[GH-ISSUE #618] Not detecting spotifyd (works intermittently)

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Originally created by @IanQS on GitHub (Oct 12, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/618

Firstly, thank you so so much for making this! On my system (Arch Linux x64) Spotify is a resource hog and this was a godsend.

Do you know why my spotifyd is only detected intermittently? I've done the standard "turn program off and on again" but nothing works. It works every time I start my computer up again but at random points it stops working. I've checked my spotifyd via

systemctl status spotifyd.service

and receive back

● spotifyd.service - A spotify playing daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/spotifyd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-10-09 09:51:14 PDT; 2 days ago
       Docs: https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd
   Main PID: 558938 (spotifyd)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 19032)
     Memory: 2.4M
     CGroup: /system.slice/spotifyd.service
             └─558938 /usr/bin/spotifyd --no-daemon

Oct 09 09:51:14 ian-pc systemd[1]: Started A spotify playing daemon.
Oct 09 09:51:14 ian-pc spotifyd[558938]: No config file specified. Running with default values
Oct 09 09:51:14 ian-pc spotifyd[558938]: No proxy specified
Oct 09 09:51:14 ian-pc spotifyd[558938]: Using software volume controller.

P.S: the logging URL seems to be broken

# Using with spotifyd

Follow the spotifyd documentation to get set up.

After that there is not much to it.

    Start running the spotifyd daemon.
    Start up spt
    Press d to go to the device selection menu and the spotifyd "device" should be there - if not check these docs

The "if not check these docs" URL seems to be broken/ doesn't lead me to the logging section

Originally created by @IanQS on GitHub (Oct 12, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/618 Firstly, thank you so so much for making this! On my system (Arch Linux x64) Spotify is a resource hog and this was a godsend. Do you know why my spotifyd is only detected intermittently? I've done the standard "turn program off and on again" but nothing works. It works every time I start my computer up again but at random points it stops working. I've checked my `spotifyd` via `systemctl status spotifyd.service` and receive back ``` ● spotifyd.service - A spotify playing daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/spotifyd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-10-09 09:51:14 PDT; 2 days ago Docs: https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd Main PID: 558938 (spotifyd) Tasks: 2 (limit: 19032) Memory: 2.4M CGroup: /system.slice/spotifyd.service └─558938 /usr/bin/spotifyd --no-daemon Oct 09 09:51:14 ian-pc systemd[1]: Started A spotify playing daemon. Oct 09 09:51:14 ian-pc spotifyd[558938]: No config file specified. Running with default values Oct 09 09:51:14 ian-pc spotifyd[558938]: No proxy specified Oct 09 09:51:14 ian-pc spotifyd[558938]: Using software volume controller. ``` --- P.S: the logging URL seems to be broken ``` # Using with spotifyd Follow the spotifyd documentation to get set up. After that there is not much to it. Start running the spotifyd daemon. Start up spt Press d to go to the device selection menu and the spotifyd "device" should be there - if not check these docs ``` The "if not check these docs" URL seems to be broken/ doesn't lead me to the logging section

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@Utagai commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2020):

I've ran into this problem, also on Arch. I've found success by restarting spotifyd, but it's not a solution:

systemctl --user restart spotifyd

This is likely not an spt problem though, since restarting spt doesn't do anything but restarting spotifyd does. I seem to only get this problem when I wake my laptop up from suspend, I have a feeling that spotifyd is messing something up there, but I haven't looked into it very deeply. It's quite hard to reproduce because, like you said, it's seemingly intermittent.

@Utagai commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2020): I've ran into this problem, also on Arch. I've found success by restarting `spotifyd`, but it's not a solution: ``` systemctl --user restart spotifyd ``` This is likely not an `spt` problem though, since restarting `spt` doesn't do anything but restarting `spotifyd` _does_. I seem to only get this problem when I wake my laptop up from suspend, I have a feeling that `spotifyd` is messing something up there, but I haven't looked into it very deeply. It's quite hard to reproduce because, like you said, it's seemingly intermittent.

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@Utagai commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2020):

Sorry for the double post, but my best guess at the moment is that software that registers itself as a device to the spotify API must maintain an open connection to the spotify API at all times. This is how Spotify can say things, in real-time, about what's playing and what devices are "online".

