| Topic | Contents |
|---|---|
| Getting Started | Prerequisites, Installation, Configuration, & Seeding your database |
| Last.fm vs SPY modes | Comparison of the two modes of detecting fresh track plays |
| Last.fm mode | Usage illustration, and How-To guide |
| SPY mode | Usage illustration, Install and How-To guides |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| Multi-User | Description of the multi-user capabilities |
| AlbumPlays Playlists | Multi-target playlists, with album-based & auto-refresh options |
| Google Play Music | Integration with your Google Play Music library |
| Application backup | Backup AlbumPlays and MediaMonkey databases |
| Play summary or details? | Upload to MM just play summaries, or individual scrobbles also? ; considerations |
| Raspberry Pi | Use a Raspberry Pi for Spy mode, so you can turn your PC off |
Frequently asked questions:
Guide: Getting Started:
- Install AlbumPlays (load AlbumPlays to your PC)
- Install Wizard (first run)
- Seed your database (with your play data)
- Seed your database – part 2 (fix any mismatches)
- Seed your database – part 3 (usage tips)
- Prerequisites (things you need before you can install or use this application)
- Update (installing new versions of AlbumPlays)
Guide: Last.fm mode: nb: available to everybody: no Sonos requirement
- Day-to-day operation; an overview illustration of the main features of LFM mode
- Importation issues: Unmatched, Lost, Late, Reviewed, Resurrected, Duplicated or Streamed
- Handling mismatches: plays not found in MediaMonkey; how to handle
- Tips & Techniques: how best to use the tools, and suggested workflow
- Housekeeping: Tracks (re-tagging, deleting, moving or upgrading tracks)
- Housekeeping: Play history (delete unwanted MM plays, and manually scrobble missed plays)
- AlbumPlays playlists (multi-target playlists, with optional an auto-refresh)
- Google Play Music (Integration with your Google Play Music library)
- Listeners: configure to publish playlists into personal Google Play libraries
- Missed Tracks playlist (an auto playlist of tracks skipped from whole albums)
- Problems (how to best avoid them, and how to analyse them should they occur)
- Application backups (configure AlbumsPlays to backup MediaMonkey & AlbumPlays databases)
- Configuration (modification to the basic configuration options set by the install wizard)
- Update (installing new versions of AlbumPlays)
Guide: SPY mode nb: only applicable to Sonos owners
- Day-to-day operation; an overview illustration of the main features of Spy mode
- Unmatched Spy observations: plays which can’t be found in MediaMonkey; how these are handled
- Listeners: scrobble Sonos plays to individual LFM accounts, or publish playlists into personal Google Play libraries
- Controlling the Observe & Detect component: control it from your main computer
- Using the Text File transfer option: obtain Spy observation from the text file instead of the database
- Last.fm scrobble corrections: handle any Last.fm “corrections” or “rejections” of your scrobble submissions
- Applicable to both LFM & Spy Modes:
- Track play importation: Unmatched, Lost, Late, Reviewed, Resurrected, Never-To-Be-Scrobbled, Duplicated or Streamed
- Handling mismatches: plays not found in MediaMonkey; how to handle
- Tips & Techniques: how best to use the tools, and suggested workflow
- Housekeeping: Tracks (re-tagging, deleting, moving or upgrading tracks)
- Housekeeping: Play history (delete unwanted MM plays, and manually scrobble missed plays)
- AlbumPlays playlists (multi-target playlists, with optional an auto-refresh)
- Google Play Music (Integration with your Google Play Music library)
- Missed Tracks playlist (an auto playlist of tracks skipped from whole albums)
- Problems (how to best avoid them, and how to analyse them should they occur)
- Application backups (configure AlbumsPlays to backup MediaMonkey & AlbumPlays databases)
- Spy mode installation:
- Spy Observe & Detect: this extra module is used by Spy mode, and needs to be running whenever listening to your Sonos … where to install it? … on your PC or elsewhere? .. how to install it on Windows
- PC Prerequisites: extra things required on your PC before you can install or use Spy mode
- Configuration Wizard: initialise your Spy mode configuration file
- Quick Start guide: overview of the main config options, with some worked examples
- Scrobbling Quick Start guide: how to config AlbumPlays to scrobble your Sonos plays
- Reference – Configuration – O&D component: details & advanced options
- Reference – Configuration – Play Count component: details & advanced options
- Unmatched Sonos plays?: fix any track location translation errors between Sonos & MediaMonkey
- Prerequisites; extra things you need before you can install or use Spy mode
- Update (installing new versions of AlbumPlays)
Guide: AlbumPlays Playlists: (multi-target, album-based & auto-refresh options)
- AlbumPlays Playlists (overview and how to use)
- Using a MediaMonkey playlist as source (publish & refresh your MM playlist into Your Google Play library, or onto your USB drive)
- Designing a native AlbumPlays playlist (as above, but using a native AlbumPlays playlist)
- Using a USB playlist target (travel with your whole music collection, and all your playlists)
- Setup: using your Google Play library as a target
Guide: Running the AlbumPlays Spy module on a Raspberry Pi
- Why? … What is a Raspberry Pi? .. How would it help? .. What do you need?
- Control your Raspberry Pi … remote control from your Windows PC
- Install options … assisted install or manual install? … required preparation
- Assisted RPi Installation steps:
- Install RPi … install & boot the Raspberry Pi, and establish interoperability with Windows
- Install AlbumPlays … install Spy component of AlbumPlays onto the Raspberry Pi
- Initial configuration of AlbumPlays … get AlbumPlays running with a basic configuration… it finds your Sonos zones and start detecting track plays
- Wrap up steps … convenience functions, send yourself Alert emails if problems develop, also secure your Raspberry Pi against hacker attack, and your database against corruption
- Manual RPi Installation steps:
- Connection .. what to plug where … connect to your network
- Controlling it from your Windows PC .. so that it has no need for its own screen, mouse nor keyboard
- Configuring your Raspberry Pi .. install patches & updates ..auto-start remote server (vnc) .. Windows clipboard support for paste from Windows .. reserve a fixed IP address .. backup your configuration
- Preparing your RPi for AlbumPlays … enable Windows Explorer to access your RPi .. install a GUI for package management (Synaptic) .. allow access to a NAS share .. install AlbumPlays prerequisites
- Installing AlbumPlays … coming soon
- Installing AlbumPlays upgrades … coming soon
- Assisted RPi Installation steps:
Things to consider:
- Last.fm vs SPY mode: getting your play counts from Last.fm versus getting them directly from your Sonos equipment
- Multi-user facilities: describes how this application handles the situation where multiple household members share the Sonos
- Backup of your data … save tears .. backup MediaMonkey & AlbumPlays databases
- Does AlbumPlays update your music tracks?
- Play summary or Details? … Upload play summaries or individual scrobbles to MM? ; considerations