Spotify Controller 3.1

ABOUT Spotify Controller

Spotify Control lets you control the real Spotify UI on your computer. Now supports BOTH Windows and Linux. If upgrading, PLEASE upgrade the server software as well! Spotify Controller lets you control the official Spotify user interface. No other app can do this for Linux computers. PLEASE contact us by mail before submitting low ratings or negative comments. Requirements: * The official Spotify client must be installed on your computer. Please make sure that you can start Spotify and play music with it, prior to using SpotifyController. * Linux or Windows. For Linux you must use the the Linux version of Spotify (not the one running under Wine). We have tested SpotifyController on Windows XP, Windows 7, Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 10.10. If you get it to work on other versions/platform please inform us so we can update this information. * To be able to populate app with playlists/songs you must have the official Spotify app installed on your device. Features: * Start/stop song. * Skip to next/previous song. * Use the official Spotify app to populate your own favorite list of playlists and songs. * Control the volume (using the volume buttons on the device). * Configure multiple servers, e.g. if you want to control more than one computer. * Shortcut in notification bar for easy access. Can be disabled in settings. * Change color theme * Show album art (can be disabled) * Animations (can be disabled) Server installation: 1. Download SpotifyController server from here: http://tinyurl.com/6hv98po 2. Extract the package to any folder. 3. Run the install script and follow the instructions. To upgrade server: 1. Extract the new software to the same place. 2. Run the install script again. Known limitations (Windows only): * Since the official Spotify client in Windows does not start playing playlists automatically, we need to kill Spotify and start it again when playlists are sent to the client. Drawbacks: slower loading of playlists and possibly dead icons in system tray. Permissions used: * External Storage - backup history items and server settings * Wifi State - advice the user to use Wifi * Internet - access the SpotifyController Server Changelog: v3.1 * Advanced configuration for timeouts and retries * Fixed bug for volume toast notifications * Fixed bug when entering empty port number v3.0 * Album art * Animations * Color theme v2.2.1 * Fixed spelling mistake * Remove spaces from hostnames * Fixed bug when configuring many servers v2.2 * Added shortcuts on desktop and start menu to start and stop Spotify Controller Server (PLEASE update server software) * Changed History concept to Music (list) * Remake of playlist/song list to make it nicer to use * Option to not start playing a song/playlist that is added from Spotify * Option to sort lists alphabetically (instead of by order used) * Hide donate option in menu if user has donated * Modified icon in notification bar * Make sure that music lists does not get too big (limit of 100 items) * Remove sound alert when controlling volume * Exit-button added in menu * Back button did not always work v2.1.6 * Install Spotify Controller Donate to remove ads. v2.1.5 * Removed re-occurring dialog when connection fails. * Better error handling when Spotify cannot start, PLEASE update server software. * Improved stability. v2.1.4 * Fixed bug: not always working to open songs/playlists from Spotify. v2.1.3 * Server fixes: Spotify shortcut was not executable (Linux). Enabled logging to file. v2.1.2 * Fixed "Force Close" when upgrading from 2.0.1 v2.1.1 * Minor update to be able to delete server from config * Change program to be a single instance v2.1 * Windows support (IMPORTANT: Update server!) * Can now configure many servers in app * Shortcut in notification bar (can be removed in settings) * History and Server settings are backed up to sdcard (if available), to keep history/servers even if uninstalling. ...