cpatulea/gist:8818127

## gistfile1.txt
== Your Last.fm archive ==
This archive contains musical data you sent to Last.fm, conveniently packaged
as easy-to-process formats. Use them to discover your listening habits, to
bootstrap your own apps or to sync them with other data.

We're always interested to see what you're doing with your data, so make sure
to let us know on the forum: http://www.last.fm/forum/21717

== Types of data ==
There are 6 different types of data in this archive, some of them less obvious.
Here's a quick overview over where we got that data from and what it actually
means. Some of these might be missing in your archive, which most likely means
that we don't have any entries of that kind for you.

=== Scrobbles ===
Scrobbles should be quite obvious we hope. We collect them via different
internal sources like the the scrobbler, our Xbox app, our mobile apps but also
via third party apps like Spotify, Rdio or ThisIsMyJam.com.

Unfortunately some of those clients used (or in some cases still use) old
versions of our API, so some fields are not always filled out. Especially the
albums are not always reliably set or the "application" field is empty.

If lots of scrobbles "happened" at the same time you're most likely looking at
iPod scrobbles.

=== Bootstraps ===
Bootstraps only exists for those who bootstrappped their Last.fm account by
importing their iTunes listening history via the client. Bootstraps don't have
timestamps (because we don't know when you listened to them), but they have a
"count" field that shows how often you had listened to that track at the point
you bootstrapped your profile.

=== Loved tracks ===
Loved tracks are those where you clicked the love button, either through the
client, the web player, on track pages, in your recent tracks list or through
some third party app. If you unloved a track at some point without loving it
again afterwards it won't show up in here.

=== Banned tracks ===
Banned tracks are similar to loved tracks, they are created when you click the
"ban" button in the scrobbler or on the website. As for all data types in this
archive if you haven't banned any tracks there won't be any file of this type.

=== Skipped tracks ===
These are all the tracks you skipped whilst listening to Last.fm radio. Not all
clients provide this information, so please take this with a pinch of salt.

== Formats ==
We're trying to provide as much information as possible with your data.
Therefore we're not only exporting artist, track and album name but also
MusicBrainz Identifiers and both corrected and uncorrected tracks. Most likely
you can just ignore uncorrected tracks and artists (they're mostly mistagged or
spelled incorrectly), but in the interest of returning you your data, we’ve
included them.

This archive provides the same data in two different file formats:

=== TSV ===
TSV stands for "tab-separated values" and is a format that can easily be read
by Microsoft Excel or Open Office. It's basically one line per entry with
fields separated with a tab-character. Open any *.tsv file in this archive with
your favourite spreadsheet editor and you should be good to go. Separate fields
are always wrapped in quotes to avoid confusion, something most editors pick up
themselves but will sometimes require you to play around with the import
settings.

=== JSON ===
We also provide the same data as JSON. JSON stands for "JavaScript Object
Notation" and is quite different to TSV. It's harder to read by humans (well,
in it's compressed form anyway), but much more convenient for programming.

JSON for scrobbles are split by month to avoid them becoming too big (some of
you have a LOT of scrobbles!) and to make it easier to play around with.

== FAQ ==

=== Some of the characters look strange. How can I fix this? ===
Please check that you're using UTF-8 (that’s the encoding we're using) when
opening the file.

=== What does "unixtime" mean? ===
"unixtime" is the number of seconds that have passed since Thursday, 1 January
1970, 00:00:00 UTC. We've included it because it's easier to calculate with and
easier to parse by computers. You can always use the ISO representation
provided, it the same information in a different representation.

=== What are "mbid"s? ===
"MBID" stands for "MusicBrainz Identifiers". It's a universal ID that is
understood by different companies and applications and therefore makes it
easier to match your data against other services. You can find more information
at http://musicbrainz.org/.

Please keep in mind that one artist, track or album can have more than one
MBID. This archive only shows one of them for every entry and they might even
change between different exports, so don't use them for comparisons.
	== Your Last.fm archive ==
	This archive contains musical data you sent to Last.fm, conveniently packaged
	as easy-to-process formats. Use them to discover your listening habits, to
	bootstrap your own apps or to sync them with other data.

