New Volumio Spotify Plugin Open Beta-Testing

tiggr · January 22, 2023, 3:32pm

Hi!

I’m not able to start any song in Spotify now. I can browse my playlists. But when I click on “play” nothing happens at all.

In the log, I see following error:

info: CorePlayQueue::getTrack 0
info: [1674401260927] ControllerSpotify::clearAddPlayTrack
info: Setting this device active
error: Failed to Set Device Active: Error: Not Found Device ID: cd7a6bb56af0baba0b98cfd30e75d2a73def4e10
info: CoreCommandRouter::volumioGetState

I’m using “Spotify 3.0.7” of the plugin.

This is my system:

OS info

    Version of Volumio: 3.396
    Hostname: musicliving
    Kernel: 5.10.92-v7l+
    Governor: performance
    Uptime: 0 days, 0 Hrs, 6 Minutes, 23 Seconds


Audio info

    Hw audio configured: Headphones
    Mixer type: Hardware
    Number of channels: 8
    Supported sample rate: 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000


Board info

    Manufacturer: Raspberry Pi Foundation
    Model: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4
    Version: d03114
    Firmware Version: Jan 20 2022 13:56:48 - bd88f66f8952d34e4e0613a85c7a6d3da49e13e2

What do I do wrong?

rozzario · January 22, 2023, 5:10pm

Try to set mixer type to Software.

tiggr · January 22, 2023, 5:58pm

@rozzario:

Thank you! I did, I even rebooted Volumio after changing the setting, but I stiill can’t start Spotify playlists or songs.

I get still the same error in the log:

info: CoreStateMachine::play index undefined
info: CoreStateMachine::setConsumeUpdateService undefined
info: CorePlayQueue::getTrack 0
info: CoreStateMachine::startPlaybackTimer
info: CorePlayQueue::getTrack 0
info: [1674410256197] ControllerSpotify::clearAddPlayTrack
info: Setting this device active
error: Failed to Set Device Active: Error: Not Found Device ID: cd7a6bb56af0baba0b98cfd30e75d2a73def4e10

Playing webradio, mp3s from a smb-share and podcasts works still fine.

SimonE · January 22, 2023, 9:20pm

Hi @tiggr, did the Spotify plugin work for you before, or is this the first time you tried it?

Try uninstalling the plugin, rebooting and then reinstalling.

tiggr · January 22, 2023, 9:51pm

Hi @SimonE!

to be honest, I’m not shure about that! Yes, sometimes ago, it worked for shure. But I don’t know when or which version worked!

Hi have to Volumion installations.

One old in my “man cave”, I’ve not used it for some month.

Today I set up a new one, I decided, I need some music in my livingroom too.

I downloaded the last image for raspberry pi, flashed the card and installed the plugin. All worked fine, but the spotify-plugin.

Then I tried it on my old Volumio (another raspberry pi) and … spotify didn’t work. I don’t know, with which version it worked the last time. But both volumio installations don’t work at the moment.

I did as you want me to… it’s all strange…

I uninstalled the plugin.
I did a reboot.
I installed the plugin and tried to login in… it allways returned to an empty password field …
I rebootet the device
I started with me loged in… strange
I klick on play, nothing happens in the gui. but I get the same error in the log.

The next strange thing:If I disable “Multi-User Device”, It does not stay disabled!

There is something very strange with this plugin on my devices…

Or… I have an “Premium Individual” at spotify, maybe this is wrong?

SimonE · January 23, 2023, 11:00am

That’s odd. Premium individual works fine by the way. Hopefully someone else here can help out.

Wheaten · January 23, 2023, 11:48am

you can only be logged in on 1 device, you’re sure you’re not logged in an any other device?

Joni_Salminen · January 23, 2023, 12:01pm

You can be logged in with multiple devices at same time, only listen with one at a time thought, the latest device with playback started will always take presence and other device will stop playback.

tiggr · January 23, 2023, 1:22pm

That would be fine for me, because I use spotify on two volumio devices and on my smartphone. But never two of them at the same time.

Later, I will try to logout on all devices but one volumio and give that a try.

tiggr · January 23, 2023, 5:57pm

OK, this is fun!

I logged out from spotify on all devices and loged in only on one Volumio device.

Result: Spotify works now!

I logged in on the other devices again, and it still works!

But sometimes it jumps around like crazy between songs. And it allways dosen’t play the song I choose from the playlist, but the next one! It doesn’t matter, if I use the web interface or the app on my smartphone - it plays the next song from the one i did choose.

I will do some more testing, but I’m happy it works now, even I have to choose a song previous to the song I want to play. Must have been a problem with multiple spotify logins.

tiggr · January 23, 2023, 6:14pm

I reply to myself… but this is interessting:

If I start a song with a click on the song or using the play symbol in front of the song, it plays the next song.

But if I go on the “3 points” on the right side and choose “Play”, it plays the right song!

If tested this in Chrome, Firefox and Edge under Linux.

Wheaten · January 23, 2023, 6:27pm

That offset is prob. caused by clicking on the top play button. If you juswt click on the first track of a list it should be OK.

Good to hear that logging off did the trick. As I saw an error in your log which I expected was related to your problem.

error: Failed to Set Device Active: Error: Not Found Device ID: cd7a6bb56af0baba0b98cfd30e75d2a73def4e10

LaitEau · January 23, 2023, 5:25pm

Hello

I was wondering if there is a way to not change Spotify volume when I change it on Volumio?

As you can see in this video, when I change volume from Volumio (hardware), it also changes it in Spotify (software), which is weird and not the same… but if I change the volume in Spotify, it doesn’t change Volumio volume.

Thanks!

heini88 · August 14, 2022, 7:38pm

Hi,
I hope this topic doesn’t already exist - I couldn’t find it.

After the update to Volumio 3.324 I noticed the following problem.

Volume set in Volumino APP: 70%
Spotify APP (Plugin Version 3.0.6): Volume can be set by phone (higher / lower) but only for 1 song - if the next song starts to play volume automatically switches back to 70%.

Before the update I was able to set the volume (one time) and it was saved for the whole session - this was as it should.

I don’t know if it’s a problem of volumio or the plugin?

Any ideas how to fix it?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards…

michel8166 · August 14, 2022, 7:46pm

you can try to clear the cache of volumio android app and spotify app.
or remove the spotify plugin then reboot and reinstall and check if it helped.

what else did you enter for a value in settings/playback options/mixer type/default boot volume?

heini88 · August 14, 2022, 8:12pm

Thank you,
I already reinstalled the Plugin - no success.
Volumio App is only installed on my Phone… the problem exists also on the other phones that stream Spotify.
Value in the settings was first: disabled - I set it to 75 % - this didn’t change anything.

I can set the volume by Volumio App to 30% and then all songs will be played with 30%… When I set the volume louder in the Spotify App it switches back when the song changes to the Volume that is set in volumio (30%). This happens on all phones i use for playback…

michel8166 · August 14, 2022, 8:18pm

so you use spotify in the volumio app, so it’s best to use spotify connect.

heini88 · August 14, 2022, 8:43pm

I use the original Spotify App and stream it to Volumio (Spotify Connect). The original Volumio App is only used for shutdown the system.
But this means with an older Version of the Plugin it should work as before and allow me to set the volume in Spotify App?

michel8166 · August 14, 2022, 8:57pm

I never use the volume function and I just put it to the test and see what you mean and have the problem here too.

edit

you can first uninstall and reinstall the spotify app, but then press the details button and choose a previous stable version.

heini88 · August 15, 2022, 7:59am

Thank you very much! I deleted the Plugin and installed Version 3.0.4 - now it works as before! Fine - great support!