schoeppi wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 19:41:01 +, mherger wrote:
> >
> > For v0.5.0 I've ported most of the official app's menus to the Spotty
> > plugin. Head over to the Settings and enable the experimental Spotty
> > menu. It has a confusing resemblance with the official Spotify menu.
> >
Installed the plug-in on my Synology 412+ and after activation in the
webinterface and Spotify PC client it just worked flawlessly.
Thank You Michael for keeping Spotify alive on LMS.
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Argh... this is so...
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mherger wrote:
> >
>
> Yes. If I wanted to have a Connect only device, that would be easy. It's
>
> the integration with LMS as we know it which makes things a little more
>
> complicated.
>
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> Michael
That's great to hear. On a Windows 10 machine it's already working
really well,
Ugh... something's totally broken in the playlist integration. Some
mails don't arrive, and many end up in the wrong place :-(.
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Back at Post 60 or thereabouts people were talking about having
individual Spotify accounts per player and playing multiple streams at
the same time.
Whether or not Spotty replaces SPH I would like to offer a practical
solution to the issue that I know works. Simply install multiple
instances of
For max2play users it seems that a spotify connect plugin is currently
in beta. I've not tried it yet.
install url
http://shop.max2play.com/media/downloadable/beta/spotifyconnect.tar
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Just out of curiosity, what's different on Windows that we need another
way of authorizing than other platforms? (Don't bother to answer if you
think the answer we'll be too long or too technical, or just don't feel
the need to answer.)
librespot currently doesn't work on Windows at all, lack
mherger wrote:
> Cool! Good to know authorization worked for you. You did have to enter
> username/password I assume?
Yes, all I had to do was to enter my Spotify username and password. It
worked immediately.
Just out of curiosity, what's different on Windows that we need another
way of
I'm using Windows 10-1703. Mostly synchronised with 3 players together,
1 Squeezebox Touch, 2x Squeezebox Receiver. I think synchronisation is
better with Spotty.
Cool! Good to know authorization worked for you. You did have to enter
username/password I assume?
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mherger wrote:
> The (admittedly lengthy) introduction said "In its current form it's a
> protocol handler only. What does that mean? You're going to continue to
>
> use the Spotify app provided by mysb.com, but the plugin will take care
>
> of playing back content to your devices." I could
mherger wrote:
>
> Just play music from Spotify. Syncronised or not, on multiple players or
>
> not.
>
> What platform/OS are you running your LMS on?
>
I'm using Windows 10-1703. Mostly synchronised with 3 players together,
1 Squeezebox Touch, 2x Squeezebox Receiver. I think
mherger wrote:
> If you're willing to do some testing:
> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107418. Please don't go
> there unless you're willing to spend some time installing/uninstalling
> plugins. Thanks!
Wilko. Have commented on the new thread - thanks for the hard work!
Matt
It is a Synology DS214 with an ARM processor (Marvell Armada XP
MV78230 Dual Core with FPU - Armadaxp).
Perl version in settings is "Perl Version: 5.24.0 - armle-linux".
Full environment details are:
Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 164.1136 @ Mon Feb 20 09:32:48
UTC 2017
Hostname: NAS01
1. Library of FLAC files from my Synology NAS (where LMS is installed)
Do you know what exact CPU your NAS uses? What exact model NAS? What
Perl version string do you see in Settings/Information?
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Just found this thread - yet again Mr Herger to the rescue!
Currently have two Duet's streaming to amplifier/speaker setups in
kitchen and living room. I am using my Squeezeboxes for:
1. Library of FLAC files from my Synology NAS (where LMS is installed)
2. BBC iPlayer Radio and
3. Spotify.
What I mean is browsing is being handled through MySqueezebox.com
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Just a short question regarding the use of librespot:
As pippin mentioned, librespot doesn't any browsing (yet).
Does librespot support playlist folders? I have organized my spotify
playlists in various folders and I find it kind of annoying that the
current implementation of the squeezebox
With librespot you use the Spotify App for control.
Doesn't mean you have to. In the SB environment it's even much harder to
use it in the Spotify Connect mode than just use it as the old protocol
handlers: to play any Spotify track we have an ID for. This track based
playback (using SB's
With librespot you use the Spotify App for control. Whatever it supports
will work, the whole playback is controlled by Logitech's servers.
