Winamp Charts and Orgler Tutorial

Category: Winamp Updates, Category: Tutorials Posted by Tarik, Jul 2nd 2009 12:30AM

Winamp 5.56 is now available... so you can Orgle to your heart's content!
New in this release is the Winamp Orgler^TM which powers the Charts experience. Check it out...

What's a Winamp Orgler^TM?
The Orgler lets you track, chart and share your Winamp listening history.

What does that really mean?
Each time you listen to a song through Winamp, while the Orgler is enabled, it sends the basic metadata (e.g. song name and artist name) associated with that file to Winamp. Currently the Orgler only supports local media playback, but not streaming playback (internet radio), however we are currently in planning for future enhancements. The Orgler is a community driven feature so the more you & your friends use it... and the more time it has to grow... the more robust it will become. We're pretty excited because with the size of the Winamp community worldwide, it has the potential to cover so many styles of music, in so many places.

Am I automatically Orgling?
Nope, you are not automatically Orgling. To start, you need to do two things. First, you need to download Winamp 5.56 which already includes the Orgler plug-in (technically, you can use 5.5x & download the Orgler plug-in separately but it's recommended that you just use the latest and greatest). Secondly, you need to log-in using your Winamp.com username & password. Don't have a Winamp.com username & password? No problem... you can register here.

Why should I Orgle?
You see, the Orgler is just the beginning. Once you've signed-in and started Orgling, we can feature the eclectic musical tastes of the Winamp community. The Charts, available in both the media player & on Winamp.com, allow you to stay on top of the latest trends by seeing which songs and artists are popular. View worldwide charts or filter down by a specific country or time period. You can even view your own listening history by selecting "My Charts" (media player feature only) to see what you've spent your time listening to today, this week or last month.

How do I add Charts to my Winamp Media Player?
To add Charts to Winamp, go to your media library tab and select "Online Services". Then browse through the "Featured Services" or you can use the online services search box. Once you've found "Winamp Charts" in the gallery, simply click the "+Add to Winamp" button.

Watch the below video for a quick demo & tour:

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1. I love this guys.... Their music really great. Long live for Sultan Of Swing....

Posted at 4:12AM on Jul 2nd 2009 by jeffry

2. Is there going to be a way to display this information to friends?

Posted at 4:30PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by Ryan

3. Is there a non-server side one? Like just local songs to track, chart and share my Winamp listening history?

Posted at 5:23PM on Jul 2nd 2009 by Ant

4. Winamp is the most user friendly music software I have worked with.

Posted at 3:12AM on Jul 3rd 2009 by DominicT

5. Please help me on how to download my selected songs to our wimamp please.I don't know how to add songs to our media library of wimamp.Thank you very much and God bless.

Posted at 8:00PM on Jul 3rd 2009 by CECILE L. AMITHS

6. i want to do this, but what i REALLY want is the ability to pick which winamp install will make my entire ML available to sort and search on the web to the public.

so, i could like tell my friends go to www and see what all stuff i have or don't have, see the artwork, sort it, search it, and so on... as well as see the orgler stats.

Posted at 4:04AM on Jul 4th 2009 by MrSinatra

7. Hello, I was able to login and enable Orgler, but the winamp chart does not appear in the online services section in the library.

Posted at 8:09AM on Jul 4th 2009 by steeven

8. ok, i installed it and it says i am logged in, however, IT DOESN'T WORK, and I DON'T GET "WINAMP CHARTS" AT ALL under 'online services.'

what gives?

Posted at 3:01PM on Jul 4th 2009 by MrSinatra

9. To add "Winamp Charts" under Online Services --- go to your media library tab and select "Online Services". Then browse through the "Featured Services" or you can use the online services search box. Once you've found "Winamp Charts" in the gallery, click the "+Add to Winamp" button.

Posted at 8:39AM on Jul 6th 2009 by The Winamp Team

10. I have WinAmp Charts installed and appearing in my online services, however MyCharts still shows that I have not listened to any songs recently. Is there any reason why this is not updating even though I am logged in and listening to music? I created the QA Log file and it is showing the songs I have listened to there.

Posted at 11:46AM on Jul 6th 2009 by Hendrik Pape

11. well, I gave it a try, logging in, checking all the boxes that make it collect my data, and yet, it says I have no songs I've listened to. Considering that last.fm has already created an ideal system which worked flawlessly on first try, i'll come back in a few months and try this again once the bugs are worked out. i tried!

Posted at 3:48PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Jason

12. same issue as the others...logged in, added charts - says i haven't listened to any songs yet...i've been listening all day...

Posted at 11:25PM on Jul 7th 2009 by jared

13. Wow a way to see what everyone is listening to, how many times a song is listened to, an album, an artist....oh wait Last.fm has been doing this for years now, has a huge community already built up, tons of features, WORKS WITH WINAMP, WMP, IPODs, and many other players. will suggest many artists and songs based on your listening trends.
.....nice idea, but its been done and done better. Perhaps you should just pick up the phone and call up someone over at last.fm, work out some details and build the scrobbeling code directly into winamp, save you some time, man hours, and some money.

Posted at 12:50PM on Jul 8th 2009 by Chris

14. So is there an online library in the works, so that all of the play counts and ratings are stored online instead of just on your local computer? I use Winamp from multiple computers, and unfortunately each has their own play counts, last played, and ratings. It would be great if there was an online library so that when I listen to and rate songs from one Winamp location the other Winamp locations get the updates. I was hoping that this Orgler would be that but it looks like it's not.

Posted at 9:04AM on Jul 15th 2009 by Brent

15. @Brent - This is a great idea for a feature enhancement to the Orgler. I've passed this along to our Product Team so they can add it to our wishlist.

Posted at 2:46PM on Jul 15th 2009 by The Winamp Team

16. Any way to get an RSS feed of songs I've been listening to with this?

Posted at 7:36AM on Jul 16th 2009 by Tom

17. No RSS feed yet... but we plan on building out the feature set in future releases.

Posted at 9:09AM on Jul 16th 2009 by The Winamp Team

18. No Switzerland in the country list?
Same problem as everybody else with My Charts: Where are the songs I'm playing.

Posted at 7:17PM on Jul 17th 2009 by IGS

19. Nada in my charts......otherwise seems to work....lol

Posted at 9:18AM on Jul 19th 2009 by nyk714

20. Hey,

Thanks for all of the comments and feedback. In particular there's been a lot of questions asking if the Orgler & Charts are working properly. Fear not. They are working as designed. The problem is that Winamp Charts is showing you something different than what you may have expected.

Winamp My Charts was intended to give you a billboard, or a top ten list, of your most listened to music. It does that by watching your listening history and aggregating it at the end of the day into your top artists and top songs. However, we don't yet show you your listening history on its own. In other words, with My Charts you can see that the Beatles were the top artist you listened to yesterday, but you can't see that you played "Yellow Submarine" ten minutes ago. If you were expecting a running listing of what you are listening to right now, we do have a more current view planned in a future release.

Unfortunately, we also have a bug (more of a labeling issue) that added some additional confusion. Right now in Winamp Charts, users have an option for choosing top songs or top artists for "Today". As I mentioned before, we actually only aggregate your listening history at the end of the day, so we can only show you your top artists and songs for yesterday, and will change the options to reflect that limitation.

Hope this clears up the confusion with the Orgler and Winamp Charts. Needless to say, we'll be working in the coming months to make sure you have the best experience for tracking, charting, and sharing your top songs and artists.

Thanks,
-The Winamp Team

Posted at 4:07PM on Jul 20th 2009 by The Winamp Team

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