[GH-ISSUE #951] Can't see spotifyd client in tui #417

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opened 2026-02-28 14:49:01 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

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Originally created by @roberthilleck on GitHub (Feb 19, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/951

I cannot find my spotifyd client in the device list.
The Spotifyd client is started and working correctly. I can connect to the spotifyd client e.g. via my smartphone with the spotify app.
As soon as I connect to the spotifyd client with another device, it appears in the spotify-tui device list.
How can I connect to the client directly in tui without connecting another device first?

Originally created by @roberthilleck on GitHub (Feb 19, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/951 I cannot find my spotifyd client in the device list. The Spotifyd client is started and working correctly. I can connect to the spotifyd client e.g. via my smartphone with the spotify app. As soon as I connect to the spotifyd client with another device, it appears in the spotify-tui device list. How can I connect to the client directly in tui without connecting another device first?

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@nikitamounier commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2022):

Use brew services start spotifyd to keep it running as a background daemon – that should work. And don't worry, it barely uses any memory.

Also, just in case, double check the spotifyd.conf file is inside ~/.config/spotifyd.

@nikitamounier commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2022): Use `brew services start spotifyd` to keep it running as a background daemon – that should work. And don't worry, it barely uses any memory. Also, just in case, double check the `spotifyd.conf` file is inside `~/.config/spotifyd`.

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@scouw commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022):

I'm having the same exact issue with librespot.
Connecting to the client via my phone and then using spotify-tui works flawlessly but spotify-tui will not find the librespot client by itself, my phone does however show up. Tried setting librespot to show up as a phone to no avail.
Once I've connected to the client once it also works flawlessly; I can change to listening on my phone, restart spt and my librespot client still shows up. The second I restart the librespot client however it won't show up by itself in spotify-tui.

@scouw commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022): I'm having the same exact issue with librespot. Connecting to the client via my phone and then using spotify-tui works flawlessly but spotify-tui will not find the librespot client by itself, my phone does however show up. Tried setting librespot to show up as a phone to no avail. Once I've connected to the client once it also works flawlessly; I can change to listening on my phone, restart spt and my librespot client still shows up. The second I restart the librespot client however it won't show up by itself in spotify-tui.

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@scouw commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2022):

Setting the --username and --password options for librespot fixed it for me. I'd assume doing the same thing for spotifyd would do it as well. As a nice side effect this also lets you connect to the device even when being connected to a VPN without letting local network stuff go through it.

I assume this is more an "issue" on spotify's end, especially considering the same thing also happens in other comparable programs such as spotify-qt.

@scouw commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2022): Setting the `--username` and `--password` options for librespot fixed it for me. I'd assume doing the same thing for spotifyd would do it as well. As a nice side effect this also lets you connect to the device even when being connected to a VPN without letting local network stuff go through it. I assume this is more an "issue" on spotify's end, especially considering the same thing also happens in other comparable programs such as spotify-qt.

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@roberthilleck commented on GitHub (May 11, 2022):

Since the last update it now works for me...

@roberthilleck commented on GitHub (May 11, 2022): Since the last update it now works for me...