iPhone Spotify drops connection to Moode PI

[TheOldPresbyope]

I have a vanilla build of Moode on a PI with the Spotify plugin. The PI is on Wifi.

I was able to connect to the Moode PI from the Spotify app on my iPhone for months, but suddenly, I'm getting the following error --

I connect from the Spotify app to device "Moode."

The Moode appears to be connected, but volume is at zero.

I increase the volume, and the Moode PI is disconnected in Spotify. 

I try to reconnect to the Moode PI, but it just stays stuck at "Connecting."

In the Moode web interface, I sometimes see an option to disconnect the "active" Moode -- Spotify connection.


I've rebooted, cleared caches, updated the Moode. Not sure what to do, next.

Thanks.

@cdmoore1972
@Tim Curtis

FWIW, I just ran into this too. 

I had been exercising the various renderers on a working moOde player (RPi4B, WiFi, USB-BT transceiver and Sennheiser BT headphones). 

All renderers including Spotify were working but then somehow I found myself experiencing exactly the same symptom: I apparently made a connection from the Spotify app on my iPad to my moOde player but the connection broke as soon as I advanced the volume from zero. Rinse and repeat.

The Airplay and Bluetooth renderers continued to work.

I haven't figured out yet just what I did to cause the breakage but as in @cdmoore1972's case, I found I could regain correct Spotify operation by reinstalling moOde (and enabling only the Spotify renderer for starters).

Regards,
Kent