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# Spotify Configuration

By default Spotify includes trackers/ads/analytics which can be blocked using a patched version of it, see SpotX.

App Settings (Desktop) ​

  • Audio quality
    • Streaming Quality: Automatic
      • Automatic: Dependent on your network connection
      • Low: Equivalent to approximately 24kbit/s
      • Normal: Equivalent to approximately 96kbit/s
      • High: Equivalent to approximately 160kbit/s
      • Very high: Equivalent to approximately 320kbit/s
      • Lossless: Equivalent up to 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
  • Display
    • Show anounements about new releases: Off (personal preference)
    • Show desktop overlay when using media keys: Off
    • See what your friends are palying: Off (personal preference)
  • Social
    • Disconnect facebook
    • Publish my new playlist on my profile: Off
    • Start a private session: On (will turn off after 6H)
    • Share my listening activity on Spotify: Off
    • Show my recently played artists on my public profile: Off
    • Show my folower and following on my public profile: Off
  • Startup and window behaviour
    • Open Spotify automatically after you log into your computer: No

Browser Settings ​

It's also recommended to change some settings via the browser, to do so log in and open account/overview.

Automating App Configuration ​

Spotify stores most desktop settings locally in the prefs files. Global app settings: %APPDATA%\Spotify\prefs, per-account settings: %APPDATA%\Spotify\Users\<autologin.username>-user\prefs.

These settings aren't written down anywhere so I deciced to write them down to make it possible to automate the configuration.

See Spotify-Config.ps1 for a possible automated configuration. You can easily modify it adding/removing lines from $user/$global using the information below.

Global Settings ​

ini
; Start a private session (start time)
; Convert it using [DateTimeOffset]::FromUnixTimeSeconds(<number>)
core.incognito.start_time=<number>

; Open Spotify automatically after you log into the computer
; off = No
; on (or not present) = Minimized 
; normal = Yes
app.autostart-mode="off"

; Offline storage location
storage.last-location=<path>
storage.location=<path>

; Proxy type
; 0 (or not present) = Autodetect settings
; 1 = No proxy
; 2 = HTTP
; 3 = SOCKS4
; 4 = SOCKS5
network.proxy.mode=1

; Enable hardware acceleration
; true (or not present) = On
; false = Off
ui.hardware_acceleration=false

Per-account Settings ​

ini
; Streaming quality
; 0 = Automatic
; 1 = Low
; 2 = Normal
; 3 = High
; 4 = Very High
audio.play_bitrate_non_metered_enumeration=0
audio.play_bitrate_enumeration=0

; Download
; 0 = Automatic
; 1 = Low
; 2 = Normal
; 3 = High
; 4 = Very High
sync_bitrate_enumeration=0

; Auto adjust quality
; true (or not present) = On
; false = Off
audio.allow_downgrade=true

; Normalize volume
; true (or not present) = On
; false = Off
audio.normalize_v2=false

; Volume level
; 0 = Quiet
; 1 (or not present) = Normal
; 2 = Loud
audio.loudness.environment=1

; Show announcements about new releases
; true = Off
; false (or not present) = On
ui.hide_hpto=true

; Show desktop overlay when using media keys
; true (or not present) = On
; false = Off
ui.system_media_controls_enabled=false

; See what your friends are playing (Friends Activity Panel)
; 0 = Hidden
; 1 (or not present) = Shown
ui.right_panel_content=0

; Crossfade songs
; false = Off
; true (or not present) = On
; time_v2 is in ms, range is 0-12000 (12 sec)
audio.crossfade_v2=false
audio.crossfade.time_v2=1000

; Automix - Allow seamless transitions between songs on select playlists
; true (or not present) = On
; false = Off
audio.automix=true

; Mono audio - Makes the left and right speakers play the same audio
; true = On
; false (or not present) = Off
audio.downmixer_v2=false

; Trim silence - Skips silent moments in podcasts
; true = On
; false (or not present) = Off
audio.silence_trimmer_v2=false

; Equalizer
; true = On
; false (or not present) = Off
audio.equalizer_v2=false

; Equalizer Presets
; Each Hz gets it's own line, the number has a range of 2147483647 (+12dB) - -2147483647 (-12dB)
; Calculate the number via [math]::round((<dB> / 12.0) * 2147483647)
; low_shelf_gain_v2 = 60Hz
; low_peak_gain_v2 = 150Hz
; low_mid_peak_gain_v2 = 400Hz
; high_mid_peak_gain_v2 = 1KHz
; high_peak_gain_v2 = 2.4KHz
; high_shelf_gain_v2 = 15KHz
; 'Bass booster' preset would use:
audio.equalizer.low_shelf_gain_v2=760567125
audio.equalizer.low_peak_gain_v2=626349397
audio.equalizer.low_mid_peak_gain_v2=223696213
audio.equalizer.high_mid_peak_gain_v2=0
audio.equalizer.high_peak_gain_v2=0
audio.equalizer.high_shelf_gain_v2=0

; Close button should minimize the Spotify window
; true = On
; false (or not present) = Off
ui.minimize_to_tray=false

; Volume
; Range is 0-65000
app.player.volume=25000

; ?
audio.play_bitrate_non_metered_migrated=true

SpotX ​

See a list of all parameters here. The command below installs the old theme.

powershell
Invoke-Expression "& { $(Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-Official/spotx-official.github.io/main/run.ps1') } -v 1.2.13.661.ga588f749-4064 -confirm_spoti_recomended_over -block_update_on -podcasts_off -adsections_off -DisableStartup -confirm_uninstall_ms_spoti -confirm_spoti_recomended_uninstall"