Grim... wrote:
Hmm. I don't hear the adds so I can't comment, but the speed at which it can play music is voodoo - even across a 3G network. I've never known it stop to buffer before.
The adverts are incredibly jarring, but you're right about the speed. Even when my Internet is arsing about, Spotify is flawless. Voodoo.
When my internet is fucking about, it almost always lasts to the end of the song and then dies.
When using it on the phone, it's just very unreliable in my experience. It'll always die a couple of times on the way to work.
So I never use it any more.
When using it on the phone, it's just very unreliable in my experience. It'll always die a couple of times on the way to work.
So I never use it any more.
I wasn't impressed with the iPhone version. Not anything to do with the program or service itself, but entirely because 3G is patchy as hell here. I'll be in the car, and it'll switch between 0-5 bars of nothing/GPRS/Edge/3G constantly.
Malabar Front wrote:
I wasn't impressed with the iPhone version. Not anything to do with the program or service itself, but entirely because 3G is patchy as hell here. I'll be in the car, and it'll switch between 0-5 bars of nothing/GPRS/Edge/3G constantly.
Fair comment - even on the Isle of Man (we're not exactly a massive land mass.....) 3G is all over the place, at its best it manages pretty much 1/4 meg ADSL, at its worst it's just not there at all, wouldn't want to rely on it for listening to my music on the move.
Doesn't the iPhone app support offline mode though? (Loses the point of it all a bit though I guess.)
As silly as it sounds, despite being the ultimate 'your own anywhere in the world internet radio station', I reckon Spotify works best in your own house.
As Spotify have closed the loophole that bypassed the need for an invite, I don't suppose one of you kind paying members has a spare invite code that I can pass to a friend of mine?
Oh sorry, my bad. I didn't realise Spotify Open was different to Spotify Free.
I solve the music in the kitchen problem by simply living in a small flat. That way, the kitchen is the living room with the PC and the speakers 
I got a wireless audio transmitter. After a few teething problems, it now works very nicely.
Play.com were selling them for around £20 IIRC:
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/667/874/-/5180776/One-For-All-SV1740-USB-Wireless-Digital-Audio-Sender/Product.html?searchtype=genre
Play.com were selling them for around £20 IIRC:
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/667/874/-/5180776/One-For-All-SV1740-USB-Wireless-Digital-Audio-Sender/Product.html?searchtype=genre
devilman wrote:
As Spotify have closed the loophole that bypassed the need for an invite, I don't suppose one of you kind paying members has a spare invite code that I can pass to a friend of mine?
*flutters eyelashes*
Spotify has stand-up comedy CDs on it!
Grim... wrote:
Spotify has stand-up comedy CDs on it!
Ooh.. excellent. Any good ones you can recommend? While I've created playlists of the stuff I'm into, I'm going through them pretty often so I need something new to listen to - Spotify Radio helps a little but it has a funny idea of what classes as 'rock' and it seems to like Bryan Adams a hell of a lot.
I point you here, sir: http://comedify.com/
But I do love Robin William's set: http://open.spotify.com/album/226CWKQhUKZhUDEX1Wdvv3
But I do love Robin William's set: http://open.spotify.com/album/226CWKQhUKZhUDEX1Wdvv3
Don't suppose anyone's got an invite for Spotify going spare? I think I've convinced my brother he should be using it, but he's not filling my account with his rubbish.
Shame that Spotify Unlimited (which I'm on) doesn't generate invites really or I'd be able to sort him out myself.
Shame that Spotify Unlimited (which I'm on) doesn't generate invites really or I'd be able to sort him out myself.
I have loads... but I thought you didn't have to be invited any more?
Curiosity wrote:
I have loads... but I thought you didn't have to be invited any more?
It was more the case that you could bypass the invite system. They closed that loophole a while back.
In some ways I prefer the ad infused version of Spotify now the Shockwaves ad has disappeared. I heard some music in an ad that I liked today.
It was 'Die Antwoord' with Enter the Ninja. Some breathy high pitched female euro vocals sounded quite nice. So I looked up the video on youtube
Oh dear.
It was 'Die Antwoord' with Enter the Ninja. Some breathy high pitched female euro vocals sounded quite nice. So I looked up the video on youtube
Oh dear.
devilman wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
I have loads... but I thought you didn't have to be invited any more?
It was more the case that you could bypass the invite system. They closed that loophole a while back.
Well, feel free to PM me and I'll try to work out how to send him an invite
Oh dear indeed 
Curiosity wrote:
devilman wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
I have loads... but I thought you didn't have to be invited any more?
It was more the case that you could bypass the invite system. They closed that loophole a while back.
Well, feel free to PM me and I'll try to work out how to send him an invite
Duly PMed!
Grim... wrote:
Oh dear indeed
It's scarily well constructed and produced though.
