there for a lot of my albums. thanks for the help though!
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86themachine Junior Member Posts: 33 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-01-19 10:24 Post: #18 Hello, Dealing with the same issue. Can I manually add my own Album review? Any directions on how to do it?
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86themachine Junior Member Posts: 33 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-01-19 17:38 Post: #20 To: DDDamian Thanks Ill check it out asap.
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