Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)

[bossy]

I just uninstalled the Spotify plugin and reinstalled it and now it's working again. I don't know if this helps but thanks for taking time to consider problems.

[dukhat2259]

A few random questions...

* If I copy a Spotify URI (like spotify:album:1223HNo18fRbvEKxMgiSa7 ), say from FB, how do I enter it into the web interface?

* If I search for a Swedish composer like "ted gärdestad" in the web interface, I get an Internal Error in return. Can I avoid that?

* If I try to play two different songs on two different squeezeboxes, one of them stops. I guess that is all according to the license terms. Is there a discussion somewhere about changing that? Spotify Family license? Can the plugin handle concurrent use, should it become available?

Thanks!

[Triode]

A few random questions...

* If I copy a Spotify URI (like spotify:album:1223HNo18fRbvEKxMgiSa7 ), say from FB, how do I enter it into the web interface?

There is no direct support for this at present I'm afraid, I only implemented this for playlists. Is this important to you?

* If I search for a Swedish composer like "ted gärdestad" in the web interface, I get an Internal Error in return. Can I avoid that?

This is a bug with squeezebox server which I can't fix in the plugin - I have raised a bug and hope it will be fixed in 7.6, but I can't work around it at the moment. It means that searches for non ascii characters don't work.

* If I try to play two different songs on two different squeezeboxes, one of them stops. I guess that is all according to the license terms. Is there a discussion somewhere about changing that? Spotify Family license? Can the plugin handle concurrent use, should it become available?

Yes this is a spotify licensing limitation. The best that is supported today is synchronised playback of one stream across multiple players.

[dukhat2259]

There is no direct support for this at present I'm afraid, I only implemented this for playlists. Is this important to you?

Don't know. I guess I'd use it a few times a month. Just thought it was an obvious feature and I was too stupid to find it.

This is a bug with squeezebox server which I can't fix in the plugin - I have raised a bug and hope it will be fixed in 7.6, but I can't work around it at the moment. It means that searches for non ascii characters don't work.

Dang! Good thing it's already reported though.

Yes this is a spotify licensing limitation. The best that is supported today is synchronised playback of one stream across multiple players.

Synchronized playback is a nice feature!
Anyway, I was thinking of letting the kids use spotify on the squeezeboxes, but I'll go nuts if my squeezebox goes mute when they start playing.

Thanks for the info!

[Triode]

Don't know. I guess I'd use it a few times a month. Just thought it was an obvious feature and I was too stupid to find it.

How about for the simple search boxes we support posting in an actual spotify uri as well as search criteria - would this be a natural user interface for you?

[dukhat2259]

How about for the simple search boxes we support posting in an actual spotify uri as well as search criteria - would this be a natural user interface for you?

That would work well enough for me. Thanks for caring!

[RBM]

As of this morning I get a 'Spotify Error: General transient error' on all browse actions. Searching still works. I tried starting/stopping SBS, rebooting the server, reinstalling the plugin. Relevant server log:

[10-08-29 00:28:44.1355] Plugins::Spotify::ProtocolHandler::handleDirectError (243) failed to play stream (500 SPOTSTREAM/1.0 500 Service Unavailable) - restarting helper
[10-08-29 11:11:55.6469] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:12:03.6853] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:12:19.3793] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:12:31.3389] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:13:31.4617] main::init (345) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.6.0, r31266, Sat Aug 28 02:00:57 PDT 2010) perl 5.010000
[10-08-29 11:13:33.0593] main::init (345) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.6.0, r31266, Sat Aug 28 02:00:57 PDT 2010) perl 5.010000
[10-08-29 11:14:11.3687] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:15:41.6977] main::init (345) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.6.0, r31266, Sat Aug 28 02:00:57 PDT 2010) perl 5.010000
[10-08-29 11:15:43.1038] main::init (345) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.6.0, r31266, Sat Aug 28 02:00:57 PDT 2010) perl 5.010000
[10-08-29 11:16:18.8021] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:16:18.8072] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:16:33.6635] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:16:50.1414] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:19:50.6788] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General permanent error
[10-08-29 11:19:50.6792] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (57) json response error - restarting helper
[10-08-29 11:20:20.9780] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error

[Triode]

That would work well enough for me. Thanks for caring!

Actually I should have answered less quickly - its already supported!

If you enable "advanced search" from the settings page, then this adds an advanced search option to the web menu and also a "Spotify URI" menu item which you should be able to use to paste artist/album/track/playlist uris into.

[Triode]

As of this morning I get a 'Spotify Error: General transient error' on all browse actions. Searching still works. I tried starting/stopping SBS, rebooting the server, reinstalling the plugin. Relevant server log:

[10-08-29 00:28:44.1355] Plugins::Spotify::ProtocolHandler::handleDirectError (243) failed to play stream (500 SPOTSTREAM/1.0 500 Service Unavailable) - restarting helper
[10-08-29 11:11:55.6469] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:12:03.6853] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:12:19.3793] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:12:31.3389] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:13:31.4617] main::init (345) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.6.0, r31266, Sat Aug 28 02:00:57 PDT 2010) perl 5.010000
[10-08-29 11:13:33.0593] main::init (345) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.6.0, r31266, Sat Aug 28 02:00:57 PDT 2010) perl 5.010000
[10-08-29 11:14:11.3687] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:15:41.6977] main::init (345) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.6.0, r31266, Sat Aug 28 02:00:57 PDT 2010) perl 5.010000
[10-08-29 11:15:43.1038] main::init (345) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.6.0, r31266, Sat Aug 28 02:00:57 PDT 2010) perl 5.010000
[10-08-29 11:16:18.8021] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:16:18.8072] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:16:33.6635] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:16:50.1414] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error
[10-08-29 11:19:50.6788] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General permanent error
[10-08-29 11:19:50.6792] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (57) json response error - restarting helper
[10-08-29 11:20:20.9780] Plugins::Spotify::ParserBase::parse (39) browse-artist: General transient error

This is an error message from the spotify library - I am not sure I can do anything about it. I would suggest restarting the server as it restarts the helper and may also mean it connects to a different spotify server.

[superpin]

As of this morning I get a 'Spotify Error: General transient error' on all browse actions. Searching still works. I tried starting/stopping SBS, rebooting the server, reinstalling the plugin.

You are not alone, I get the same error. Worked fine yesterday.