Feature description:
I’ve used the “Show track number” option in the “Now playing settings”, because it looks nice, but later turned it off after realizing that the track number is prepended to the track title, and Simple Scrobbler for last.fm/libre.fm reads the title with the track number included and reports it this way to last.fm and libre.fm. Both services are not able to recognize the track name in turn, and can’t assign album metadata (e.g. cover artwork) to it. Moreover, libre.fm (and probably last.fm, too) will create a new database entry with this extended name, which doubles the track list length on the album page. It would be better to add the track number in the “now playing” display only, while reporting the track title without track number to the system.
Problem solved:
Scrobblers like Simple Scrobblers will be prevented from reporting unusual track information to the remote service, which they don’t seem to understand, and to which they react in odd ways.
Brought benefits:
Since I’m scrobbling all the time, I have to disable this nice option in order to not pollute last.fm and libre.fm with duplicate and unusual track info. Nevertheless I’d just love to use this option, because it’s quite useful.
Other application solutions:
GMMP allows displaying the track number in the “now playing” view, but keeps it separate from the track name. foobar2000 never shows the track number, and doesn’t have any such option, AFAIK.
Additional description and context:
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Screenshots / Mockup:
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