Raspotify no longer starts on my MagicMirror

cacy82

Hello,

I don’t know if it depends on installing the new EXT-Raspotify module as it should.

Before, everything worked correctly and i have Spotify Premium.

If I open Spotify from my smartphone or pc, the raspberry is seen among the devices. If I choose it, the album cover with all the data also appears on the MagicMirror, including the exact moment in which the song is located at that moment, but if I press play the cover disappears and passes the playback on the device from which I am starting it.

I have:

Raspberry pi 3b+
librespot 0.3.1 650d41b (Built on 2022-03-20, Build ID: 8JMqPd04, Profile: release)
Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

This is the log of Raspotify:

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```-- Journal begins at Sat 2022-01-01 23:43:48 CET, ends at Mon 2022-03-28 08:11:25 CEST. --
mar 27 17:36:21 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Raspotify (Spotify Connect Client).
mar 27 17:36:24 raspberrypi librespot[528]: [2022-03-27T15:36:24Z ERROR librespot] Discovery Error: Setting up dns-sd failed: No such device (os error 19)
mar 27 17:36:24 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
mar 27 17:36:24 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
mar 28 08:02:11 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
mar 28 08:02:11 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped Raspotify (Spotify Connect Client).
mar 28 08:02:11 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Raspotify (Spotify Connect Client).
mar 28 08:10:14 raspberrypi librespot[848]: [2022-03-28T06:10:14Z WARN librespot_core::mercury] error 400 for uri hm://autoplay-enabled/query?uri=
mar 28 08:10:14 raspberrypi librespot[848]: [2022-03-28T06:10:14Z ERROR librespot_connect::spirc] AutoplayError: MercuryError
mar 28 08:10:17 raspberrypi librespot[848]: Failed to get home directory.
mar 28 08:10:17 raspberrypi librespot[848]: [2022-03-28T06:10:17Z ERROR librespot_playback::player] Audio Sink Error Invalid Parameters: Device hw:CARD=vc4hdmi,DEV=0 Unsupported Format S16LE (S16), ALSA function 'snd_pcm_hw_pa>
mar 28 08:10:18 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
mar 28 08:10:18 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
mar 28 08:10:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
mar 28 08:10:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped Raspotify (Spotify Connect Client).
mar 28 08:10:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Raspotify (Spotify Connect Client).```
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How can I solve?

bugsounet

Hi, Sincerly, I don’t know

Maybe you use PiHole and request are refused
Maybe you have disabled ipv6

I’m not the main coder of Raspotify

I just install it,
Try to force configure with your credentials
Start / stop raspotify service

maybe main raspotify github repository can help

Or try to uninstall it and try EXT-Librespot

cacy82

OK thank you!
If I install EXT-Librespot can I uninstall Raspotify?

But is the same also true with EXT-Raspotify?

That is, if I installed EXT-Raspotify it might not have conflicted with Raspotify and therefore it doesn’t work?

bugsounet

there is a command for uninstall, just see wiki

cacy82

Bug, sorry.

Maybe I explained myself wrong:
to use EXT-Raspotify, do I need to have already installed Raspotify?
Or can I also uninstall Raspotify?
I wouldn’t want that to be why it doesn’t work

bugsounet

EXT-Raspotify:

it’s a module to start/restart (or verify) raspotify
raspotify will do the job (playing music) it self

Installer do this job:

will add new reposity (apt) to install raspotify and naturally install it (like the doc of offcial website)
help for setup it

uninstaller do this:

unstaller raspotify app (with apt)

The choice is EXT-Raspotify OR EXT-Librespot but not both

Diff between this 2 modules ?

EXT-Raspotify (when it want to work, in your case) use raspotify app (precompiled) deamonized (system app) and work itself
EXT-Librespot: you have to compilate librespot app for using and result is the same
I don’t know why … the sound is more high with EXT-Librespot
EXT-Librespot is better when you use bluetooth speaker

For me, I prefer EXT-Librespot after … it’s user choice

cacy82

ok,
so from what I understand:
either if I use EXT-Raspotify or EXT-Librespot
I have to first install Raspotify, right?

bugsounet

No I don’t have to install this

cacy82

Ah ok, perfect, so now I try like this!

Unsolved Raspotify no longer starts on my MagicMirror