Application description

ZuseMe allows you to scrobble songs to Last.fm from players like Groove Music and Media Player (Windows 11)

Installation Instructions

1. Extract the ZuseMe folder to any directory you want on your device.
2. Run the Launcher executable file to launch the application.
3. The application runs hidden in the background and tray menu.
4. Setup your Last.fm account and have fun scrobbling!

Tips and tricks

• Allow ZuseMe to run on your Windows startup for easier scrobbling.

Supported players

• Media Player (Windows 11)
• Groove Music (Windows 10)
• Zune software
• iTunes
• Deezer
• Spotify
• Foobar2000
• MediaMonkey
• MusicBee
• Winamp
• AIMP

Known issues

• Default Windows Media Player only properly works with Windows 11 24H2 or newer.
• When a player is hidden in the system tray it may not show when clicking the album cover.
• Some players do not support scrobbling when listening to the same track multiple times.

Requirements

• Microsoft .NET Core Runtime installed.
• Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit or higher is required.

Support and bug reporting

When you are walking into any problems or a bug you can go to my help page at https://help.arnoldvink.com so I can try to help you out and get everything working.

Developer donation

If you appreciate this project and want to support me with my projects you can make a donation through https://donation.arnoldvink.com

Changelog

v3.30.0.0 (26-July-2024)

• Added support for Zune software client.

v3.20.0.0 (4-May-2024)

• Added support for chromium based Spotify client.
• Ported application to .NET8 framework.

v3.8.0.0 (2-December-2022)

• Added scrobble status message.
• Added media control to overlay.
• Added setting to disable now playing.

v3.5.0.0 (1-September-2022)

• Added support for more media players.

v3.2.1.0 (18-February-2022)

• Added feature to temporarily pause scrobbling.

v3.0.0.0 (25-January-2022)

• Added scrobbling into ZuseMe so you no longer need the Last.fm client.

v2.0.0.0 (12-January-2022)

• Added support for Groove Music and Media Player (Windows 11)

v1.81 (28-october-2012)

• Added support for Last.fm Scrobbler v2.1.*

v1.80 (6-august-2012)

• Improved MusicBrainz song duration download speed
• Improved media keys play/pause detection and speed

v1.71 (18-february-2012)

• Added better Last.fm v2.- client support
• Changed client id to Windows Media Player

v1.70 (29-january-2012)

• Changed WMP/Media center scrobble filter
• Fixed ASCII characters songs not scrobbling
• Improved MusicBrainz song length fetching speed

v1.65 (20-december-2011)

• Fixed MusicBrainz blocking ZuseMe
• Improved MusicBrainz song length detection

v1.64 (13-december-2011)

• Fixed default unknown track length not saving
• Mediakeys setting no longer requires a restart
• Improved overall performance and stability

v1.63 (24-november-2011)

• Added run asInvoker manifest
• Added "Stop Scrobble" button to tray menu (Stop Scrobble stops the currently playing track)

v1.62 (10-november-2011)

• Fixed "WinZuseMe" showing up in alt+tab
• Fixed Windows XP not detecting current song
• Improved overall performance and stability

v1.60 (23-october-2011)

• Improved overall performance and stability

v1.54 (11-october-2011)

• Fixed too short tracks sometimes returning from MusicBrainz

v1.53 (25-september-2011)

• Improved ZuseMe startup speed
• Improved Zune to Last.fm client song send speed

v1.51 (17-september-2011)

• Now shows the version number in the settings window

v1.50 (17-september-2011)

• Added option to set scrobble location (Default: c:)
• Changed default scrobble time to 30 seconds (Better results)
• Improved album name scrobbling (Fixes reported bugs, hopefully)
• Added website button that opens the ZuseMe Last.fm group page

v1.42 (06-august-2011)

• Added play/pause mediakey support (Pauses Last.fm client)
• Speed up/improved sending current track to Last.fm client
• Fixed hidden windows shown in alt+tab function

v1.40 (31-july-2011)

• Fixed songs with special characters not scrobbling
• Speed up / improved sending current track to Last.fm client
• Added a window to change settings for easier usage
• Added option to launch Zune with ZuseMe
• Added option to exit Zune/LastFM with ZuseMe
• Added option to enable/disable MusicBrainz (Song length detection)

v1.20 (27-july-2011)

• Last.fm will now automatically start with ZuseMe
• Added a tray icon with Settings/Exit buttons
• Added track length lookup with MusicBrainz
• Improved Zune to Last.fm scrobbling speed

v1.00 (25-july-2011)

• Initial release