Spotify

Spotify - Librespot

If you have Spotify Premium you can play Spotify through your Brennan using Spotify Connect.

We use an open source project called Librespot to provide this extra functionality.

Once you have installed librespot the brennan will appear in the Spotify App in the "connect to a device" icon. Once you have selected the Brennan everything you play on Spotify plays through the Brennan.

Instructions

B2: Settings->Maintenance->Advanced->Get Librespot
B3 & BB1: Settings & Tools->Maintenance->Advanced->Get Librespot
The Brennan will reboot with libespot running in the background.

You can now send music from the Spotify app on a phone/tablet on the same wifi network as the Brennan.

The Spotify Connect function can be a little bit hard to find on the phone - well it was for me. The Spotify App changes from time to time and the Web App is different again - just look out for this icon

Once connected the music will play through the Brennan - not the phone/tablet.

The Brennan doesn't get to control the Spotify music - you control it from the phone. In fact Librespot overrides (or punches through) whatever the Brennan plays. You can adjust the volume on the Brennan however.

To disconnect - tap the icon again and select This Phone or This Computer

You can find a remove Librespot option in the Brennan Advanced menu if you decide you don't want it or if there is a more up to date version in future.

Notes

The Librespot App works on B3, B2 and BB1 but you need a paid Spotify Premium account to use it.

You need the B2B SD card in B2. Librespot is not available for the original B2 SD Card.

Librespot is an open source project and not a Spotify endorsed or sanctioned product. There is no guarantee that it will continue to operate or that Spotify approve of its use - although given that you need a Spotify Premium account to use it - I would guess they are not unhappy

Techy types can get the source code and find out more about Librespot here