Stream Mix integration (youtube, spotify...)

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Reported by: ferranpujolcamins
Date: 2012-02-21T21:29:08Z
Status: Confirmed
Importance: Wishlist
Launchpad Issue: lp938180
Tags: cloud

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It would be very useful if Mixxx could natively buffer songs on the fly from a stream service like youtube or spotify and then be able to play them like local tracks.

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Commented by: esbrandt
Date: 2012-02-22T06:18:30Z

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This is a interesting request and would be a valuable addition to Mixxx.

But it raises some legal questions.

E.g. the Spotify FAQ say it is licensed "only for personal use", see http://www.spotify.com/us/help/faq/premium/public-usage/. Even if a DJ uses the paid membership (http://www.spotify.com/us/get-spotify/premium/) he probably can`t legally generate income by playing tracks to an audience trough Spotify. So we might need a disclaimer which again points to the terms of use.

Furthermore the free use of the Spotify API would limit Mixxx from generating any income trough the application itself, now or later, see paragraph 3.3 on http://developer.spotify.com/en/libspotify/terms-of-use-us/ .

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Commented by: ferranpujolcamins
Date: 2012-02-22T08:30:34Z

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Well it would depend on how would you use Mixxx. Maybe I just want to record a mix to play on my car stereo. Or just wanna practice in my room.

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Commented by: daschuer
Date: 2012-03-13T21:36:30Z

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This could be implemented with the reuse of the clementine-player code base. They support

• Digitally Imported
• Icecast
• Jamendo
• Last.fm
• Grooveshark
• Magnatune
• Sky.fm
• SomaFM
• Spotify

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Commented by: kunthar
Date: 2013-03-09T22:40:58Z

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+1 for this functionality

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Commented by: tim-m-davies
Date: 2013-05-18T14:39:33Z

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Massive +1 from me.

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Commented by: shinigam
Date: 2014-08-05T19:39:40Z

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I'll like to support the OPs original request or perhaps add a feature suggestion of my own.

I'm a hobby python programmer and thought about perhaps offering an upload feature to SoundCloud or even better Mixcloud. I know both have APIs that could support this feature.

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Commented by: daschuer
Date: 2014-08-05T21:16:44Z

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Hi Gabriel,

thank you for offering your help.
A SoundCloud and Mixcloud upload would be a nice addition.

Please keep sure you have a powerful development environment before starting to work.
Here are some hints:
http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/bugfix_workflow
You should ask for help at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel if you get stucked.

The other issue is the businesses part of connecting to commercial services.
Since a integrated upload system is a kind of in app advertise, we have to decide what are the conditions to add it to th master build.
We have discussed this some time ago. A possible work around is a Plug-In Interface for such upload tools.
Would it be possible implement the API in QT Script (Java script)? This way each service could provide it's upload extension like we currently did with controller scripts.

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Commented by: daschuer
Date: 2016-06-08T13:59:42Z

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Releated Forum threads:
http://www.mixxx.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7091&p=24220
http://www.mixxx.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8339&p=29050

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Commented by: ron-granger
Date: 2017-04-14T21:27:54Z

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Maybe look at Clementine. They use an external plugin to add Spotify Support to the app to make sure they are not in trouble with licensing and stuff. What about a small Mixxx plugin to integrate Spotify and similar web streaming services.

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Commented by: daschuer
Date: 2017-04-15T07:44:30Z

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A kind of plugin solution to support Spotify an similar services would be indeed the best solution. Do you have fun and time to work on it?

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Commented by: ron-granger
Date: 2017-04-15T16:38:05Z

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If you mean me: I haven't got any programming skills in c++ but I would gladly assist in development basing on how you want to implement a plugin into mixxx.

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Commented by: ron-granger
Date: 2017-04-15T16:55:49Z

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I propose a simple library extension format to add other library types later. I think every one has his own library managed in some software and wants to use it in Mixxx. So what about a format like

LIBRARY.extension
[config]
name=LIBRARY
connection=local,api,...
type=free,non-free,...
required-data=[USERNAME,PASSWORD]

[playlist]
supported=true
connection=https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/USERNAME/playlists
encoding=json
fetch-playlist-name=JSON KEY TO GET VALUE OF
fetch-playlist-index=JSON KEY TO GET VALUE OF
...

[library]
...

[search]
...

And then you can enter the values you need for the different apis or the file structures (in case of local stored libraries)