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#1315·snapcast

Librespot not providing artist metadata

Author: elParaguayoCreated Jan 1, 2025Updated Jul 11, 2026

Firstly, I love this project and am so grateful for the work you do.

Describe the bug When playing a librespot stream and using the web interface, the artist is always "Unknown Artist".

Is this information not available from the Spotify stream?

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Start server
  2. Play spotify stream
  3. Open web player and observer metadata

Environment details

  • OS: Tested on Arch Linux and NixOS
  • Snapcast version: 0.29.0
  • Installed from a package, self compiled, Installed from AUR on Arch, nixpkgs on NixOS

Attach logfile if applicable Generate logs with snapclient --logfilter debug or snapserver --logging.filter debug if possible and paste them in the following codeblock

log
2025-01-01 15-12-17.984 [Info] (librespot_playback::player) <Fractal> (317454 ms) loaded
2025-01-01 15-12-17.984 [Info] (LibrespotStream) metadata: <Fractal>
2025-01-01 15-12-17.985 [Debug] (PcmStream) setProperties, stream: "Test Librespot", properties: {"canControl":false,"canGoNext":false,"canGoPrevious":false,"canPause":false,"canPlay":false,"canSeek":false,"metadata":{"artData":{"data":"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","extension":"svg"},"artUrl":"http:/laptop:1780/__image_cache?name=da673b3dcfcee2110cc925447c70f573.svg","duration":317.4540100097656,"title":"Fractal"}}
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server) Properties changed, stream: "Test Librespot", properties: {
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)    "canControl": false,
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)    "canGoNext": false,
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)    "canGoPrevious": false,
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)    "canPause": false,
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)    "canPlay": false,
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)    "canSeek": false,
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)    "metadata": {
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)       "artData": {
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)          "data": "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",
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)          "extension": "svg"
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)       },
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)       "artUrl": "http://laptop:1780/__image_cache?name=da673b3dcfcee2110cc925447c70f573.svg",
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)       "duration": 317.4540100097656,
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)       "title": "Fractal"
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server)    }
2025-01-01 15-12-17.986 [Debug] (Server) }

Source: snapcast/snapcast

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