(01-18-2024, 11:43 AM)Tim Curtis Wrote: All the renderers including Spotify Connect are handled by the same mechanism when they become active that involves displaying an overlay to prevent access to the WebUI... Maybe a dev will become interested in trying to implement something. If that happens I can help out.
For Spotify Connect, it seems like it might be rather simple to query the Spotify API for some relevant metadata and cover art, and display that in the overlay. For example, this tool would allow gathering of the metadata and cover art.
https://github.com/microlinkhq/spotify-url-info
Just a matter of integrating that somehow by calling the code, pulling out the desired metadata, fetching the art, and getting it into the overlay (php?). I recall finding some other tools on Github to do similar but can't find them right now.
Alas, I am not a dev. More of a hack (not hacker) so I am not the one for the job.
As far as playback controls, I don't think Spotify Connect is intended to be used that way. I could be wrong.