If Michael can get librespot to work for local control, too (technically
Spotify Connect can support that) then it would work like today through
Just a short question regarding the use of librespot:
Does librespot support playlist folders? I have organized my spotify
playlists in various folders and I find it kind of annoying that the
current implementation of the squeezebox plugin lacks support of it.
When browsing thru my spotify
mherger wrote:
> > interestingkeep my fingers crossed...
>
> What OS/hardware are you running your LMS on?
>
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> Michael
Win 10
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Classic, 1 Duet Controller, 2 Duet Receiver, 1 Musical Fidelity V-DAC on
Duet
johndoe_2009 wrote:
> Details of these settings and SPH behavior are also described in my post
> here:
>
> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?106849-Combine-spotify-family-plugin-with-new-Spotify-amp-SPH-plugins=881240=1#post881240
Interesting, thank you! :)
interestingkeep my fingers crossed...
What OS/hardware are you running your LMS on?
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mherger wrote:
> > If librespot could have 5 different instances (for the five Spotify
> > Family accounts) running on the same LMS, each with their own Spotify
> > login credentials, this would work.
>
> With librespot I've been able to play three streams using one single
> account. Oh, and
If librespot could have 5 different instances (for the five Spotify
Family accounts) running on the same LMS, each with their own Spotify
login credentials, this would work.
With librespot I've been able to play three streams using one single
account. Oh, and playing on the phone's app at the
karlek wrote:
> Thanks to both of you.
> And now b2t ;) :
> Now I could use Spotify Family for my children's Radios, a Touch for my
> wife and Boom & Transporter for me. The latter not parallel (but maybe
> synced?). And all the three parties could use their own playlists and --
> since there
Rheinländer wrote:
> I just did a quick test :)
>
> In the described setting (duet with account#2 and SPH with account#1) I
> can see playlists and albums of account#2 on the duet. Playback works as
> long as no other stream that runs thru SPH is started.
>
> Regards
>
> Rheinländer
Details
Thanks to both of you.
And now b2t ;) :
Now I could use Spotify Family for my children's Radios, a Touch for my
wife and Boom & Transporter for me. The latter not parallel (but maybe
synced?). And all the three parties could use their own playlists and --
since there would be five family
karlek wrote:
> Thank you very much for your efforts.
> One wee little thingy stays to clearings:
> In the second setting from above, whose playlists are offered , when
> using an old SB with account #2 while SPH is set up for the other
> account #1? I'd expect the wrong ones from #1.
I just
In the second setting from above, whose playlists are offered , when
using an old SB with account #2 while SPH is set up for the other
account #1? I'd expect the wrong ones from #1.
SPH settings and browsing are totally independent. You wouldn't even
need any account on mysb.com if you knew
Thank you very much for your efforts.
One wee little thingy stays to clearings:
In the second setting from above, whose playlists are offered , when
using an old SB with account #2 while SPH is set up for the other
account #1? I'd expect the wrong ones from #1.
Now we're getting there :)
I did some more tests. First of all, I had "Always use Helper
Application for Streaming" activated in the SPH settings of LMS.
Unchecking this option gave the following results:
My Setup for test#1:
account#1 - boom
account#1 - duet
account#1 - SPH plugin
account#2
@Michael: Can you confirm this?
I think it makes sense: SB Radio/Touch can use idividual accounts. But
all other players which depend on SPH or Triode's plugin share the same
account, which likely is shared with one of the other devices, too.
What platform are you running your LMS on?
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Rheinländer wrote:
> YES and NO.
>
>
> Unfortunately the latter doesn't work, because streaming thru the SPH
> plugin also requires credentials for an account. Therefore spotify
> detects that one account is used in parallel and stops the stream.
>
> Here's the setup
>
> account#1 - boom
>
karlek wrote:
> So you can use your Boom with the first account and your Duet with the
> second one and you see the appropriate playlists?
> And can you furthermore stream from both accounts at the same time?
YES and NO.
Unfortunately the latter doesn't work, because streaming thru the SPH
Rheinländer wrote:
> Michael,
>
> just a short note to tell you everything is working fine now. I have
> deleted the spotify app from mysb.com and reinstalled it again. Then I
> was able to associate my spotify accounts to the various players without
> a problem.
>
> Works like a charm!
>
>
Works like a charm!
Good to know!
Sorry for creating a confusion.
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Michael,
just a short note to tell you everything is working fine now. I have
deleted the spotify app from mysb.com and reinstalled it again. Then I
was able to associate my spotify accounts to the various players without
a problem.
