Re: [emms-help] [bug?] libre.fm scrobbing when offline

[Yoni Rabkin]

Rasmus <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I was working at a cafe today.  EMMS doesn't behave nicely when there's no
> internet.  In particular I got the message
>
>     open-network-stream: turtle.libre.fm/80 Name or service not known
>
> and I had to call emms-smart-browse twice to open the browser.

To be fair, the issue is emms-librefm and not Emms in general. I use
Emms with the playlist mode and don't scrob (is that a word), so I
haven't seen this issue come up.

> At the very least EMMS should catch the error and write out a message or
> something, but otherwise ignore the error.

That's a good starting point.

> Even better would be start the EMMS scrobber in offline-mode, where
> played songs and times are stored and uploaded on next connection.

That would entail figuring out if there is a connection or not.

> Bonus points if it will eventually also be able to upload the
> scrobbled-log from my Rockbox music player.

That's a cool idea.

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