Stefan C's been on the hunt for a 'track id' system for S60 for ages. And with 'Shazam ID' he seems to have found it - here's his illustrated overview of this free music recognition system for S60.
Read on in the full article.
Unfortunately, there is still a long way to go with this, as not only does it have limits, as stated in the blog post referred to, but it's not even available mainstream yet.
Visit the specified link that you guys found for the blogger on a Nokia 6120 Classic, and you'll get:
"Unfortunately Shazam ID is not available on your handset"
Oh well.
Further to my last, if you use an N95 you can get it (how stupid, it's the very same OS and FP).
But I can't work out how you 'intercept' or locate the .sis file, so that I may get it over to my 6120c.
Can anyone give me a clue as to how I can do this?
SE Track ID on P1 and W950 works wonderfully 😊
btw, one can already buy the located music through SE music store...
Fortunately, the application is available as a downloadable .sisx
http://s60.mobi/mgp/events/s60/vodafone/shazam.html
This is identical to the one delivered by shortcode. Runs fine on the 6120c.
R
Bizarre on my N95. Correctly identifies music playing on the radio, but not via Music Player if I'm using headphones. Seems it has to hear the music playing through the speakers and record it through the microphone. If I unplug the headset and play through the speakers then it works, even for some pretty old obscure stuff I've ripped from vinyl.
As for streaming... well, RealPlayer stops as soon as you open anything else. I think there's a workaround for this but can't remember it.
I don't see why you need a native client. Just call 2580 (easy to remember as its the middle numbers on the keypad) and hold the phone up to the music. You get a text back with the details on the song. Works on any phone.
nice thanks - worked great for me - secound link posted in comments 😊
ShazamID (the native S60 client) works the same as texting the shortcode with two significant differences:
It's free. You only pay for the data transfer. This will change, of course, but it's free for now.
It forms the music "fingerprint" on the phone, so data transfers to access the service are smaller, quicker and cheaper.
ffs wrote:I don't see why you need a native client. Just call 2580 (easy to remember as its the middle numbers on the keypad) and hold the phone up to the music. You get a text back with the details on the song. Works on any phone.
But that costs 50p + 9p connection charge.
This is free (minus data transfer)
srw985 wrote:But that costs 50p + 9p connection charge.
This is free (minus data transfer)
Yeah, but following the free trial the client will be monthly subscription. Like everything else, you have to choose depending upon your likely usage. Actually, although it's really clever (nearly as clever as a light sabre), I don't see much point long-term because it doesn't actually tag anything, it just tells you what the track is. To be really useful it needs to be incorporated into Windows Media Player (or whatever) so that when I rip a vinyl album it automatically adds track information and album art without me having to laboriously key it all in.
Hmm already exist for S60 3rd .
Look for it at thinkabdul.com (Free trackID for Nokia S60 v3)