BeoSound 5 & Spotify

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EW
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ewortham
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Posted August 10, 2017 at 16:29 GMT
#2259920

I am no longer able to access Spotify on the BeoSound 5.  I guess it is no longer supported.  Is there another music streaming system that is supported?  If there is, how do I access the app to get it working on the BeoSound 5?

EW
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ewortham
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Posted August 10, 2017 at 18:53 GMT
#2259921

Thanks Duels,  I will look into the chromecast device.

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fixingit (archived2)
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Posted January 14, 2018 at 20:19 GMT
#2259922

take a look at this thread /forum/deutsche/beovision-mx

 

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ECF (archived2)
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Posted February 12, 2018 at 12:56 GMT
#2259923

Hi

 

I found this guy on e-bay (

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Millemis
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Posted February 12, 2018 at 21:03 GMT
#2259924

That guy also had a thread here, where he offered his (to pay for) service.

Please keep us updated about for how long this ‘fix’ will work.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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Nidi
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Posted February 13, 2018 at 08:21 GMT
#2259925

Hallo, ich habe mir die Spotify Lösung von Fixingit auch via ebay gegönnt. Der von ihm aufgespielte Patch funktioniert wunderbar. Das Spotify auf der Beosound 5 funktioniert wieder wie gewohnt. Covers werden wieder wie früher schön auf dem Display angezeigt. Einzig das Problem mit den von Spotify kreierten Playlisten ist vorhanden. Dies lässt sich aber einfach beheben, indem diese Listen einfach gelöscht werden.

Im Weiteren kann falls installiert über A.AUX auf das bereits bekannte Spotify-Connect zugegriffen werden. Mir macht die Anlage so wieder richtig Spass, so dass ich nun auf SSD umrüsten werde.

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Gysse2004
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Posted February 13, 2018 at 18:46 GMT
#2259926

I to had this done, works really well. Did break once, but had it done on “warenty” and now it is up and running again.

Br

peter

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B F
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Posted February 13, 2018 at 19:57 GMT
#2259927

Maybe b & o software can release an update so that it will work for everyone.
Apparently it is not difficult to make this.
And so meets his customers

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fixingit (archived2)
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Posted February 13, 2018 at 23:28 GMT
#2259928

Beofrank wrote:

Maybe b & o software can release an update so that it will work for everyone.
Apparently it is not difficult to make this.
And so meets his customers

Lol - just because it only takes a few minutes to install, does not mean it was “not difficult” to make it. Took me many months of reverse engineering and software development to find a solution. B&O can not provide this patch as they can not get a new commercial Spotify license based on libspotify. 

What B&O could do (and should do) is to either provide a software upgrade with Deezer support as they have in their newer products, or use the newer Spotify APIs, allthough I am not sure they offer a full libspotify replacement yet....

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beolion (archived2)
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Posted February 14, 2018 at 09:44 GMT
#2259929
fixingit wrote:

What B&O could do (and should do) is to either provide a software upgrade with Deezer support as they have in their newer products, or use the newer Spotify APIs, allthough I am not sure they offer a full libspotify replacement yet....

Agree on that one. At least make sure that customers are not let behind with nothing.

But it also highlights the problem at B&O and software strategy and competencies.
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