Fresh Install: Spotify Will Not Connect

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Hello, I have been through the ringer trying to get Spotify to connect to my Raspberry Pi. Before I start, I should mention that I attempted Moode before Volumio and had basically the same issue.

Volumio Ver.: 3.832
Spotify Plugin Ver.: Tried on 4.2.2 and 4.3.0

I have Premium and am logged in. No idea how to get logs since the thing refuses my SSH connection. I see nothing about SSH or logs in the UI.

I can see Volumio as an option in Spotify. When I select it, it will try to connect for a few seconds and then fails. I would try the host file edit that I’ve seen, but again, the thing will not accept an SSH connection.

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I have discovered the /dev SSH button but apparently that doesn’t work either. It still refuses to take my SSH connection.

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Question:

  • Have you changed the root password?
  • Did you download the image from volumio.com, or used the one provided by the image tool?
  • What tool are you using to setup a SSH connection?
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Are you talking about the Linux root pw? If so, then I am not sure. When I set up Volumio using Pi Imager, I elected to set up a user and password, but I am not sure if it has any effect. In any case, I tried using that combo as well as volumio/volumio.

I have tried the img file from the website and the one from Pi Imager; neither worked.

I am using the default UNIX SSH client.

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You not allowed to change the password. That’s why your having issues.
Only use the official image downloaded from Volumio.com, unzip it and flash the *.img file.
On this screen:
image

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Still will not let me connect via SSH.

Here are the steps I took:

  1. Downloaded Volumio 3.832 from the website.
  2. Verified .img file using provided md5sum
  3. Used Pi Imager to burn to SD card (remembering to decline custom settings)
  4. Navigated to /dev, clicked ‘ENABLE’ under SSH.
  5. Still no SSH connection.
  6. Restart Pi
  7. Still no SSH

The specific error I am getting is "Received disconnect from 192.168.1.195 port 22:2: Too many authentication failures
Disconnected from 192.168.1.195 port 22

It’s important to note that I get this on the first try. So I think it might require the un and pw. I use sshpass to give it a password on login, same error.

In the past, when I encountered this error, it was due to a misconfiguration somewhere. Does Volumio expect a specific, non-standard auth scheme? I really wish there were an option in /dev to set an SSH key, which would remove many unknowns in this circumstance.

At risk of giving cause to abandon this thread, I just tried the Spotify connection, and for whatever reason, it worked this time. Is this because I didn’t change the root pw? If so, that seems like a major security bug, no? Still, I would love to solve the issue of not being able to SSH into Volumio.

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Hello doomslayer!
Have you tried to set the Bitrate of the Spotify Plugin to 160 kbps (not 320 kbps)? Then it may work.
Good luck and kind regards
Uli

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You’re using
User: volumio
Password: volumio

No need for a SSH key, just use Putty

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Is ssh running on the volumio machine. From the unit machine try

nmap ip_addr_of_volumio

that should tell you.

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Not sure if this is still relevant for the original poster, but I’ve been seeing very similar issues recently on Volumio and other Linux-based streamers.

In a lot of cases, the problem doesn’t seem to come from the local setup itself, but from the Spotify Connect layer becoming unreliable over time (devices not showing, playback failing, etc.), especially after backend or API changes on Spotify’s side.

After running into this multiple times, I ended up trying a different approach: instead of relying on Spotify Connect, exposing Spotify as a local HTTP stream and letting the player consume it like a radio source.

It’s not as “integrated” as Connect, but it removes a whole layer of fragility and has been much more consistent in my case.

Curious if others here have seen the same pattern recently.