The Last Homely Hobbit
by Eilye of Landroval
Latest version: 3.2.4 - [19 October 2019]

Take command of your LotRO music library!


Find just the songs you are looking for, using a wide array of search options.



Gotta love those bassoons and horns.



Sort the results however you like by clicking the column headers. Use the play button to launch the song in your preferred ABC player, and the edit button to open it in the text editor of your choosing. You'll be asked to navigate to your preferred ABC player and text editor the first time that you do this.



Feels like a Queen day today.



See the individual tracks, composer and transcriber for each song you select. Click the musical note next to any track to put the LotRO /play command for that track onto the clipboard, ready to paste in-game.



I'm not sure who Warg Bait is, but she sounds ghastly.



The Last Homely Hobbit will watch your LotRO music folder, and can automatically update your Songbook (or SongbookBB) plugin data every time there is a change to your music collection, so you are always ready to roll in-game! It can also keep itself up-to-date with the latest enhancements, if you so choose.



Pick Manage Settings from the menu...


...and turn these lil' helpers on.



Enable version control for all or part of your music library (on a per-folder basis). Never worry about experimenting or losing anything - every song version you commit is retained in history forever.



Pick Version Control from the menu...



...enable version control, and add one of your music folders. Here I chose a folder called ManagedLocal.



After it's turned on, use the commit arrow (pointing up) to commit any changes you make to your songs. The number next to the arrow tells you how many pending song changes there are - hover over it to see the details. Once you commit by clicking the arrow, it's like taking a snapshot with a camera.



Then, right-click any song in a version-controlled folder to view its version history.



Hey, look! There's every version of it. Click play or view on any version you like. Click revert on an older version if you want to bring it out of retirement and make it the current version again.



The Last Homely Hobbit can integrate with online repositories as well. Collaborate with your peers! (but don't peek at my password!)



There's more, too. Scan your music library for common problems, and fix some of them automatically. Enjoy extensive, customizable exporting capabilities. You'll see, if you poke around a bit.


What You Need ***UPDATED***

Dwonload the setup file and run it. It will install the application and create shortcuts for you. Turn on the auto-update feature mentioned above to stay up to date.

If you are currently running a version of The Last Homely Hobbit that is earlier than version 3.2.1, you'll have to configure your settings again (under Settings -> Manage Settings) after you upgrade to 3.2.1 or later. The price of forward progress!

If you are running Windows 7 and wish to integrate with cloud-based repositories, make sure you have TLS 1.2 enabled in Windows 7.