Can't play music (error no devices)

[XEROxMEXICANO]

Hello I've finally got Spot to auto start and a bunch of other problems fixed but when I try to play a song it gives me this error

"playing spotify:album:6Bp2ojsBc8CtNaYipdxCLt spotify:track:3ZcLmonVVD1MTQtmQb8yf3 error! no devices"

I saw in the Github issue #4 someone had this error but they fixed it so I applied the fix to mine and it didn't do anything. Got a solution or an idea?

[XEROxMEXICANO]

For spotify_manager do I delete the old code for refresh_devices? and replace it with the one you gave me?

[doris1347]

Yes, delete & replace with what I gave you! Also be sure your client ID, Client secret and redirect uri are exactly the same in your developer app. and config file !!! I used: http://localhost:8888

[XEROxMEXICANO]

It worked It can now play songs by itself Now I have to get audio to work, my headphones connect and play .wav files but wont pass through the audio from raspotify

[XEROxMEXICANO]

I followed the direction from the links you sent me but I still cant get bluetooth working 100% https://sigmdel.ca/michel/ha/rpi/bluetooth_n_buster_01_en.html

[doris1347]

What do you mean by 100% ? Getting it to work is tricky even Guy Dupont mentioned that in his first YouTube video! It's all about the configuration and getting bluealsa to startup upon boot.

Again, What do you mean by 100% ?

[XEROxMEXICANO]

I can hear the .wav files. But using Spotifypod.py and click a song from spotify there is no audio

[doris1347]

It's all about the configuration and getting bluealsa to startup upon boot.

[XEROxMEXICANO]

Oh ok, do you have any tips on that?

[doris1347]

If I can find the config file l will post it ... I may have just lucked out and it just worked it was hit and miss for me.

Give me awhile!

[XEROxMEXICANO]

Thank you very much!

[doris1347]

Awhile back I hope I didn't offend you - none was intended!

[XEROxMEXICANO]

Oh no worries, sometimes I work on this project then I get upset that it doesn't work then i leave the project abandoned. I'm sorry if I caused you any worries.

[doris1347]

No worries, I just attributed it to your being 17!

[doris1347]

Can you now boot right into "Spot" operation (like Ricardo) without going through the trial-and-error process ???

[XEROxMEXICANO]

yes when I turn on the pi it boots right into the program, in order to use it I need my phone before choosing a song

[doris1347]

You're saying that you still have to select it from the Spotify Connect Device List? and does it select successfully immediately and can you do so repeatedly???

[XEROxMEXICANO]

it works on the first try

[doris1347]

Did you try more than once ???

[XEROxMEXICANO]

No once I put the code you gave me all i have to do is just click it once

[doris1347]

So it's working (like Ricardo's) without going through the trial-and-error process repeatedly?? Can you shut down your Spot reboot and try again and let me know the outcome!

[XEROxMEXICANO]

When I reboot it, it does take a while to establish a connection, so i can't just load music off boot

[doris1347]

However it did reconnect when you used the Spotify Connect device list? After approx. how many attempts?

[XEROxMEXICANO]

I didn't count but around 5 minutes

[doris1347]

What returns with the below command? alsamixer -D bluealsa

[XEROxMEXICANO]

It loads a program with the speaker volume in the middle

[doris1347]

You can select an audio card with F6.

Did you uninstall pulesaudio?

[XEROxMEXICANO]

when I ran the code it just gives me error that the file doesn't exist so I think I uninstalled

[XEROxMEXICANO]

when i press F6 i get the option defualt and hdmi 1 and enter device name, which one should i click?

[doris1347]

Use the Default:

[XEROxMEXICANO]

its ok I will try to find the information on my own, Thank you very much for your help!

[doris1347]

https://github.com/dtcooper/raspotify/wiki/Play-via-Bluetooth-Speaker

https://github.com/Arkq/bluez-alsa

https://sigmdel.ca/michel/ha/rpi/bluetooth_n_buster_01_en.html

https://sigmdel.ca/michel/ha/rpi/bluetooth_in_rpios_02_en.html

There's a section on bluealsa configuration near the bottom of the below link: https://github.com/bablokb/pi-btaudio

See - below:

Bluealsa Configuration:

After installation, nano /etc/asound.conf and insert the MAC address of your bluetooth-device in the line starting with defaults.bluealsa.device:

pcm.!default "bluealsa" ctl.!default "bluealsa" defaults.bluealsa.interface "hci0" defaults.bluealsa.device "xxxxxxxxxxx" defaults.bluealsa.profile "a2dp"

Note that you can run

bluetoothctl devices

which should give you the MAC-address of your bluetooth-speaker.

That's it for configuration, all scripts and daemons will use this MAC-address.

Now is the time to restart your system. After booting has finished and all daemons are up and running, your Pi should automatically connect to your speaker or headset. If not, run btaudio-connect.

Create the below file if it isn't there!

sudo nano /etc/asound.conf

and add:

pcm.!default "bluealsa" ctl.!default "bluealsa" defaults.bluealsa.interface "hci0" defaults.bluealsa.device "XXXXXXXXXXX" Your MAC address! defaults.bluealsa.profile "a2dp"

[XEROxMEXICANO]

thank you, you've been super helpful

[XEROxMEXICANO]

I'm going to close this issue now

[XEROxMEXICANO]

yeah I got the audio to work now, couldn't have done it without you

[XEROxMEXICANO]

Yes when I went on the devices page it took a while for the pi to show up but I did get the pi device id

[XEROxMEXICANO]

Currently I'm away from my pi but from what I remember is I can safely disconnect my phone from the pi. The speaker I am using are the airpods first gen

[XEROxMEXICANO]

Yes I can