Very much in favour of this - could be a simple extension of the playlist concept - builds the playlist based on nowplaying for current user. If you want to do this, the you might consider simply being able to play RSS feeds of songs - (in which case Last.fm does the job)
Wrt DJ-ing from a mac - I think one could probably hack it with either smart folders or just by polling the guistate file instead of the smart resource friendly file listener I'm using now - if the Mac version of Spotify has the same config files of course
read blog post linked above. There's a fixed text file on my web server with a url, when the url changes (or on first load) it should be loaded by browser in separate window or something like that.
@Funza - its a proof of concept. For geeks. You need to download a perl script, adapt it for your own needs, hook it up to a webserver, and so on. In short, this thing needs packaging.
LATEST: The player now works at http://www.classy.dk/cgi-bin/djspotify.pl - this changes tracks when I change tracks.
The proof of concept is now complete. Next up: Hosting players for all the rest of you. Stay tuned, you will all be DJing shortly.
Any spotify-staff here? Would really like to be able to load spotify urls without the app grabbing focus. Is there a way. Could you make a way?
BTW. It's so much simpler to use Last.fm for building something like this (URL based and with a real API. Sample URL), unfortunately it will only give you 30 sec previews for the majority of tracks :-( - or will it give you full tracks if you're a subscriber?
31 comments so far
That would so rock!
1 year, 1 month ago by Wendelboe
I'd love that
1 year, 1 month ago by neeke
Combined with this and Jaiku, all we'd need to party without leaving the comfort of our homes, would be a cheap stripper each..
1 year, 1 month ago by Wendelboe
+1
Very much in favour of this - could be a simple extension of the playlist concept - builds the playlist based on nowplaying for current user. If you want to do this, the you might consider simply being able to play RSS feeds of songs - (in which case Last.fm does the job)
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
OMG that would so cool. Great idea!
1 year, 1 month ago by kribba
Wendelboe, you have created a confusion about all later answers - are people approving of "personal stripper" og "DJ mode" ?
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
DJ Mode +1
1 year, 1 month ago by kribba
I'm sure everyone but @kribba want's strippers..
1 year, 1 month ago by Wendelboe
count me in
1 year, 1 month ago by dmos
OK, here's a very early version of a DJ mode hack for Spotify http://www.classy.dk/hacks/archives/003936.html From now on you can hear what I'm hearing at http://www.classy.dk/cgi-bin/djspotify.pl - Windows only for now - sorry Wendelboe, I need to get a Mac before I can make a hack for you as well...
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
@clausd wow, fast action =)
1 year, 1 month ago by neeke
Anyone want to contribute a " DJ client" - i.e. a minimal webpage that polls http://www.classy.dk/download/nowplaying.txt for changes and loads the next track when it does ?
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
If you're listening to Slagsmålsklubben right now, it works on Mac too..
1 year, 1 month ago by Wendelboe
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
Contribute? In what way?
1 year, 1 month ago by kimbach
Make one and put it on the internet.
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
Can you provide me with a short description of the "architecture"?
1 year, 1 month ago by kimbach
Wrt DJ-ing from a mac - I think one could probably hack it with either smart folders or just by polling the guistate file instead of the smart resource friendly file listener I'm using now - if the Mac version of Spotify has the same config files of course
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
read blog post linked above. There's a fixed text file on my web server with a url, when the url changes (or on first load) it should be loaded by browser in separate window or something like that.
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
(ah I recon this much: Spotify uses a fat client...)
1 year, 1 month ago by kimbach
Yes this is a light weight helpers for Spotify users to share music - not some kind of file sharing/piracy/information wants to be free type thing
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
And this will open the track in Spotity http://open.spotify.com/track/ + your encoded track information?
1 year, 1 month ago by kimbach
yep
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
Do you have an example of a working URL that will play a track, and I guess I need a Spotify account ;-)
1 year, 1 month ago by kimbach
No Spotify accounts in Denmark at the moment sadly :( - the urls I'm djing now work fine if one has Spotify
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
OK, guess I'll focus my hack on Last.fm then ;-)
1 year, 1 month ago by kimbach
Morten tells me the guistate file also lives on a mac. I rewrote the script so it now also works on a Mac. v. 0.0.2 is here!
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
eh - and how do I make it work, if I want to dj?
1 year, 1 month ago by Funza
@Funza - its a proof of concept. For geeks. You need to download a perl script, adapt it for your own needs, hook it up to a webserver, and so on. In short, this thing needs packaging.
LATEST: The player now works at http://www.classy.dk/cgi-bin/djspotify.pl - this changes tracks when I change tracks. The proof of concept is now complete. Next up: Hosting players for all the rest of you. Stay tuned, you will all be DJing shortly.
Any spotify-staff here? Would really like to be able to load spotify urls without the app grabbing focus. Is there a way. Could you make a way?
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd
BTW. It's so much simpler to use Last.fm for building something like this (URL based and with a real API. Sample URL), unfortunately it will only give you 30 sec previews for the majority of tracks :-( - or will it give you full tracks if you're a subscriber?
1 year, 1 month ago by kimbach
...aaaand we're ready for the rest of the world: http://www.classy.dk/log/archive/003938.html
1 year, 1 month ago by clausd