rpi-spotify-matrix-display

A Spotify display for 64x64 RGB LED matrices

Spotify Pre-Setup

1. Go to https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard
2. Create an account and/or login
3. Select "Create an app" (name/description does not matter)
4. Copy the generated Client ID and Secret ID for later
5. Lastly, tap "Edit settings" and add http://localhost:8080/callback under Redirect URIs

Setup

1. Clone the repo
2. Enter the directory:
   • cd rpi-spotify-matrix-display/
3. Set your Client ID and Secret ID in the config.ini
4. Update git submodules:
   • git submodule update --init --recursive
5. Install emulator dependencies (if not wanting to run emulated, you can skip this step):
   • pip install RGBMatrixEmulator
6. Run the app (see below)
   • More dependencies may need to be installed via pip depending on your machine
7. Authorize Spotify
   • After running, follow instructions provided in the console. Pasted link should begin with http://localhost:8080/callback
8. Enjoy!
   • After successful authorization, play a song and the display will appear

How to Run

You can either run this project in an emulated state (separate window, browser, etc) or on an RGB LED matrix directly. Commands must be run from the impl/ directory.

• To run emulated (on a PC/laptop):
  • python3 controller_v3.py -e
• To run on a matrix (connected to a raspberry pi), run elevated:
  • sudo python3 controller_v3.py

Options:

Argument	Default	Description
-e , --emulated	false	Run in a matrix emulator
-f , --fullscreen	false	Always display album art in full screen (64x64)
-h , --help	false	Display help messages for arguments

Configuration

Configuration is handled in the config.ini. I have included my own as a sample.

For Matrix configuration, see https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix#changing-parameters-via-command-line-flags. More extensive customization can be done in impl/controller_v3.py directly.

For Spotify configuration, set the client_id and client_secret to your own. You may leave redirect_uri alone. I have also included a device_whitelist (disabled by default).

Acknowledgements

Thanks to allenslab for providing the original codebase for this project, matrix-dashboard. You can find his original reddit post here. This project is an adaption of his Spotify app for 64x64 matrices, while also packing some other improvements.

Thanks to ty-porter for his fork of matrix-dashboard from which my development branched from. The emulation support his RGBMatrixEmulator project added made it a breeze to develop efficiently.

And finally, thanks to hzeller for his work on rpi-rgb-led-matrix.