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== Spotify ==
{{tip/unfree}}
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service. Its usable on the Spotify website and via desktop applications.


[https://spotify.com Spotify] is a commercial music streaming service.


{{note|Spotify is [[FAQ/unfree|unfree]], its license prohibits distribution. See the [[FAQ/unfree]] page to install unfree software.}}
== Installation ==
 
=== Installation ===


To install the standard Spotify desktop application, add to system packages:
To install the standard Spotify desktop application, add to system packages:
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=== Local discovery ===
== Local discovery ==
To sync local tracks from your filesystem with mobile devices in the same network, you need to open port 57621 by adding the following line to your configuration.nix:
To sync local tracks from your filesystem with mobile devices in the same network, you need to open port 57621 by adding the following line to your configuration.nix:
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networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 5353 ];</syntaxhighlight>
networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 5353 ];</syntaxhighlight>


=== spotifyd ===
== Spotifyd ==
The alternative client [https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd spotifyd] is available as a package, [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/audio/spotifyd.nix nixos module], and [https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/blob/master/modules/services/spotifyd.nix home-manager module].
The alternative client [https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd spotifyd] is available as a package, [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/audio/spotifyd.nix nixos module], and [https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/blob/master/modules/services/spotifyd.nix home-manager module].


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spotifyd connects to spotify as a spotify-connect device. It offers no controls of its own, but can be controlled via [https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl playerctl]  or [https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui spotify-tui].
spotifyd connects to spotify as a spotify-connect device. It offers no controls of its own, but can be controlled via [https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl playerctl]  or [https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui spotify-tui].


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=== Troubleshooting ===
 
If you get: <code>libcurl-gnutls.so.4: no version information</code>, clear your Spotify cache: <code>rm -rf ~/.cache/spotify</code>
 
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