[Announce] Spotty 2.8.x - Spotify Connect for your Squeezebox

[atca]

> my spotty plugin seems to be consistently losing my spotify credentials
> feels like every time I use it I have to re supply them through
> settings.

Could you please check the server.log to see whether Spotty is warning
about some file being corrupted?

You're not using Alexa integration, are you?

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Michael

Server.log uploaded nothing obvious at fault.

Some other issues with shairplay no doubt.

I don't own or use any Alexa devices/ services.

[mherger]

[Announce] Spotty 2.8.x - SpotifyConnect for your Squeezebox

> I too am having some issues with Spotty login. I often have to remove
> and add anew my Spotify credentials on the LMS Settings page in order to
> be able to search and play music with Spotty.

Would spotty complain about the lack of credentials? Or do you routinely
do it because you think it does any good? Why would you think you'd have
to do this?

> My server has armel architecture. I noticed that the new Spotty version
> requires less server resources (and maybe might get rid of the
> interruptions), but I understand is not supported for the armel
> architecture. Will this change in the future?

I don't know, really. I just fail to build for this platform at the
moment. But it should still work with the legacy helper plugin. Did you
install that?
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Michael

[mherger]

[Announce] Spotty 2.8.x - SpotifyConnect for your Squeezebox

> Some other issues with shairplay no doubt.

Your devices seem to disappear all the time. Spotty then needs to
restart its deamons, too.

Then there's some network hiccup (I guess) where a bunch of players
disappeared and Spotty failed to get a token from the backend servers.

And please uninstall the SpotifyProtocolHelper plugin.

Other than that there's not much about Spotty going on. You mentioned
that your credentials did go away. But there's no sign of
re-authentication in there. What exactly are you experiencing?

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Michael

[atca]

Do you mean Spotify Protocol Handler plugin? I can remove that. I thought it was needed for SB Classic.

I don't think I have Spotify Protocol Helper installed looking at the plugins screen.


The symptoms are I try to Spotify connect to my squeezebox devices. The squeezebox devices don't show in my Mac or Android Spotify clients.

I then login to the LMS Spotify plug-in settings page to see no settings, just the authenticate screen requesting username and password. I input both and it logins in, I now have access to the Spotty settings screen.

Then restarting the Mac or Android Spotify clients now shows my squeezebox devices as connect devices.

[mherger]

[Announce] Spotty 2.8.x - SpotifyConnect for your Squeezebox

> Do you mean Spotify Protocol Handler plugin? I can remove that I thought
> it was needed for SB Classic.

That's a legacy thing. It was necessary when there still was official
Spotify support for the SB Radio/Touch, but not Classic. But about two
years ago Spotify turned off that support, too. The SPH plugin became
obsolete.

> I then login to the LMS Spotify plug in settings page to see no
> setrings, just the authenticate screen username and password. I input
> both and it logins in, I now have access to the setting screen.

Hmm... that's really odd. Did this happen during the time you sent me
the server.log for? Because I didn't see any sign of this.

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Michael

[atca]

> Do you mean Spotify Protocol Handler plugin? I can remove that I thought
> it was needed for SB Classic.

That's a legacy thing. It was necessary when there still was official
Spotify support for the SB Radio/Touch, but not Classic. But about two
years ago Spotify turned off that support, too. The SPH plugin became
obsolete.

> I then login to the LMS Spotify plug in settings page to see no
> setrings, just the authenticate screen username and password. I input
> both and it logins in, I now have access to the setting screen.

Hmm... that's really odd. Did this happen during the time you sent me
the server.log for? Because I didn't see any sign of this.

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Michael

Just before it, I got disgruntled after setting it for the nth time and came on here to flag it.

Does the server clear the log every time the service is restarted?

I've restarted the service a number of times in the last few days, working on integration with HASS.

[labrekke]

"Daily mixes etc"

In addition to this direct streaming of the audio data, the spotty helper now features improved support for those dynamic playlists Spotify offers. If you're using Spotty in Connect mode, you should have access to the daily mixes etc.

Just wanted to pop in to say how happy I am about the Spotty plugin. What a great piece of work! I was about to give up on my Squeezebox Radio, but have never been able to find a device better suited for my girlfriend who just wants to push preset buttons or select her Spotify playlists using the menus on SB.

I also wanted to ask a question: Spotty should now support the dynamic playlists. Can anyone tell me how I get access to "Daily mix" on my SB Radio? The menus just shows albums, (regular) playlists and artists, even though I have upgraded the Spotty plugin to 2.8.1.

[mherger]

I also wanted to ask a question: Spotty should now support the dynamic playlists. Can anyone tell me how I get access to "Daily mix" on my SB Radio? The menus just shows albums, (regular) playlists and artists, even though I have upgraded the Spotty plugin to 2.8.1.

It's not available in SB mode, but only in Spotify Connect mode. You need to use the Spotify app to get access to those items.

That said: it seems that Spotify has changed that feature again, and I'm not sure it's still working as it was supposed to work when I wrote the announcement. Somebody recently mentioned it now was a static playlist, rather than a dynamic one - something I cannot confirm.

[matthewm]

Thanks for the great plugin mherger!

Just a quick question. I read that Spotify Connect can now be used with without a premium account, but it requires the latest version of the SDK. (I cant post links yet but you can find it on Google. "spotify-connect-free-tier-ad-supported-premium" from The Verge for example)
I have the latest version of the plugin installed but in the Spotify app itself it shows I can only Connect to my players with a premium account.

Does your plugin support Connect for free accounts?

Thanks
Matthew

[mherger]

Does your plugin support Connect for free accounts?

No, Spotty does require a paid account. It's not using their SDK.

[Chag]

Slow reaction time on spotify connect

Hi,

I have :
piCorePlayer v4.1.0
linux 4.14.81-pcpCore_v7
piCore v9.2pCP
Squeezelite v1.9.0-1121-pCP,
Logitech Media Server Version : 7.9.2 - 1556796842 @ Thu May 2 13:52:28 CEST 2019

I use helper /usr/local/slimserver/Cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/SpottyARMLegacyBin/Bin/spotty-muslhf (v0.12.2) but tried the regular one

I've disabled ogg to keep only pcm

When my laptop or mobile is streaming spotify to my piCoreplayer through Spotify Connect, if I want to change songs, ajust volume or anything, I sometimes get up to 30 seconds delay between the moment I clicked and the effect.

Any idea ?

[mherger]

[Announce] Spotty 2.8.x - SpotifyConnect for your Squeezebox

> When my laptop or mobile is streaming spotify to my piCoreplayer through
> Spotify Connect, if I want to change songs, ajust volume or anything, I
> sometimes get up to 30 seconds delay between the moment I clicked and
> the effect.

Did you modify the squeezelite buffer in pCP?


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Michael

[Chag]

Did you modify the squeezelite buffer in pCP?
Michael

If you're talking about : "Buffer size settings", it's empty. Should I change it and set a value ? (and what value ?)

[mherger]

[Announce] Spotty 2.8.x - SpotifyConnect for your Squeezebox

> If you're talking about : "Buffer size settings", it's empty. Should I
> change it and set a value ? (and what value ?)

No.

Please use the default Spotty helper.

What kind of player are you using? Where is your LMS running? What kind
of Pi are you using for the LMS machine (if that's the case)?

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Michael

[Chag]

Please use the default Spotty helper.

What kind of player are you using? Where is your LMS running? What kind
of Pi are you using for the LMS machine (if that's the case)?

Switched to Default spotty helper (V 0.20)
i'm using Picore Player (4.1) on a Raspberry Pi 3b+ (with armV7)