My guess is that spotifyd is dropping that connection on suspend, and isn't properly re-establishing a connection to Spotify. I know for example that my laptop takes a solid 15-20 seconds to re-connect to my wifi on wake, so I wonder if we are just exceeding some connection timeout, since I doubt spotifyd would forget something so fundamental as a reconnect.

That said, I haven't looked into things yet. I plan to in the future, but it's not one of my main priorities at the moment with my spt + spotifyd set-up.

@Utagai commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2020): Sorry for the double post, but my best guess at the moment is that software that registers itself as a device to the spotify API must maintain an open connection to the spotify API at all times. This is how Spotify can say things, in real-time, about what's playing and what devices are "online". My guess is that `spotifyd` is dropping that connection on suspend, and isn't properly re-establishing a connection to Spotify. I know for example that my laptop takes a solid 15-20 seconds to re-connect to my wifi on wake, so I wonder if we are just exceeding some connection timeout, since I doubt `spotifyd` would forget something so fundamental as a reconnect. That said, I haven't looked into things yet. I plan to in the future, but it's not one of my main priorities at the moment with my `spt` + `spotifyd` set-up.

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@IanQS commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2020):

Ahh, thanks, it worked! I'll wait to hear back from @Rigellute to see if I should open an issue on spotifyd. I'll make sure to tag you in it and link to this URL too.

know for example that my laptop takes a solid 15-20 seconds to re-connect to my wifi on wake, so I wonder if we are just exceeding some connection timeout, since I doubt spotifyd would forget something so fundamental as a reconnect.

Unfortunately, I'm on a wired connection so maybe that isn't the reason :p

@IanQS commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2020): Ahh, thanks, it worked! I'll wait to hear back from @Rigellute to see if I should open an issue on `spotifyd`. I'll make sure to tag you in it and link to this URL too. > know for example that my laptop takes a solid 15-20 seconds to re-connect to my wifi on wake, so I wonder if we are just exceeding some connection timeout, since I doubt spotifyd would forget something so fundamental as a reconnect. Unfortunately, I'm on a wired connection so maybe that isn't the reason :p

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@IanQS commented on GitHub (Oct 14, 2020):

I may or may not have found something? I listened via Spotifyd on my machine then went to another device to listen on there. When I came back it wasn't working / detecting Spotifyd anymore. I'll run a few tests in the morning

Its not a fix but diagnosing it might be helpful

@IanQS commented on GitHub (Oct 14, 2020): I may or may not have found something? I listened via Spotifyd on my machine then went to another device to listen on there. When I came back it wasn't working / detecting Spotifyd anymore. I'll run a few tests in the morning Its not a fix but diagnosing it might be helpful

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@Utagai commented on GitHub (Oct 14, 2020):

@IanQS Glad that it helped you out! For now, I just restart spotifyd and it's quick enough of a band-aid "fix" that it hasn't gotten on my nerves, yet.

Definitely tag me. I'm pretty sure I'll be looking into this eventually. The tip on listening to Spotify on another device seems useful if its a consistent reproduction.

@Utagai commented on GitHub (Oct 14, 2020): @IanQS Glad that it helped you out! For now, I just restart `spotifyd` and it's quick enough of a band-aid "fix" that it hasn't gotten on my nerves, _yet_. Definitely tag me. I'm pretty sure I'll be looking into this eventually. The tip on listening to Spotify on another device seems useful if its a consistent reproduction.

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@Rigellute commented on GitHub (Oct 21, 2020):

Thanks everyone. This does sound like an issue with spotifyd rather than spotify-tui. We use a simple call to the devices endpoint to find available devices - there's no fancy local discovery going on

@Rigellute commented on GitHub (Oct 21, 2020): Thanks everyone. This does sound like an issue with spotifyd rather than spotify-tui. We use a simple call to the `devices` endpoint to find available devices - there's no fancy local discovery going on

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@Davincible commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2021):

@Rigellute I also have this discovery issue, but not only with spotifyd, also with local devices. The 'native' electron spotify app detects all devices, including spotifyd and local devices on the network, but spotifytui only detects spotifyd when I restart it, and no network devices

@Davincible commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2021): @Rigellute I also have this discovery issue, but not only with spotifyd, also with local devices. The 'native' electron spotify app detects all devices, including spotifyd and local devices on the network, but spotifytui only detects spotifyd when I restart it, and no network devices

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