Important
Please disconnect and reconnect to Spotify after the update.
This update makes Spotify playback more independent and resilient, extends surround sound to Spotify, and smooths out source changes across the entire plugin.
What’s new
- Spotify surround upmix now supports 5.1 and 7.1 output with the same per-speaker controls available for local music and YouTube Music.
Improvements
- Spotify playback services now recover automatically after startup and authenticate in the background when the saved account can be reused.
- YouTube Music skips unavailable tracks instead of leaving playback stuck.
- Surround settings now update Spotify’s integrated mixer live, without stopping, reloading or losing the position of the current track.
- The LFE channel uses a restrained 120 Hz low-pass mix with additional headroom, preventing bass from being redistributed excessively across the main speakers.
- Stereo and surround playback now share consistent headroom, avoiding sudden volume jumps when Spotify upmix is enabled or disabled.
- Source ownership is stricter, so Spotify no longer takes control while local music or YouTube Music is selected.
- Runtime checks now guard Spotify API polling, helper ownership, source isolation and live surround updates.
Fixes
- Fixed Spotify occasionally failing to start until Restart plugin services was pressed.
- Fixed Spotify taking over playback controls while another source was active.
- Fixed broken YouTube Music items blocking the rest of the queue.