Cannot play tracks on Chromebook. about spotui HOT 5 CLOSED

Hey @extremepayne, to rule out any issues with Spotifyd could you try playing a song in something that does work (e.g. an official client) and then starting up spotui to see if you can see anything playing?

(Also, re: debugging spotofyd, try run with the --no-daemon command to see if it's erroring)

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Okay, so thanks to your suggestion, it appears that spotifyd isn't the problem. I think.

$ spotifyd --no-daemon
No config file specified. Running with default values
No proxy specified
Using software volume controller.

I have before tried playing a song via a different method (i.e. the PWA/website, the only option on my Chromebook) and it doesn't show up on spotui.

I would try using a different TUI to make sure this is even possible from within the VM/container, but Rigellute's version wouldn't compile.

Anddd... I don't know. I am honestly lost.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks for the prompt response!

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The only thing I can think is that your authentication isn't working or you can't connect to the Spotify API for some other reason.

You can rule out the latter by just pinging api.spotify.com

If that isn't the issue you can delete your cached credentials and try re-authenticate by removing the file at ~/.cache-(your spotify username)

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The cache file might not actually be in your home directory. I'm not 100% sure where spotipy (the library I use to handle auth) creates it. Mine is in my home dir.

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Okay, also, try just waiting for 5-10 seconds, It might just appear. There was a slight delay when I tried it earlier

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