Spotify FAQ

Spotify support for Phoniebox

(this document is for all users of the +Spotify Edition) If you have new information on using Spotify with Phoniebox, please add them here.

If you want to integrate Spotify:

• You must have a Spotify Premium subscription. Phoniebox will not work with Spotify Free, just Spotify Premium.
• You need a non-Facebook Spotify username and password.
  • If you created your account through Facebook you'll need to create a "device password" to be able to use Phoniebox. Go to http://www.spotify.com/account/set-device-password/, login with your Facebook account, and follow the instructions. However, sometimes that process can fail for users with Facebook logins, in which case you can create an app-specific password on Facebook by going to facebook.com > Settings > Security > App passwords > Generate app passwords, and generate one to use with Phoniebox.
• MP3 (local music) handling has completely changed for the +Spotify Edition. The tracks need to be indexed by Mopidy & Mopidy-Spotify (this is the part of Phoniebox, which gives you spotify support) and the created M3U files do have another structure than normal M3U files.
  • You have to scan you library once (if you hadn't yet) and everytime you upload new local tracks to your Phoniebox.
  • You can scan local files under "Folders & Files" (Top Navigation).
  • For the future we try to integrate an automation for that.

Bug reports and testers

Testers needed for the Spotify integration Please read more in this thread.

If you open an issue on github, please provide as much informations as you can. What is you Edition (Classic or +Spotify)? Which version so you have? What is the problem and what did you try to solve this? And so on..