Pause commands aren't received and/or passed to Spotify from HomePod mini or Apple TV #15
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Yes, that would be worth a log because "pause" command from remote should be handled |
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While testing I've observed three distinct states after I start playing. Here are the states and the results when I tap the top of the HomePod in an attempt to pause:
I don't know what triggers state 1; 2 and 3 are the most common. Most of the time it starts up in state 2 and I can generally get from state 2 to 3 by skipping a track. If things are in state 2, it won't change to state 3 during normal playback -- the track skip is required. Unfortunately I don't see anything happening in the logs the moment I tap the top of the HomePod unless it's in state 1. When I run in For what it's worth, all my devices are on the same subnet, so I don't think there should be any routing issues. I also don't have any special firewall configuration on the Raspberry Pi. Any thoughts on what else I can do to figure out why these commands aren't being received? Log 1 |
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I'm a bit confused about the "states" and the logs. What happens if you just do a play and do not touch the HomePod? What type of log do you have? |
Sorry about that, I must not have done a good job of explaining. The states in the table refer to the behavior of the HomePod after I start playing to it via SpotConnect. I noticed while testing that the behavior wasn't consistent, which is why I ended up with that list.
To be clear, I'm always starting playback fresh from the devices menu in Spotify; I haven't gotten to the point of trying to resume playback by tapping the HomePod since I can't yet tap it to pause.
I'm obtaining logs by interactively running Hopefully that clarifies things, but let me know if you still have questions. 🙂 |
It does but that's surprising to see a few fails/log errors when just trying to play. Do you have other devices like an AirPort express? What are logs on your ATV? |
Ah, no, that log exerpt is from the one time I tried to pause and Siri activated. Normally there aren't errors when I just start playing.
The only other first-party devices I have are Apple TVs (and Macs). I also have Aether Cones, which support AirPlay. I'll do some testing with those and provide info on whether pausing works and any differences in logging. |
Ok, so just to be 100% when playback in normal case, there is nothing weird in the log? Sorry, this is confusing 😄 |
No worries! During normal playback, the debug log looks perfectly ordinary to me, and if I search for "error", nothing turns up. |
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I just tested with the Apple TV 4K (the only Apple TV I can test with at the moment since I can't pair the ATV HDs yet 😉) and pausing doesn't work with it either. Just like the HomePod, when I hammer on the pause button, absolutely nothing appears in the log to indicate any awareness of the action. |
This was referenced Aug 3, 2023
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I was able to test with an Aether Cone today and something was actually recorded in the log! However, playback didn't pause. (I also opened #17 because the audio never played correctly… no idea whether that's related to the lack of response to the playpause event.) 📃 Longer log excerpt |
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Version 0.1.4 should address the Aether Cone play/pause |
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Definite progress with 0.1.4! However, I'm consistently only able to pause/resume once. After resuming playback by tapping on the Cone's button a second time, SpotRaop resumes playback but gets into a weird state where:
For both logs, once commands from the Cone stopped being received after the pause/resume, I disconnected via the Spotify devices menu and eventually had to break to quit. The difference is what I did immediately after disconnecting:
📃 Log 1📃 Log 2 |
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You're right indeed, I've been a bit careless with that part of the code where there was a deadlock due to use of recursive mutex (if that sort of things rings a bell for you). Should be fine in 0.1.5 |
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0.1.5 is working great with the Cone! I retested with the HomePod just in case but everything is exactly the same as in the original report. Nothing is ever logged when I tap the top of the HomePod. |
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When I tap the top of the HomePod mini, I expect the stream to pause. However, SpotConnect currently just keeps playing. (The playing indicator light turns off until the next track starts.)
For what it's worth, volume up/down is handled correctly.
Please let me know if you need any logs or other information. Thanks!
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