drainify - Record your spotify stream from pulseaudio.

Changes

This version differs from "coderiot" upstream:

• ffmpeg is used for capturing and compression.
• Any existing pulseaudio source can be chosen to record from.
• Output file name pattern can be configured.

Dependencies

• pulseaudio
• ffmpeg
• native spotify-client
• optional: pulseaudio-utils (command line tools)

Requirements

• dbus-python (does not support distutils)
• eyed3d
• pygobject (does not support distutils)

Notice: You have to install dbus-python and pyobject by your own

Install dependecies on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils dbus-python python-gobject python-eyed3 ffmpeg

Installation of drainify

$ pip install -e git+https://github.com/hoehermann/drainify.git#egg=drainify

Features

• split stream into audio files
• does not record ads
• id3tags and album art for audio files

spotify preferences

• disable gapless playing
• disable crossfade tracks

usage

Start spotify before recording.

Call:

drainify [--dir <MUSIC_DIR>] [--sink <PULSEAUDIO_SOURCE_NAME>] [--name <OUTPUT_FILENAME_PATTERN>]

Example:

drainify --dir ~/spotify-recordings --sink alsa_output.pci-0000_01_01.0.analog-stereo.monitor
--name "@artist - @album - @trackNumber - @title"