Works like a charm!
Sorry for creating a confusion.
Looking
Rheinländer - could you please PM me your mysb.com account name? I'd
like to understand what is going wrong there. Thanks!
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However, when accessing spotify on _any_ of the SB devices I can only
see the playlists and albums associated to account#1.
Ok, I should review this (unfortunately I only have one account...). But
this has nothing to do with SPH. It would be a mysb.com problem.
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Ok, maybe I didn't make myself clear.
When I am talking about a spotify account, I mean e.g. personal
playlists, saved albums etc. that belong to that particular account
only. When accessing spotify thru a SB device I would like to have
access to those account specific playlists and albums.
I
I think you're talking about the Spotify Protocol Handler or Triodes
Plugin. Those are only necessary for older SqueezeBoxen. So it should be
possible in your example, to enter your wife's credentials in SPH/Triode
and yours directly in the Official Spotify Menu.
Unfortunately you are wrong. When installing the helper plugin one has
to enter spotify credentials for one account in the plugin's settings.
It is that particular account which is being used for all devices that
are connected to the LMS. Even though I have entered addtional accounts
on mysb.com
Unfortunately you are wrong. When installing the helper plugin one has
to enter spotify credentials for one account in the plugin's settings.
It is that particular account which is being used for all devices that
are connected to the LMS. Even though I have entered addtional accounts
on mysb.com
Not quite. Although I'd like the idea of streaming to more devices at
the same time from within the same account, I'd find it more important
to be able to access the playlists and albums that are associated to
each account.
Ok, understood. But that's not handled in the protocol handler, but on
Not quite. Although I'd like the idea of streaming to more devices at
the same time from within the same account, I'd find it more important
to be able to access the playlists and albums that are associated to
each account.
Here's an example: I have a radio in the bedroom and would like to
listen
I have 3 radios, a boom and a duet with receiver in use. Running spotify
with your helper plugin only allows for one account to be allocated
within the settings of the SPH plugin. Since I have a spotify family
plan I would like to allocate each player a different account.
But you only need
mherger wrote:
> > Will you implement the functionality to assign different spotify
> > accounts (family plan) to specific SB players? This would be great
> and
> > is a feature that I miss the most.
>
> Now I'm a bit confused. On mysb.com you could add multiple Spotify
> identities to your
Supose the helper app in LMS should be aware ? you set acconts there to
? I think the problem arises when you have RPI player or old
Squeezeboxes and the helper app only uses one account via LMS
Oh, because they would only allow one client to be playing... This might
be highly simplified with
mherger wrote:
> > Will you implement the functionality to assign different spotify
> > accounts (family plan) to specific SB players? This would be great
> and
> > is a feature that I miss the most.
>
> Now I'm a bit confused. On mysb.com you could add multiple Spotify
> identities to your
Will you implement the functionality to assign different spotify
accounts (family plan) to specific SB players? This would be great and
is a feature that I miss the most.
Now I'm a bit confused. On mysb.com you could add multiple Spotify
identities to your account. What's missing there?
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I'm really happy that Spotify Connect might be coming to LMS. The lack
of it had me trying out alternatives on a RPi.
Might, yes... while it's somewhat working almost out of the box (using
librespot), the UX is hopelessly poor so far.
@Michael: if there is anything we can help you out with,
I'm really happy that Spotify Connect might be coming to LMS. The lack
of it had me trying out alternatives on a RPi.
@Michael: if there is anything we can help you out with, maybe a git
repo that we can look into and have a go at?
atca wrote:
> What's TinyLMS?
>
> Michael thanks for your efforts on connect. You should have a donate a
> beer link in your sig, I certainly owe you a few. P
>
> Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
TinyLMS is the "cut down" LMS that is running on a TOUCH. Recall that
the TOUCH can run its
What's TinyLMS?
Michael thanks for your efforts on connect.
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Ignore the audiophile stuff, but interesting that Sonore has added
Spotify connect to microrendu.
Not only did they add Spotify Connect to it, but they are using
librespot, too...
mherger wrote:
> > Now I won't have to switch to Tidal or deal with the inferior
> experience
> > on the chromecast audio!
>
> Don't hold your breath... The Connect mode isn't working reliably
> yet...
>
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> Michael
I won't start holding my breath until your SPH no longer works!
Ignore the audiophile stuff, but interesting that Sonore has added
Spotify connect to microrendu.
