LibreSpot Issue After Reinstallation - No Sound or Playback Control

    Hello,

    I recently reinstalled LibreELEC on my Raspberry Pi 4. Before this reinstall, everything was working fine with LibreSpot, but now I am encountering an issue. When I connect my device to LibreSpot on the Raspberry Pi, it connects successfully, but that's where the problem starts.

    Here are the symptoms:

    No sound is heard.

    There is no notification on the TV showing that a song is playing.

    The Play and Pause buttons do not work.

    Nothing else happens after connecting to LibreSpot.

    I’m not sure what to do next or how to troubleshoot this. I have already tried restarting the system, but the issue persists.

    Has anyone encountered something similar or has any suggestions for troubleshooting?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you in advance!

  • Go to Best Answer

    I also had this issue. There is actually a fix for this.

    Option 1:

    1. Connect through as ssh as root.

    2. copy paste the following. And press enter

    echo -e "OLD:\n----"; cat /storage/.config/hosts.conf; sudo bash -c 'echo -e "0.0.0.0\t\tapresolve.spotify.com" >> /storage/.config/hosts.conf'; echo -e "----\nNEW:\n----"; cat /storage/.config/hosts.conf

    3. Reboot

    Option 2:

    1. Connect through ssh as root

    2. Edit the host file /storage/.config/hosts.conf

    add the following entry

    0.0.0.0 apresolve.spotify.com
    towards the end of the file

    3. Reboot

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    Option 3:

    1. Connect through ssh as root

    2. Copy paste the following and press enter.

    echo '0.0.0.0 apresolve.spotify.com' | tee -a /storage/.config/hosts.conf

    3. Reboot

    Hello everyone,


    I recently installed LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5 and noticed that LibreSpot no longer works after the latest LibreELEC update.


    It connects from the Spotify app on my phone, but it becomes completely unresponsive. Nothing plays — no sound output, no visual feedback on screen — and there are no errors displayed. It simply connects and then does nothing.


    I had the same issue some time ago, and it seems to have returned with the recent update.


    Has anyone else experienced this?

    Is this a known issue, or is there a workaround?


    Thank you in advance for any help!