Spotify FAQ

Spotify support for Phoniebox

With the integration of #2315 in Version v2.7.0, Spotify will be usable again 🎉. The implementation is based on the prerelease package of Mopidy-Spotify (5.0.0a3). From the description there are currently not supported functions in this package. Please see there website for further details.

Mopidy-Spotify currently has no support for the following:

• Seeking
• Gapless playback
• Volume normalization
• Saving items to My Music - possible via web API
• Podcasts - unavailable
• Radio - unavailable
• Spotify Connect - unavailable

This document is a MUST read for all users of the +Spotify Edition

(If you have new information on using Spotify with Phoniebox, please create a ticket)

If you want to integrate Spotify:

• You must have A Spotify Premium subscription. Mopidy-Spotify will not work with Spotify Free, just Spotify Premium.
• Before starting Mopidy, you must visit https://mopidy.com/ext/spotify/#authentication to authorize this extension against your Spotify account:

  [spotify]
  client_id = ... client_id value you got from mopidy.com ...
  client_secret = ... client_secret value you got from mopidy.com ...
  

• MP3 (local music) handling has completely changed for the +Spotify Edition. The tracks need to be indexed by Mopidy & Mopidy-Spotify (this is the part of Phoniebox, which gives you spotify support) and the created M3U files do have another structure than normal M3U files.
  • You have to scan your library every time you upload new local tracks to your Phoniebox (without restart).
  • You can scan local files under "Folders & Files" (Top Navigation).
  • For the future we try to integrate automation for that.
• Some users have reported a bug where Spotify wouldn't start playing the very first time. When this occurs to you, check out this post #1758 to approach the problem.