I too would love this, and I too could live without covers and metadata.
To be able to use the Squeezeboxes hardware remote is more valuable to
me.
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Now I won't have to switch to Tidal or deal with the inferior experience
on the chromecast audio!
Don't hold your breath... The Connect mode isn't working reliably yet...
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With a successful install of librespot, it is run as service from
start-up, one just pauses MoOde Player, wait for a second or so for
MoOde to be released and
Ok, I see the approach there. Moode doesn't even touch the audio handled
by librespot, but leaves it to the latter to send the data
good to hear you are making progress pretty fast. However there is one
thing I would like you to keep in mind:
Will you implement the functionality to assign different spotify
accounts (family plan) to specific SB players? This would be great and
is a feature that I miss the most.
That's
I too would love any kind of Spotify Connect even without metadata. A
simple notification on the screen that the player was in "connect mode"
would be sufficient for me. While I would miss it on my
picoreplayer/touch replacement, I would not care on any of my other four
players as I rely on my
mherger wrote:
> > Same as Ronnie, I'm using Librespot in Moode as well. Tim Curtis is
> not
> > supporting / integrated Librespot in Moode at this moment. Moode does
> > not display anything at this stage. No meta data, no album art.
>
> You're saying you're using librespot through Moode. And
Same as Ronnie, I'm using Librespot in Moode as well. Tim Curtis is not
supporting / integrated Librespot in Moode at this moment. Moode does
not display anything at this stage. No meta data, no album art.
You're saying you're using librespot through Moode. And at the same time
you say Tim
mherger wrote:
> > I have been using Spotify-Connect (librespot) via MoOde Player for a
> > while now.
>
> How are they handling metadata on the display? Is it able to shot it in
>
> sync with the music?
>
> --
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> Michael
Same as Ronnie, I'm using Librespot in Moode as well. Tim Curtis is
Would it be possible to cross compile librespot to run directly on a
Squeezebox Touch?
No. AFAICT Rust still depends on glibc - which we don't install on the
Touch. But it wouldn't help anyway, as it'll need to be run from LMS.
We'd have to update TinyLMS as well. Which requires a firmware
I have been using Spotify-Connect (librespot) via MoOde Player for a
while now.
How are they handling metadata on the display? Is it able to shot it in
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Michael,
good to hear you are making progress pretty fast. However there is one
thing I would like you to keep in mind:
Will you implement the functionality to assign different spotify
accounts (family plan) to specific SB players? This would be great and
is a feature that I miss the most.
Hi,
thanks for looking into this!
Would it be possible to cross compile librespot to run directly on a
Squeezebox Touch? That way, we'd have a quick solution for either
playing music through LMS or alternatively use any Spotify Client to
connect to the Touch directly.
I tried to run a
mherger wrote:
> >
> I have some pressure from the family :-).
>
>
> I'm certainly not going to break this, as my kids don't have access to
> any smartphone or the like. But they can handle the SB's menu.
>
>
>
>
> --
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> Michael
Michael
I have been using Spotify-Connect (librespot)
Michael, great that you are looking into a SPH replacement.
I have some pressure from the family :-).
I prefer to have covers and metadata, even if this means no direct
access of Squeezeboxen over the native Spotify app as "Spotify Connect"
players.
I'm certainly not going to break this, as
Michael, great that you are looking into a SPH replacement.
Here is my opinion:
>> On my part I am looking forward to the Spotify Connect integration,
>> which will replace streaming via bluetooth.
> Even if the SB wouldn't show any covers or metadata?
I prefer to have covers and metadata,
On my part I am looking forward to the Spotify Connect integration,
which will replace streaming via bluetooth.
Even if the SB wouldn't show any covers or metadata?
How would the "LMS Control Mode" be designed?
That's just my new term for what we've had for years :-).
Would one be able to
Michael,
first of all I would like to thank you for looking into the matter. The
possibility of integrating Spotify Connect into LMS sounds very
promising and implementing two modes will give users more flexibility.
On my part I am looking forward to the Spotify Connect integration,
which will
Ok, it's been a long time but I finally gave librespot a try. And
what shall I say? Its sample application does a whole lot of what we
would need for a simple Spotify Protocol Handler NG. I actually have a
POC implementation working where librespot would handle the streaming...
But
schmurtz wrote:
> Recently I saw many plugin that are able to redirect sound into a pipe
> which can be readed by a squeezebox.
