tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218232242203115351.post3073780893766942013..comments2010-06-06T11:04:59.974-06:00Gary Dusbabekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02822527825865902304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218232242203115351.post-87375515841117433352010-06-06T14:35:14.713-06:002010-06-06T14:35:14.713-06:00Yes. The Microsoft Zune HD &amp; Zune pass do almost exactly this.<br /><br />I must say, their recommendation engine seemed fairly weak, though perhaps it is just my taste in music.The Jesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952793283604726896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218232242203115351.post-11810767807587451492010-06-06T12:40:59.351-06:002010-06-06T12:40:59.351-06:00Yes, the Zune (device, with wifi that syncs automatically) and Zune Pass (subscription with recommendation engine, unlimited streaming and unlimited music synced to your device, and 10 DRM-free MP3s per month) do everything you&#39;ve asked for.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210252671291505569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218232242203115351.post-80640316308945056052010-06-06T11:20:05.297-06:002010-06-06T11:20:05.297-06:00I have done this! But without the consent of intellectual property holders. With that restriction out of the way, it was mostly trivial.<br /><br />Cron scheduled to run a Perl script that does the follow:<br />1. add to known music database by scraping/parsing what you&#39;d call a recommendation engine (in my case punknews.org/relesases.php and http://www.last.fm/home/recs)<br />2. search for download resources matching the recommendation query (torrents - tpb,what.cd ; nzbs - zbindex.nl; rar/zip -google to mediafire, rapidshare,etc) <br />3. download (torrents to rtorrent, nzbs to hellanzb, archives to wget/curl) and queue in mpd for confirmation and discrimination!<br /><br />I found a lot of interesting music the summer I ran this, however it isn&#39;t as rewarding as I thought it would be. Not only is there a high signal to noise ratio even within last.fm suggestions and no easily or visible heuristic for discriminating, the most exciting musical finds are not connected to what I&#39;ve already listened to. I don&#39;t think a computer can automate parsing blogs and spending time listening to myspace streams to find the next source of auditory ecstasy.<br />Also, I ran out of hard drive space rather quickly.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09240026551178194805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218232242203115351.post-25284698319069014312010-06-06T11:04:59.974-06:002010-06-06T11:04:59.974-06:00Zing : http://www.zing.net/<br /><br />Recommendation system, auto-download-update, DRM only on the rented stuff, not sure about the &quot;auto mp3&quot; feature. You might have to manually look at a &quot;like list&quot;.<br /><br />And, of course, not terribly popular, because most people aren&#39;t like you.Brian Bulkowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386052998550318388noreply@blogger.com