How to Install Raspotify on a Raspberry Pi
Make your Raspberry Pi show up as a Spotify Connect device able to stream audio from Spotify and be controlled from your phone. To accomplish this we’ll be u...
Open source wiim equivalent device via Linux?
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No matter what you do, you will always be wanting something like Wiim. If you want to do the research, then its okay, else if you want to get down to enjoying music quickly, pick up a Wiim.
MaSh
rwnano
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Das is true.
However I have deployed hundreds of raspberry pi s as iot devices in the wild . So I am aware of the fun that can be had doing this. And the interesting thing is that once you have a recipe you can pretty much write it down in a flowchart and duplicate the formula en masse. In affect making your own affordable wiim equivalent device.
True. for someone like me who knows ins and outs of linux, wiim is a poor substitute. Once you master the trick, there is no looking back. Wiim is for the masses, while a customized solution is for the PROs.
Not bragging, but in 2014 I made a linux based streamer for 7x11 stores in US for playing legally obtained music. It would run for weeks, non-stop without a glitch compared to the existing android based player which would have to be restarted every now and then.
Fun Fact. wiim is linux based. Not android and not windows
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Oh thats awesome then. Do document the build in a new thread. Would be great read and maybe an inspiration for some.
MaSh
I will try. I did try but I'm stuck with making videos. Don't have any knowledge in this field. But will try to make screenshots, text, etc
rwnano
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Update...just installed raspotify on the same Ubuntu machine as given above the same recipe by raspotify on raspberry Pi by mbhanghui sir. Working okay.
Note: wasn't able to uninstall Spotify GUI... it wasn't showing up
Sudo apt remove Spotify
And
Sudo snap remove Spotify
Both did not work!
Note: wasn't able to uninstall Spotify GUI... it wasn't showing up
Sudo apt remove Spotify
And
Sudo snap remove Spotify
Both did not work!
I think you have to remove using the ubuntu 'Software' gui. Snap are self sufficient but are awful because every snap invocation loads the same libraries again and again. Big reason I stay away from Ubuntu.
Next thing you can install is shairport-sync which wil make your ubuntu an airplay device
rwnano
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Ubuntu software gui didn't show up Spotify GUI.
Ubuntu App store GUI didn't show up Spotify GUI.
When I searched for Spotify in the above gui s it showed that Spotify is not installed and gave me an option to install the Spotify GUI.
rwnano
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Please do guide me on installing shairport sync on my Ubuntu GUI server?? What recipe should I follow.
rwnano
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How to toggle between my rasSpotify instance toggles by my android phone and music streamed to the Ubuntu server via my iphone?
sudo apt-get install shairport-sync
rwnano
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Aur configuration?
rwnano
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And toggling between MPD, raspotify and shairport sync?
/etc/shairport-sync.conf
you have to edit output_device
The command shairport-sync -h will show the device names
Then your spotify is a browser shortcut (chrome browser web app). Just delete the shortcut
rwnano
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Yes. It offers the same thing that mpd does and is written in pythion insead of C. Any mpd client that works with mpd will work with mopidy. You can use mopidy to play sound on chromecast too.Anyone who has tried out mopidy?
However I find mpd faster and better than mopidy. One advantage of mopidy is that it is easer to setup than mpd because it is browser based. I stay away from browser and browser based apps like whatsapp, because it kills my productivity as I have to lift my hand from the keyboard.
If in an alternate universe there is a version of me who uses the web browser, then I would probably be use squeezelite squeezebox. It provides everything (chromecast, airplay, spotify) and a beautiful interface with multiple skins. There is a raspberry pi distribution based on squeezebox - picoreplayer.
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rwnano
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Three cheers for the great luck of having mbhanghui sir here with us on the forum! Thank you !
rwnano
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And
Squeezelite also works and installs on Ubuntu sir? Any references to the same? BTW the raspotify on Ubuntu is working well and stable in my Ubuntu Linux server laptop on MacBook Pro
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