Spotify advertisement muter for *nix

For arch users AUR link spotblock-rs

Information

• works with pipewire
• checks playerctl to check if an advertisment is playing and will mute its pulseaudio sink

Installation

• install rust
• Install playerctl
• Ensure you have pactl installed (run pactl in a terminal to check)
• download the files from github git clone https://github.com/egggod/spotblock-rs
• enter the programs directory cd spotblock-rs
• Install ./install.sh

Running

• Now spotblock should be available from your application menu, this will run spotify and start spotblock, and then kill spotblock after you close it
• alternatively run spotblock-run from a terminal to run spotify with ad muting enabled
• and run spotblock-rs from a terminal to run just the adblocker

Disclaimer

This set of code is purely for educational purposes. What you do with the code and any repurcussions is entirely your responsibility.