{"id":73,"date":"2011-08-01T11:28:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xkahn.zoned.net\/blog\/?p=73"},"modified":"2011-08-01T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:28:26","slug":"spotify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xkahn.zoned.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/01\/spotify\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it’s easy to see why almost no one uses Linux on the Desktop.<\/p>\n

I just got a Spotify invite, so I decided to try it out. Step one is registering at Spotify.com<\/a>. No trouble! But then… how do I use it? Ah! The download link<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"uh

Spotify for Linux - uh oh<\/p><\/div>\n

Sweet! A Linux preview! It’s available for Ubuntu and Fedora. Hey! I run Fedora! Awesome. Except, there isn’t a package available. The directory is empty.<\/p>\n

Okay. So I download the Ubuntu package and use Alien to convert the file. Amazingly, it installs!<\/p>\n

Amazingly, it runs!<\/p>\n

\"Spotify<\/a>

Spotify Login Bad Device<\/p><\/div>\n

Oh. Linux Desktops are considered devices, not desktops. You need to buy an ultra-premium service to use a device. (OTOH, then I could use Spotify on my Android phone as well.) But, since I haven’t even been able to try<\/strong> this service yet, spending $$$ seems premature.<\/p>\n

Okay, so the other option is to run the Windows version in WINE. (a windows emulator) Blech. But okay.<\/p>\n

I run it, and get myself logged in with a small amount of fuss. Until I try to play some music. Oops! Nothing plays at all! Oops!<\/p>\n

I need to read the directions<\/a> to add a sound device for the Windows emulator. Of course, the directions are out of date on the Spotify web site. I need to add the “PulseAudio” driver with Full Hardware Acceleration. It works!<\/p>\n

Until I try to play my own music on Spotify. Oops!<\/p>\n

“There is a problem with the sound decoder. Spotify can’t play music”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So look around for solutions and find this page<\/a>. The instructions are Ubuntu specific (talks about \/usr\/lib32, which doesn’t exist on Fedora.) The correct command for Fedora is:<\/p>\n

$ su<\/p>\n

# wget http:\/\/blog.mrfjo.org\/winemp3.acm.so<\/a> -O \/usr\/lib\/wine\/winemp3.acm.so<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it still<\/em> doesn’t work because the library depends on libmpg123 which isn’t installed by default. We need more software:<\/p>\n

$ su<\/p>\n

# yum install libmpg123.i686 libmpg123.x86_64<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And now<\/strong><\/em> it works. Hopefully Spotify is worth it. How many people could have gotten through all those steps?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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