> For example there are these plugins :
> - shairtunes , shairtunes2 and shairtunes2 fork
> - youtube
> - waveinput
>
> To implement spotify connect it's you can use
On Mi, Jan 18, 2017 at 05:29:14 +, schmurtz wrote:
>By the way, when I say "It's not very complex." I mean : "How to install
>on raspberry here " -> "It's not very complex.".
Have you tried the installation of any of these spotify connect web
plugins during the last months. I've tried and
mherger wrote:
> > It's not very complex.
> Oh, it is? Could you share your solution?
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Recently I saw many plugin that are able to redirect sound into a pipe
which can be readed by a squeezebox.
For example there are these plugins :
- shairtunes , shairtunes2 and shairtunes2
This would be awesome if someone could write a plugin for LMS, I use
Apple Music so all my music is synced and was going to cancel my Spotify
as haven't use it in months. I would keep my subscription if this were
the case
Cheers
Yes, I wondered about this, too.
One question will of course be how long Spotify tolerates this (it's a
reverse engineered implementation) but past experience shows they are
pretty tolerant as long as people only use that kind of stuff for legit
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It's not very complex.
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I buy a linux audio device with spotify connect available on it. In
sources I find some traces of github repo.
So now it is possible to have spotify connect on raspberry and some
Linux boards have successfully implement it with the help of code
sources below.
So I think this is possible, just
Just wanted to give this thread a bump.
Spotify is working great with all my squeezeboxes using mherger's
plugin. Adding the Spotify web connect functionality to LMS would make
it AWESOME.
Regards
Rheinländer
Gymnae wrote:
> Also would really appreciate this add-on (just registered to say this)
>
> Spotify connect would really increase the value of the Spotify
> integration in LMS:
> > >
- It empowers friends and party guests to share their music
- Custom Radios
- Daily & weekly discover
Also would really appreciate this add-on (just registered to say this)
Spotify connect would really increase the value of the Spotify
integration in LMS:
- It empowers friends and party guests to share their music
- Custom Radios
- Daily & weekly discover mixes
- Future proof
- Easier
A "Spotify Connect" compatible client integrated in Logitech Media
Server would be really great. I'm enjoying the "Daily Mixes", but they
can only be used using the smart phone Spotify client together with
Spotify Connect. Also radio stations would be possible using Spotify
Connect, if I'm
I would love the Spotify Connect functionality, too!
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Is this real Spotify Connect or is it a Spotify client?
If it is Spotify Connect it would bring peace to my livingroom if it is
somehow implemented to LMS.
SB Touch to Yamaha A-S501, Boston Acoustics A26.
SB 3 to Audio Pro T3.
SB BOOM
SB Radio
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iPeng
wouldn't it be possible to add the Multiroom-Feature if the
Connect-Server runs with LMS?
No, multi-room is an exclusive to the SB Touch/Radio. Connect only is a
different way to stream, but it doesn't change the fact that Spotify
doesn't want you to stream to more than one device at a time.
wouldn't it be possible to add the Multiroom-Feature if the
Connect-Server runs with LMS?
Another advantage for me would be the possibility to add the Songs im
listening on Spotify Radio to my personal Playlist without researching
it in the official app.
~Fabian
mherger wrote:
> > I'm really missing the Spotify interface when using LMS. For instance,
> > I'm not able to use "Explore" - "Genre and Themes".
>
> How does it fail? It's third or fourth in my SB's Spotify menu.
>
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I use Ipeng and Triodes Spotify clone. The original
I would also be interested in that.
Simply switching between devices from the Android app to my Squeezeboxes
would be wonderful.
I just finished to setup ShairPort... only to find out that it is not
supported on Android devices.
System: Debian, Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0
Player:
I'm really missing the Spotify interface when using LMS. For instance,
I'm not able to use "Explore" - "Genre and Themes".
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I'm really missing the Spotify interface when using LMS. For instance,
I'm not able to use "Explore" - "Genre and Themes".
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> Maybe I'm missing something, but I can play Spotify through all my LMS
> connected devices (SBT, SB3, SBR, various Raspberry Pi versions)
> already. What does Spotify Connect add that I am missing?
>
> Robert
I think the difference is that you can control the Spotify
Maybe I'm missing something, but I can play Spotify through all my LMS
connected devices (SBT, SB3, SBR, various Raspberry Pi versions)
already. What does Spotify Connect add that I am missing?
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