Spotify

Overview

This feature allows for the importing, searching and playback control of Spotify music. Note that controlling playback of audio will only work with a Spotify premium account.

Setup

1. Make sure you have Spotify Premium.
2. Create an app in the Spotify developer dashboard.
3. Edit the app settings adding the following Redirect URL: http://localhost:7811/spotredir. (Make sure to scroll to the bottom and click save!)
4. Copy the Client ID, then in Tauon Music Box; paste it under MENU > Settings > Accounts > Spotify.
5. In that same settings section of Tauon Music Box, click the Authorise button. You will be redirected to Spotify to log in.
6. Back in Tauon Music Box, click the Enable toggle next to the Spotify tab to toggle on the Spotify specific features.

What you can do

Most Spotify specific functions will appear in the playback menu as shown above. From this menu you can import your liked tracks, your playlists etc.

You can also import via Spotify URL's by pressing Ctrl + v to paste them on the main window. This will import the album to the end of the current playlist in the case of album URL's, or create a new playlist in the case of artist and playlist URL's.

And you can Search for albums and artists. To do so, type your search query (this will trigger the standard global search). Then, press Tab to switch from local search to Spotify search.

Note: This search function provided by the Spotify API isn't as good as the search on the official client/website.

You can monitor active playback from a remote Spotify device by clicking the bottom hamburger menu > Start Spotify Remote.

Audio Playback

For playback of Audio you can use:

• The official Spotify client app.
  • This is the default setting.
  • Tauon will try launch Spotify automatically if an instance isn't already available.
• The Spotify web player.
• A daemon such as spotifyd. (Linux only)
• Tauon itself.
  • Due to a technical limitation you'll need to additionally provide your plaintext Spotify password. See MENU > Settings > Accounts > Spotify > Enable local audio playback.

Tips

• If you have a Spotify Connect speaker you want to use, you'll need to do the switching using the Spotify app.
• If you want access to the "Release Radar" and "Discover Weekly" playlists, you can save them in the Spotify app, then they'll appear in Tauon in the import playlist list.
• You can refresh a playlist in Tauon by right clicking the playlist tab and clicking "Regenerate".