Windows Vista sidebar gadget - Last.fm Stream player

Version 0.5 of my Last.fm stream player gadget is released today!

What is it?

This little tool is a Microsoft Windows Vista Sidebar gadget which can be used for playing Last.fm Streaming radio. Everyone with a http://www.last.fm account can log in enter a artist name and play music similar to the artist you entered in the text box. The music you'll play with the gadget will get saved under your account on the last.fm website.

 

 

Download

you can download the gadget here:

last.fm stream player 0.5

you can get the source files here:

last.fm stream player 0.5 (SOURCE)

If you have any comments/requests please let me know.

Change Log 

0.5

  • Made a change to 0.4 so it works with the current Last.fm streaming protocol that changed when last.fm website changed.

0.4

  • Added Tag/User radio function (click "artist:" at the top to cycle)
  • Fixed a bug that cycled through songs without playing
  • some graphical updates

0.3, 0.2, 0.1

  • Fixed some bugs

Documentation

when the player starts you have to open te settings first by clicking the settings icon on the right.

 

In the settings window fill in your username and password and click OK

 

 

the password itself wont be saved on your pc by the player. the player will create a md5 hash of your password that will be used for logging in.

now the settings are saved you're ready to type an artist name and press play!

 

if you have any comments please send me a mail or post a comment on my blog.

Special Thanks

I would like to thank Jan Lenck for the updates he made for this gadget and for the good feedback. I also want to give a big thanks to everyone else who mailed me feedback to improve the gadget.