Using Spotify on more than one PC, and get annoyed when it's local music on one PC isn't played on another, because the file isn't there?
Simply put your favorite tunes in a Dropbox* folder, and tell Spotify to look for the music there**.
*Don't have Dropbox? Use my referrer link to get you some. If you use more than one PC, you'll soon wonder how you got along without it.
**If you use different operating systems on each PC, you'll have to put it somewhere with the same address, ie. /home/dropbox/ or c:/dropbox/
Simply put your favorite tunes in a Dropbox* folder, and tell Spotify to look for the music there**.
*Don't have Dropbox? Use my referrer link to get you some. If you use more than one PC, you'll soon wonder how you got along without it.
**If you use different operating systems on each PC, you'll have to put it somewhere with the same address, ie. /home/dropbox/ or c:/dropbox/
Would people be up for a collaborative monthly spotify playlist?
Heres the link to one I've just set up now. Just subscribe then add as many songs as you like, just not loads of the same band.
I've added 5 to start us off.
http://open.spotify.com/user/runcle/playlist/12RFhS9SYZJuZLAk9hlYHB
Heres the link to one I've just set up now. Just subscribe then add as many songs as you like, just not loads of the same band.
I've added 5 to start us off.
http://open.spotify.com/user/runcle/playlist/12RFhS9SYZJuZLAk9hlYHB
Added another five in there.
Ha, I listened to one of my songs went back to put another one on and saw there was 12 new tracks.
Grim... wrote:
*Don't have Dropbox? Use my referrer link to get you some. If you use more than one PC, you'll soon wonder how you got along without it.
**If you use different operating systems on each PC, you'll have to put it somewhere with the same address, ie. /home/dropbox/ or c:/dropbox/
already had this, clicked your referrel link, and got 250 mb extra due to accepting a certain gary bowman's referral, who's that?
added a song to runcle's playlist.. dancing on this nice rerggae tune with my daugter right now
What the fuck? Fuck you, Dropbox!
romanista wrote:
added a song to runcle's playlist.. dancing on this nice rerggae tune with my daugter right now
Is it Feel The Rush?
Best Shaggy song no-one's heard ever.
Dropbox is so fucking good.
Not at referrals, it seems
http://new.thelounge.com/uk/about-us#PureMusic
New UK competitor to Spotify, launching December, could be interesting...
New UK competitor to Spotify, launching December, could be interesting...
In case anyone didn't know Spotify have got rid of the 5 plays per track limitation so it's actually useful again without a paid account.
Huzzah! I'd stopped using it as about half my regular playlist was over 5 plays.
How the fudge are Spotify making money, though?
How the fudge are Spotify making money, though?
Advertising I guess, same way that YouTube do (or don't).
That's what I mean - there isn't that much advertising on Spotify, really, and the charges they must have to pay to allow unlimited access to all that music must be horrendous. It can't be sustainable as a business model, surely?
I dunno man, it must be I guess. It's been a few years now and I wouldn't think that people would still keep chucking money at it with no hope of a return.
Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Huzzah! I'd stopped using it as about half my regular playlist was over 5 plays.
How the fudge are Spotify making money, though?
How the fudge are Spotify making money, though?
Not sure that it does make money yet.
"You have listened to 6 of your 10 hours free monthly music"
Got a premium subscription, free for 30 days so I'll just see how much we use it.
Oh for fudge's sake.
It costs less than 0.14 pints of beer per day (London beer, at least). Pay the nice people!
Like I say it depends on how much I use it. Even when it was all free there would be months at a time when I'd just end up not using it at all.
I was directing that at Mr Chris, as he appeared to be complaining.
Actually, I worked that out on £10 a month - isn't it cheaper than that if you don't have mobile access?
Actually, I worked that out on £10 a month - isn't it cheaper than that if you don't have mobile access?
Yeah, it's only a fiver if you don't want mobile access. I figure I probably stand a better chance of getting my money's worth by paying a tenner a month and having that too.
I'm like Mark - some months I won't use it at all. Also, I, as you well know, am a mahoosive cheapskate.
I have to say that after having had Spotify premium for some months now I wouldn't be without it. After a while of keep on listening to the same old tunes or looking for new albums by people I already listened to I'm finding so much new music to listen to. A tenner a month for this and six quid for Netflix is nothing.
The recommendations have started to include "songs that are popular in your area".
I'm not sure how well that will work...
I'm not sure how well that will work...
The closer I get to South West London, the more Mariah Carey keeps showing up?
Spotify* listens are going to start counting toward the Top 40 this week (100 listens = 1 "purchase").
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/j ... gles-chart
That's a pretty big deal.
*also Deezer, Napster, Xbox Music, Music Unlimited and Rara
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/j ... gles-chart
That's a pretty big deal.
*also Deezer, Napster, Xbox Music, Music Unlimited and Rara
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