Disconnect after play on bullseye

[kugel89]

Due Diligence

• [X] I have done my due diligence

What can we help you with?

Raspotify stopped working on my Pi4 with raspbian 10 - so I upgraded to raspbian 11. I followed the guide at https://github.com/dtcooper/raspotify/wiki/Raspotify-with-PulseAudio-as-a-system-service. However, I cannot get raspotify to play any music. After I connect and start playback the connection drops.

These are the messages I find when running journalctl --system _SYSTEMD_UNIT=raspotify.service -b

Oct 31 19:22:21 kugels-pi librespot[541]: [2022-10-31T18:22:21Z WARN librespot] Could not initialise discovery: Setting up dns-sd failed: No such device (os error 19). Oct 31 19:22:21 kugels-pi librespot[541]: [2022-10-31T18:22:21Z ERROR librespot] Discovery is unavailable and no credentials provided. Authentication is not possible. Oct 31 19:57:39 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: [2022-10-31T18:57:39Z WARN librespot_core::apresolve] Ignoring blacklisted access point ap-gew4.spotify.com:4070 Oct 31 19:57:39 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: [2022-10-31T18:57:39Z WARN librespot_core::apresolve] Ignoring blacklisted access point ap-gew4.spotify.com:443 Oct 31 19:57:39 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: [2022-10-31T18:57:39Z WARN librespot_core::apresolve] Ignoring blacklisted access point ap-gew4.spotify.com:80 Oct 31 19:57:39 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: [2022-10-31T18:57:39Z WARN librespot_core::apresolve] Ignoring blacklisted access point ap-gue1.spotify.com:4070 Oct 31 19:57:46 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: Failed to get home directory. Oct 31 19:57:46 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: Failed to get home directory. Oct 31 19:57:46 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: Failed to load cookie file from cookie: No such file or directory Oct 31 19:57:46 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: Failed to get home directory. Oct 31 19:57:46 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: Failed to get home directory. Oct 31 19:57:46 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: Failed to load cookie file from cookie: No such file or directory Oct 31 19:57:46 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: ALSA lib pulse.c:242:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Access denied Oct 31 19:57:46 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: [2022-10-31T18:57:46Z ERROR librespot_playback::player] Audio Sink Error Connection Refused: Device default May be Invalid, Busy, or A

I do not understand why the cookie file is mentioned as I have disabled it in the referenced setup guide for pulseaudio - or maybe it is another cookie?

After trying to fix it for hours I hope that somebody here can help - thanks!

[JasonLG1979]

Are you using the Pi as a Desktop or in headless mode?

[kugel89]

I am using it with a desktop environment even though I rarely use it.

[JasonLG1979]

I'm by no means a PulseAudio expert but one thing that does stick out is:

Oct 31 19:57:46 kugels-pi librespot[1072]: Failed to get home directory.

If PulseAudio isn't going to find a Raspotify ~/ (home directory) because it doesn't exist. The Raspotify service runs as a dynamic user, dynamic users don't have homes.

I am using it with a desktop environment even though I rarely use it.

If you rarely use the Desktop then I would suggest just installing the headless version of Raspbian 11 and using the ALSA backend (the default) with Raspotify. It's a much smoother experience. The PulseAudio backend is included for advanced users, batteries not included so to speak.

[kugel89]

Maybe that would be the best solution. I wanted to use it initially but found it too unresponsive. I'll consider doing that

[JasonLG1979]

Maybe that would be the best solution. I wanted to use it initially but found it too unresponsive. I'll consider doing that

Yep, for as much as they say a Pi 4 can function as a desktop in my experience not so much. I never run the desktop version except to check it out when new Pi's come out. Other than that I just run them headless and ssh into them.

[JasonLG1979]

I've added this to the wiki page as a disclaimer:

This guide is user maintained and may be out of date and/or incomplete.

The PulseAudio backend is very much "batteries not included" and not offically supported by the Raspotify maintainers.