On-Demand Music

[MistriHD]

@yawns What software did you use? I’ve been researching for hours and couldn’t find a way to get Spotify on my RPI. Where did you install it from?

[Chiumanfu]

I use Volumio to play Spotify on a RPi and the MMM-Volumio plugin to display Now Playing info from Volumio.

https://volumio.org
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/2515/mmm-volumio

[MistriHD]

Hey guys, I ended up using mopidy (mopidy.com) which works great, but it requires Spotify premium.

[yawns]

@MistriHD

I use spotify-connect-web: https://github.com/Fornoth/spotify-connect-web
There is a MagicMirror frontend available: https://github.com/CatoAntonsen/MMM-SpotifyConnectUI
You don’t need the frontend, it just helps you seeing your spotify status on your mirror. And the installation instructions are helpful.

The biggest issue is getting the app-key. I completed the request form 3 times and it took 2-3 weeks but I received my app-key and went on.

This is my spotifyconnect.sh file. Of course you need to add your spotify premium username and password. And you might need to play around with playback devices. The -n switch defines the name you see when browsing for Spotify devices.

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/pi/spotify-connect-web
 ./spotify-connect-web --username IWONTTELLYOU --password WONTTELLEITHER --bitrate 320 --n MagicMirror --playback_device sysdefault:CARD=ALSA

After everything is set, the connect service is running on your pi and you should be able to select it on your smartphone, your tablet, the browser frontend or your computer, if you are on the same network.

[schlachtkreuzer6]

A pretty easy an fast way is by installing this: https://discourse.osmc.tv/t/howto-spotify-connect-support-via-raspotify-librespot/38348?source_topic_id=15818&source_topic_id=15818

the best things are: works instantly , works instantly with justboom amp hat etc; stream from different profiles

but there is no frontend yet,…

[lavolp3]

@Lisa-Brown Haha, well Lisa, that’s not exactly what I would call “on demand” music playback . I guess the OT had something different in mind.
However with the ample possibilities with Spotify on a Raspberry Pi nowadays I wonder why you would go through such an extensive workaround.

[A Former User]

@lavolp3
I have been reading tons of topics about spotify music converter or downloader nowadays in this forum. I doubt its a kind of Adv. or spam.

Anyway, Any kind of downloading or storing Spotify music stream is violation of EULA. It would be illegal attempt.

[MistriHD]

@Sean So you’re saying that it’s illegal to use the Spotify client? We’re downloading music to temporarily stream it, so it’s a violation of the EULA, right?

Spotify has an API for developers, and it is meant to be used to stream music to other platforms using Spotify. I figured out how to do it 2 years ago, and posted the answer in this thread. Thanks for your input though!

[lavolp3]

@MistriHD it is as it is. Ripping is against their eula. Sean is of course right. The songs you download through their app have a protection so you can’t use them elsewhere. If you download and save an mp3 it’s against the terms. Obviously.
And I for myself would never do such thing.
Never!!

[lavolp3]

@MistriHD said in On-Demand Music:

So you’re saying that it’s illegal to use the Spotify client?

No he didn’t say that.