Spotify Connect devices not listed

[jcassee]

Basic information

• Your Linux distribution and its version: Ubuntu 20.04

• Your desktop environment: GNOME

• Nuvola Runtime version: 4.20.1 (1-g4a9ecde)

• The web app you use and its version: Spotify 3.3.0 (0-g0d7419d)

Describe the bug

In the device list, my Spotify Connect devices do not appear. They do appear in the Spotify Linux client.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Open the Nuvola Spotify app.
2. Open the "connect device" menu in the player area:
3. Spotify Connect devices are not listed.

Expected behavior

To see Spotify Connect devices in the menu.

Debugging log

Attach the debug log here: nuvola-log.txt nuvola-spotify-log.txt

Screenshots

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The device list in the Linux Spotify client:

The device list in the Nuvola Spotify app:

Additional context

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[jiri-janousek]

Hello @jcassee, thanks for reporting the issue.

• Do the Spotify Connect devices appear in the web player https://open.spotify.com ?
• Do you have Spotify Premium account and are you logged in with it in Nuvola? (Spotify support pages says that some Spotify Connect devices require Premium account.)

[jcassee]

Indeed, the web player did not show Connect devices. Their webpage on Connect suggests the web player should work fine.

But I found this buried in the support forum:

Currently to be able to control another device via the Connect feature on Desktop and the Web player, you'll need to start playing music from the device itself or have the Spotify app open first. Then you’ll get to see it in the Devices available list on your computer.

So there is the answer. Thanks for putting me on the right track. I'm closing this issue now.