$ pactl list sink-inputs Sink Input # 3 << here The sink number for '$current_sink_num' can be found in the output of command: $ pactl set-sink-input-mute '$current_sink_num' toggle #mute toggler $ pactl set-sink-input-volume '$current_sink_num' -1% #volume down by 1% $ pactl set-sink-input-volume '$current_sink_num' +1% #volume up by 1% However, there is a possibility to control volume via pulseaudio's input sink: This is broken within spotify itself, which ignores volume change requests. (Discuss in Talk:Spotify)Īs you might have noticed, MPRIS protocol commands do not include volume control. Reason: The wiki is not a code development platform. ~/.config/spotify/prefs storage.size=3072 Global media hotkeys Spotify automatically manages a storage size for caching, however one may want to force the size limit preventing the filesystem from filling up.Īppend storage.size (measured in MB) to /home/ user/.config/spotify/prefs, e.g. || spicetify-cli AUR Tips and tricks Limit storage size Spicetify - A Powerful Command-Line tool to customize your Spotify-Client, Includes themes,extensions and more.Tizonia - Command-line cloud music player for Linux with support for Spotify, Google Play Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, Plex servers and Chromecast devices.spotify-qt - Lightweight Spotify client using Qt written in C++.

spotify-tui - A Spotify client for the terminal written in Rust.

Spotifyd also supports the Spotify Connect protocol which makes it show up as a device that can be controlled from the official clients. Spotifyd streams music just like the official client, but is more lightweight and supports more platforms.

Spotifyd - An open source Spotify client running as a UNIX daemon.

Spot - Gtk/Rust native Spotify client for the Gnome desktop.

Psst - Fast and multi-platform Spotify client, made in Rust with a native GUI.

ncspot - Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client written in Rust, inspired by ncmpc and the likes.

Mopidy - An alternative plug-in based implementation of Music Player Daemon is able to stream from Spotify with an extension.

MellowPlayer - A free, open source and cross-platform desktop application that runs web-based music streaming services in its own window and provides integration with your desktop.

It enables applications to use Spotify's service (streaming), without using the official closed-source libspotify.

Librespot - An open source client library for Spotify.

Note: All clients listed here require a Premium account to stream from Spotify.

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