[MMM-SpotifyConnectUI] Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4000

[Cato]

What did you do? Did you read my documentation?

[Camelblack]

Yes I followed the instructions from your module. I first installed Spotify Connect Web, then I installed the module and changed my config.js folder.
However, when installing Spotify Connect web, I did get a permission issue when I was supposed to insert

chmod a+x /etc/systemd/system/spotifyconnect.service

I got this

~ $ chmod a+x /etc/systemd/system/spotifyconnect.service
chmod: changing permissions of ‘/etc/systemd/system/spotifyconnect.service’: 
Operation not permitted

I insterted a sudo command to continue the installations steps. Is this causing my issue?

[Cato]

No sudo is required. Hmmm, did I forget that in my documentation… :-)

[Camelblack]

@Cato So, despite that I get Operation not permitted I should continue to the next step? :)

[Cato]

You say you get permission errors even when using sudo?

[Camelblack]

@Cato No, after inserting sudo infront of chmod a+x /etc/systemd/system/spotifyconnect.service I did not get any permissions errors.
When I continued I did not encounter any other errors before I tried to launch MM and got
[MMM-SpotifyConnectUI] Notification received: CONFIG
[MMM-SpotifyConnectUI] Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4000

[Cato]

What happen if you open http://127.0.0.1:4000 in a browser on the RPi – or change the IP to the IP of the RPi and open in a browser on your own machine?

[Camelblack]

@Cato Unfortunately even though my raspberry is assigned to a static ip I get “this site can’t be reached” on both alternatives.
127.0.0.1 does show up when I run ifconfig

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

[Cato]

Try to start it manually:

cd /home/pi/spotify-connect-web
./spotify-connect-web -n MAGICMIRROR -o plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1

NB! plughw might not work for you…

[Camelblack]

@Cato tried that and got this error

./spotify-connect-web -n MAGICMIRROR -o plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
Loading Spotify library...
min_volume_range: 0.0
Using libspotify_embedded version: release-esdk-1.20.0-v1.20.0-g594175d4
SpInit: 2
SpInit failed, exiting

[Cato]

Then you have to contact the author of Spotify Connect Web, as this is out of the scope for my knowledge.

[Camelblack]

@Cato Will do, thanks anyway!

[zerotwenty]

@Camelblack Let me know if you have any luck, I am running into the same issue.

[Camelblack]

@zerotwenty will do. Unfortunately still no go. Please let me know if you find a fix.

[schlachtkreuzer6]

newer spotify connect app - raspotify works out of the box:
https://github.com/dtcooper/raspotify
https://discourse.osmc.tv/t/howto-spotify-connect-support-via-raspotify-librespot/38348