MMM-Spotify

[lotman9000]

Hey guys,
I recently discovered this module and love it! Unfortunately, I can’t manage to enable the volume control via notifications. While other notifications such as “SPOTIFY_SHUFFLE” or “SPOTIFY_TOGGLE” work, “SPOTIFY_VOLUME_UP” or “_DOWN” won’t.

I am using a usb macro pad as input device (mapped to numeric keys 1-10) with MMM-Keybindings. The following settings are a minimal working example from my config.js:

modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
            		module: "MMM-KeyBindings",
            		config: {
				enableKeyboard: true,
				handleKeys: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10'],
				actions: [
						{
						key: "1",
						notification: "SPOTIFY_SHUFFLE"
						},
						{
						key: "2",
						notification: "SPOTIFY_VOLUME_DOWN"
						},
		{
  		module: "MMM-Spotify",
  		position: "bottom_left",
  		config: {
			volumeSteps: 5,
			debug: false, 
			control: "hidden"
 			 }
		}
	]

I also realized that the module is not receiving the current volume from my devices but is rather stuck at 100%.

Is there anyone who might have an idea of how to fix this problem? Thank you so much in advance!

[Abstr]

@requiemmg

Hey Requiemmg, I’m dealing with the exact same problem, so im very curious if you managed to fix the problem? thnx!

[sdetweil]

@Abstr install the spotify connect app on your pc. it will.let u control spotify on the pi. install raspotify or librespot on the pi. spotify connect will.let u make sure spotify is working. i think.u can control the player volume from the connevt app

https://www.spotify.com/us/connect/

[Abstr]

@requiemmg , @sdetweil Thanks for the quick reply. Volume is working fine, but switching between 2 different “Client Id’s” isnt working. The MagicMirror only shows the accountdefault: 0. This means first device is working fine, but it isnt possible to switch to another device.

[sdetweil]

@Abstr device or account.

each system is one device. far as i know spotify bequires logoff/logon to switch
accounts. even family is multiple users under one payment plan

again verify how it works with the connect app. has nothing to do with mm

[sdetweil]

@sdetweil verify w the connect app

[Abstr]

@sdetweil Sorry, you are right. But I mean, I can connect my phone (with account A) to the spotify module. It shows up on the MM and music plays with Raspotify.

But switching to another phone (with account B ) isnt working. Music plays with Raspotify but doesnt show up on the MagicMirror.

I’ll try the connect app

[sdetweil]

@Abstr raspotify plays in the background

dont expect phone and other software to work the same. spotify doesnt care about not its platform

[sdetweil]

@sdetweil the mm aps show the music that is playing SOMEWHERE.

some modules will let u stop/start/move play somewhere. not all 100% functional all the time

[Abstr]

@sdetweil ‘‘spotify doesnt care about not its platform’’, thats oke but my problem is switching between multiple spotify accounts.

https://github.com/skuethe/MMM-Spotify

[sdetweil]

@Abstr ok doc said u had to authorize each account in the order u set them up in the config json file

did u get a request to allow for each account?

never seen one work like this

[Abstr]

@sdetweil Yes, I got both both accounts allowed in the correct order. Username, ID’s and token work fine. I’ve setup two users in spotify.config.json like the sample below. The user which I put first in the spotify.config.json get to display the music in MagicMirror. The second user doesnt. No matter if I swap them.

[
{
“USERNAME”: “AN NAME TO IDENTIFY THIS ACCOUNT”,
“CLIENT_ID” : “PUT_YOUR_SPOTIFY_APP_CLIENT_ID”,
“CLIENT_SECRET” : “PUT_YOUR_SPOTIFY_APP_CLIENT_SECRET”,
“TOKEN” : “./username_token.json”
},
{
“USERNAME”: “ANOTHER NAME TO IDENTIFY THIS ACCOUNT”,
“CLIENT_ID” : “PUT_YOUR_SPOTIFY_APP_CLIENT_ID”,
“CLIENT_SECRET” : “PUT_YOUR_SPOTIFY_APP_CLIENT_SECRET”,
“TOKEN” : “./another_token.json”
}
]

[lotman9000]

@Abstr you might be able to hardcode it within the MMM-Spotify.js file by adding

      case "SPOTIFY_ACCOUNT_JONDOE":
        this.sendSocketNotification("ACCOUNT","JONDOE")
        break

(e.g. after line 128) in order to create a notification that lets you address a specific account. Doesn’t allow toggling but might help you choosing a specific account. This should be the USERNAME from the spotify.config.json file.

[Abstr]

@lotman9000 Ill try. thank you!

[razserv2010]

@sean
hey, try to
node first_auth.js
but i always get INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI massage
and i get to my email that thare is new log in
what is the issue?

[sdetweil]

@razserv2010 sean has left mm for family reasons, now a year ago.

the was taken over by another user.

who is not here on these forums currently, see
http://forum.bugsounet.fr

[crisvdn]

Hi there,
I am currently using this module in combination with the GroveGesture module. I can use simple gesture commands (up, down, left, right etc).

I want to implement a solution to quickly switch between artists, playlists, tracks etc.
However, do you guys know if there’s a module that works well for this? I haven’t found anything like this just yet…
I am completely fine with adding the playlists hardcoded in the config file.

If this does not exist, I might consider making this as an addition to the MMM-Spotify module.

[luizcarlosnery]

Hello, thanks for this excellent module, I’ve been using it for some time but only now I came across a problem that I don’t know how to solve …
I need to hide another module when MMM-SPOTIFY is in play mode, and hide when MMM-SPOTIFY is in PAUSE.
Has as ?

[lavolp3]

@luizcarlosnery i haven’t looked in the code yet but a possibility might be too look if the spotify module sends notifications. If it does you might fetch these to hide your module using the notificationReceived function

[skuethe]

Hi everybody. I am the new owner of this module (as of last year October). I haven’t monitored these forums / this post for problems so far. If you do have technical problems with this module please be so kind to directly open an issue in the git repo:

https://github.com/skuethe/MMM-Spotify/issues

It makes working on issues a lot easier. Thanks!

As to some of the open topics / questions here of the last weeks:

• @Abstr @razserv2010 I’ve recently re-worked the multi user authentication and fixed some problems with it:
  https://github.com/skuethe/MMM-Spotify/releases/tag/v2.0.1
• @crisvdn I am using it with MMM-Touch (which, of course, requires a touch screen) - it is a very powerful module
• @luizcarlosnery there is no direct option to do this. But you can definitely get something to work. There is a build-in config option to send custom notifications on suspend / resume:
  notificationsOnSuspend and notificationsOnResume - see README for more details
  You could, for example, use it in addition with MMM-pages which has some nice options to handle suspending / resuming special modules based on different pages

I hope that helps for now. I have some more fixes and improvements in the pipe that will be merged in the next comming weeks.