	We're always interested to see what you're doing with your data, so make sure
	to let us know on the forum: http://www.last.fm/forum/21717

	== Types of data ==
	There are 6 different types of data in this archive, some of them less obvious.
	Here's a quick overview over where we got that data from and what it actually
	means. Some of these might be missing in your archive, which most likely means
	that we don't have any entries of that kind for you.

	=== Scrobbles ===
	Scrobbles should be quite obvious we hope. We collect them via different
	internal sources like the the scrobbler, our Xbox app, our mobile apps but also
	via third party apps like Spotify, Rdio or ThisIsMyJam.com.

	Unfortunately some of those clients used (or in some cases still use) old
	versions of our API, so some fields are not always filled out. Especially the
	albums are not always reliably set or the "application" field is empty.

	If lots of scrobbles "happened" at the same time you're most likely looking at
	iPod scrobbles.

	=== Bootstraps ===
	Bootstraps only exists for those who bootstrappped their Last.fm account by
	importing their iTunes listening history via the client. Bootstraps don't have
	timestamps (because we don't know when you listened to them), but they have a
	"count" field that shows how often you had listened to that track at the point
	you bootstrapped your profile.

	=== Loved tracks ===
	Loved tracks are those where you clicked the love button, either through the
	client, the web player, on track pages, in your recent tracks list or through
	some third party app. If you unloved a track at some point without loving it
	again afterwards it won't show up in here.

	=== Banned tracks ===
	Banned tracks are similar to loved tracks, they are created when you click the
	"ban" button in the scrobbler or on the website. As for all data types in this
	archive if you haven't banned any tracks there won't be any file of this type.

	=== Skipped tracks ===
	These are all the tracks you skipped whilst listening to Last.fm radio. Not all
	clients provide this information, so please take this with a pinch of salt.

	== Formats ==
	We're trying to provide as much information as possible with your data.
	Therefore we're not only exporting artist, track and album name but also
	MusicBrainz Identifiers and both corrected and uncorrected tracks. Most likely
	you can just ignore uncorrected tracks and artists (they're mostly mistagged or
	spelled incorrectly), but in the interest of returning you your data, we’ve
	included them.

	This archive provides the same data in two different file formats:

	=== TSV ===
	TSV stands for "tab-separated values" and is a format that can easily be read
	by Microsoft Excel or Open Office. It's basically one line per entry with
	fields separated with a tab-character. Open any *.tsv file in this archive with
	your favourite spreadsheet editor and you should be good to go. Separate fields
	are always wrapped in quotes to avoid confusion, something most editors pick up
	themselves but will sometimes require you to play around with the import
	settings.

	=== JSON ===
	We also provide the same data as JSON. JSON stands for "JavaScript Object
	Notation" and is quite different to TSV. It's harder to read by humans (well,
	in it's compressed form anyway), but much more convenient for programming.

	JSON for scrobbles are split by month to avoid them becoming too big (some of
	you have a LOT of scrobbles!) and to make it easier to play around with.

	== FAQ ==

	=== Some of the characters look strange. How can I fix this? ===
	Please check that you're using UTF-8 (that’s the encoding we're using) when
	opening the file.

	=== What does "unixtime" mean? ===
	"unixtime" is the number of seconds that have passed since Thursday, 1 January
	1970, 00:00:00 UTC. We've included it because it's easier to calculate with and
	easier to parse by computers. You can always use the ISO representation
	provided, it the same information in a different representation.

	=== What are "mbid"s? ===
	"MBID" stands for "MusicBrainz Identifiers". It's a universal ID that is
	understood by different companies and applications and therefore makes it
	easier to match your data against other services. You can find more information
	at http://musicbrainz.org/.

	Please keep in mind that one artist, track or album can have more than one
	MBID. This archive only shows one of them for every entry and they might even
	change between different exports, so don't use them for comparisons.