Been using this for maybe a year or something. It is superb, like the original used to be, and should be! Thank you for this effort.
Thank you so much for the kind words :)
Spotify-Qt
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Re: Spotify-Qt
#42Neat! I wonder if it's possible to achieve a similar project for Deezer.
Afaik, the Deezer API only allows for querying tracks, and not control playback, so I don't think anything similar is possible.
Re: Spotify-Qt
#43on macOS, unfortunately, this was a painful experience. on startup, after setting up the Spotify app keys, the app froze while refreshing (audio) devices. it slowed down, stopped working, and had to be force quit. I was looking forward to a snazzy spotify desktop ui!
I regularly test on macOS, and haven't experienced any similar issues, so please open up an issue with more details.
Re: Spotify-Qt
#44What are the dangers of running this?
The client itself only uses the official API, and is perfectly safe to use. Playback clients like librespot clearly state that they are "probably forbidden" in their readmes however, so that may be different.
Re: Spotify-Qt
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your playback quality is still (I consider, severely) restricted[1], among other features I might not be aware of. They might also start injecting ads into the audio stream soon, if they realise ad blocking methods are popular (Twitch has done this for example). [1]: https://support.spotify.com/us/article/audio-quality
You can use the spotifyd lightweight daemon client to play the audio, but control it from a browser session.
spotifyd requires spotify premium though.