Spotify
Spotify basic media remote control.

Spotify

A basic remote control for Spotify. Advanced features such as playlists and search are only available in the Spotify Advanced remote (included in the full version).

Features

  • Current playing informatiopn
  • Playback control (play, pause, stop)
  • Next and previous track
  • Volume (raise, lower, mute)

Screenshots

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Mac OS X
  • Linux

Implementation

The remote has been designed to work on as many different systems as possible. However, there is no cross-platform way to control the Spotify application. Therefore there is a remote implementation for each OS (Windows, Mac, Linux).

Windows
Spotify for Windows is lacking in remote control entry points. However, WM_APPCOMMAND messages are supported:

win.send(hwnd, WM_APPCOMMAND, 0, cmd);

For some actions, key presses events are sent to the window instead.

Mac
Spotify for Mac supports AppleScript:

tell application \"Spotify\" to ...

Linux Spotify for Linux supports dbus commands:

dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify ...

Furthermore it uses grep to parse meta information (such as artist, track, album).

Support

Developed and maintained by Unified Remote
https://www.unifiedremote.com/help

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