{"id":2252,"date":"2015-04-11T10:56:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T14:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2015-04-11T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T14:56:24","slug":"playstation-music-spotify-basic-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2015\/04\/11\/playstation-music-spotify-basic-info\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation Music Spotify Basic Info"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spotify Issues<\/span><\/h3>\n

Spotify on PS4 and PS3 is good, but … things are not as they should be.<\/p>\n

#1: Scrobbling. Last.fm Scrobbling integration was left out of the PlayStation Music Spotify app. Not cool.<\/p>\n

#2: Playlists are not working well in the app alone. Connect via another device make it all a better experience, but not everyone is into using Spotify on another device to control their PlayStation Music.<\/p>\n

Without using another device to control the music with Connect, one cannot change the music while playing a Game. One starts music before launching a game, then in the game they can bring up a little control for the Spotify playing, pressing the PS button, but it doesn’t allow changing of albums, or playlists, you are stuck with what you have, skip and pause.<\/p>\n

Using another device to control the music is the answer, but so many don’t want that answer, they want only on PS4 controlling it answers.<\/p>\n

“Connected” to that problem is making playlists directly on PS4, etc.<\/p>\n

Spotify Connect<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

I’m just glad Connect works right out of the box. They can add beefier features to the app along the way. What if there was no way to control music on another device. The Dark Ages … before I used Spotify. I’m glad Connect was working well by the time I started using Spotify in January 2015.<\/p>\n

How to:<\/strong> Use a computer, tablet or phone, start Spotify on that device and go to where it lets you pick where to play the music (depends on what application you are using, current Desktop version has it on the bottom right of the volume control, mouse click the icon there. On Android it’s in settings, that’s all I know natively. I’m an Android\/PC user.)<\/p>\n

Shuffle<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Shuffle works fine when using Connect to play on PlayStation 3 or 4, but if using the app it’s not very good at all. One must choose to scroll manually to the end of their playlist in order for the Shuffle to actually shuffle the entire PlayList. If you don’t, you’ll get an earful of whatever the first 30 or so songs are on that playlist, and for me, it’s too much of the same artists over and over.<\/p>\n

I have an Alt Wave 80’s Playlist that has 224 songs, many artists. No fun to listen to unless it’s extremely shuffled. My only choices are 1. Use connect to play the playlist or 2. choose the playlist on PS4 and scroll all the way to the end on the right before starting to play, choosing Shuffle once the first song plays, or just let it go if Shuffle is already on previously.<\/p>\n

Yes this needs to be native to the app, that one can shuffle a large playlist without either 1. or 2.<\/p>\n

Spotify Free or Spotify Premium<\/span><\/h3>\n

You can have a Free or Premium account in Spotify. You can use PlayStation to upgrade to Premium or use Spotify on the web to upgrade, or any other partner you may have found. Existing Premium or Free, just sign in and link your account to your PSN ID.<\/p>\n

I have Premium Spotify via my phone carrier. It was easy to login and link accounts. Once I did that on PS4, I downloaded Spotify on PS3 and didn’t have to login to Spotify even. It was automatic because I am linked.<\/p>\n

Download on PS4 and PS3<\/span><\/h3>\n

Download Spotify today on PS4 and\/or PS3 and start listening to Music for free, with ads; or with Premium, no adds.<\/p>\n

PlayStation Music Spotify will\u00a0improve, have no doubt about that. Just how fast, and which features will be added, only time will tell.<\/p>\n

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