a wee spotify tv
this is a gift i made that connects two spotify accounts' activity.
apologies for the terrible picture. i failed to take a good one before i gave it away.
what does it do?
- it shows when each account is using spotify. (the green leds turn on)
- it shows album art for the currently playing track (for both accounts). the black switch in the middle changes between the two accounts.
- it adds the currently playing track from one account to the other account's queue (this is what the buttons on the left do. one for each direction)
- that's it!
what's it built with?
- raspberry pi 4B is the computer. probably overkill for this but it's the only one i wasn't using for anything else.
- python is the software. i used pillow to do all the album art processing, pygame to render the display and spotipy for the spotify integration
- lcd display. idk the exact model but i had it laying around from an old project.
- mdf, chalk paint, and vinyl wrap for the case
- little things like resistors, buttons, switches, wires, etc.