Free Music Throughout Your Home With Spotify

Spotify is  buy spotify track saves  on your laptop or pc, but what if you want to play that music through your home sound system? To integrate Spotify into a home audio system you will need a stand alone solution that may access Spotify without your personal computer. Fortunately,Spotify released their own api package that allows software developers to create their own custom Spotify software. What does this mean? well the api enables you to create custom applications to interface with the Spotify client. Many great applications have been created, the majority are based around sharing playlists between users but you can go further. For example, there's an app that enables you to stream Spotify to your hifi via Apple's Airport and Airtunes adapter.

This will let you play Spotify music on your hifi, but you will still need your laptop/PC also it lacks the capability of a larger integrated entire home system. What's possible, would be to combine Spotify with a server application that integrates with any number of remote controls, keypads or touch-panels in the house. One solution is to build a standalone box that acts as both a Spotify client and a tcp server that could be controlled from any number of ethernet devices through the entire home. The unit can be saved in a cupboard or even rack mounted within an existing AV hub. The box can be connected directly to a TV or hifi, but it can even be connected into a entire home AV system, whereby the Spotify music stream could be switched to any room in the house.

Lots of the cool Spotify features could be easily incorporated into convenient hand held controls. Examples of what's possible include: a Spotify search feature that enables you to search by track,album and artist. Also you can create a seamless menu system that lets you search between these categories. You can also be able to create and edit play list from your searches and even incorporate other people's play lists. Like the Spotify internet browser, cover art, album and artist information and also a listing of recommended artists based upon your current music choices are all possible!