The first time you run ncspot in a new terminal window you’ll be prompted to login with your Spotify Premium account. To install ncspot on Ubuntu run: sudo snap install ncspot In fact, you can install it on virtually any Linux distro out there because it’s available as a Snap app! I haven’t even mentioned how it’s super resource efficient yet, either: Appīut the best thing is that ncspot is easy to install. But it has just taken me 6 minutes to go from clicking the Spotify shortcut to it actually loading on my screen… ncspot is a CLI Spotify PlayerĪnd it can be configured to use keybindings too, for extra sass. And while it might integrate with Linux DEs to the point I can hit a keyboard button to skip a track I have to say: that ability is only useful if the blasted thing loads for me to play music to skip in the first place!Īm I being mean? Perhaps. Well, maybe not even half right because the official Spotify desktop app is a never ending garbage fire of lag and disappointment.ĭon’t get me wrong, it works (sometimes) but it runs poorly. Why should you use a command line app of all things? Now, I know what you’re thinking: there is an official, sanctified, and (somewhat regularly) updated Spotify for Linux client.

Well, you can! And it’s all thanks to an open source tool written in ncurses and Rust called ncspot. Like actual music from the actual Spotify library? We’re not talking ASCII renditions )

I suggest you guys to open the prefs file in ~/.config/spotify and look for any changes in it when you change those settings.Īlso who ever knows how to, meassure the loudness level of the output.If you’re a Spotify Premium subscriber - get you, fancy pants - did you know you can stream music from the command line on Linux? We are probably restricted to the 'normal' quality setting even PAYING for higher quality. There is no change in the 'prefs' file whatsover. Speaking of quality: the quality setting doesn't seam to have any effect, too.

this means even paying I am only able to get music in limited dynamic range. My settings will have no effect is fixed at meassured -11 LUFS, which coresponds to the 'loud' setting. now that I tried the snap install that create totaly fresh folders and have the same problem I realized that the Linux app is totaly 'broken'.Ĭan anybody change loudness normalization setting? I have been strugling with this for some months now, and though it was a problem with my install.

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