# Ideas

**URL:** https://discourse.mopidy.com/c/ideas/7.md

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## [About the Ideas category](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/about-the-ideas-category/4543)

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**Author:** [@jodal](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jodal)\
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Ideas for Mopidy, extensions, and projects building upon Mopidy.

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## [Supporting new streaming services and other music sources](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/supporting-new-streaming-services-and-other-music-sources/22)

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**Author:** [@adamcik](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/adamcik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/supporting-new-streaming-services-and-other-music-sources/22 "2014-08-15T14:05:39Z")

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There are a ton of different streaming services and other sources of music out there. In order to make it possible for us to support as many as possible of them we’ve designed Mopidy to be extension based. In practice t…

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## [Mopidy extension implementing SSDP/DIAL endpoint](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-extension-implementing-ssdp-dial-endpoint/6224)

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**Author:** [@natumbri](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/natumbri)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-extension-implementing-ssdp-dial-endpoint/6224 "2026-05-15T13:36:38Z")

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I saw this on github: GitHub - digital-cowboy-91/mopidy-yt-cast-receiver · GitHub Seems like a great idea to me, but I couldn’t get it working. So I had a go at making a similar thing, but as a proper mopidy front end:…

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## [Backend extension that listens for streamTitleChanged events](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/backend-extension-that-listens-for-streamtitlechanged-events/6175)

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**Author:** [@Erik\_Bongers](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Erik_Bongers)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/backend-extension-that-listens-for-streamtitlechanged-events/6175 "2025-10-02T11:30:21Z")

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In a running mopidy service, I would like to keep a history list (in memory or perhaps file) of received streamTitles. My idea is to create a minimal backend extension that listens for streamTitleChanged events. The ba…

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## [Artist metadata](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/artist-metadata/6083)

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**Author:** [@sapristi](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/sapristi)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/artist-metadata/6083 "2025-04-01T18:11:22Z")

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Yet another post - for yet another topic. One feature I miss from spotify, although clearly not essential, but that I keep coming back to, is being able to display some trivia about artists. There are several services …

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## [More generic "mopidy extensions page"](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/more-generic-mopidy-extensions-page/6082)

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**Author:** [@sapristi](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/sapristi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/more-generic-mopidy-extensions-page/6082 "2025-03-13T22:10:54Z")

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Hello :waving\_hand: I noticed that some more recent projects, like Argos or the Mopidoo browser extensions are not listed on the extensions page - maybe rightly so since they are not extensions, but they are still part …

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## [How-to implement recordings feedback?](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/how-to-implement-recordings-feedback/5952)

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**Author:** [@Matthias\_Meulien](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Matthias_Meulien)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/how-to-implement-recordings-feedback/5952 "2024-06-18T16:33:08Z")

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Hi, I’d like to extend Argos client with a “love / hate” track feature (aka feedback). I imagine a three state button “love / hate /no feedback” for each track and a read-only playlist populated from loved tracks. At …

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## [Using Mopidy in Moode](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/using-mopidy-in-moode/5916)

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**Author:** [@rawdlite](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/rawdlite)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/using-mopidy-in-moode/5916 "2024-03-28T08:47:22Z")

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Hi, Moode (https://moodeaudio.org/) is an an image for the raspberry pi to turn it into a streamer. Moode is build around mpd. We all know mopidy to be better than mpd in many aspects. :wink: OTOH the PiMusicBox is n…

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## [Inference based control](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/inference-based-control/5716)

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**Author:** [@rolyan\_trauts](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/rolyan_trauts)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/inference-based-control/5716 "2023-03-07T16:32:44Z")

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I have just been looking at Assist - Talking to Home Assistant - Home Assistant and just thinking how great it is to have a inference based control skill supported by the skill project. My thought was all I now need is …

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## [Make clients able to cache resources](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/make-clients-able-to-cache-resources/5688)

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**Author:** [@Matthias\_Meulien](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Matthias_Meulien)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/make-clients-able-to-cache-resources/5688 "2023-01-25T22:57:31Z")

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At present time, if a Mopidy client wants to cache albums, tracks, or playlists, it’s impossible to implement without a knowledge of the Mopidy extension providing the resource to cache: One doesn’t want to cache albums …

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## [Behaviour of function core.playback.next()](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/behaviour-of-function-core-playback-next/5540)

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**Author:** [@gregorv](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/gregorv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/behaviour-of-function-core-playback-next/5540 "2022-08-16T08:16:24Z")

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When calling core.playback.next() while the last track is currently played the playback is just stopped (same with core.playback.previous() while playing the first track) This is somehow unexpected when using a remote t…

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## [Use mopidy-youtube to play playlists etc from other services](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/use-mopidy-youtube-to-play-playlists-etc-from-other-services/5506)

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**Author:** [@natumbri](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/natumbri)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/use-mopidy-youtube-to-play-playlists-etc-from-other-services/5506 "2022-06-29T02:08:04Z")

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Would anybody be interested in a backend that uses mopidy-youtube to play playlists that are available on other services? Like spotify, tidal or apple music? Or even non-streaming sites, like allmusic or pitchfork? Or …

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## [Prefer local covert art in current directory](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/prefer-local-covert-art-in-current-directory/5373)

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**Author:** [@ramjet](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/ramjet)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/prefer-local-covert-art-in-current-directory/5373 "2022-03-16T23:43:44Z")

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Hello, I’ve just installed Mopidy to test it out but, as usual, I dont like the covert art feature :slight\_smile: My problem is that a large part of my music collection is made up of demos, rehearsal & live gig recordi…

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## [Use #PLAYLIST: instead file name if available](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/use-playlist-instead-file-name-if-available/5064)

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**Author:** [@mike1098](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/mike1098)\
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**Last updated:** [July 17, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/use-playlist-instead-file-name-if-available/5064 "2021-07-17T16:52:44Z")

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Hello, Would it be possible to use the extended M3U directive #PLAYLIST: instead of the file name if available? Do you see any problems with that? Thanks Mike

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## [Extension for mpd backends (mopidy-mpc?)](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/extension-for-mpd-backends-mopidy-mpc/4846)

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**Author:** [@Coda\_Highland](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Coda_Highland)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/extension-for-mpd-backends-mopidy-mpc/4846 "2021-05-01T02:14:32Z")

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I like mpd. I like Mopidy. It would be really nice to use them together – Mopidy doesn’t support all of the media formats supported by mpd, and it would be a little bit unreasonable to expect it to. Obviously I could ju…

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## [Extension for Audio Addict network](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/extension-for-audio-addict-network/4703)

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**Author:** [@e1miran](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/e1miran)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/extension-for-audio-addict-network/4703 "2021-04-29T21:45:33Z")

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The excellent Audio Addict network which includes di.fm, radiotunes and other services used to have an extension that worked in Mopidy v1 and v2. But this extension was not maintained. Is there anyone interested in crea…

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## [Jamendo Extension](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/jamendo-extension/4894)

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**Author:** [@tempa](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/tempa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/jamendo-extension/4894 "2021-04-23T17:47:50Z")

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I’m thinking of creating a Jamendo extension for mopidy. Its music selection is limited to smaller artists, but streaming is offered for free. There also seems to be an API which looks like a great starting point for th…

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## [Time-shift / Rewind for mp3 streams?](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/time-shift-rewind-for-mp3-streams/4738)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_Hutchins](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Jeff_Hutchins)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/time-shift-rewind-for-mp3-streams/4738 "2021-02-06T23:19:07Z")

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I noticed that it is possible to pause and resume mp3 internet streams in Mopidy. (How big’s that buffer?) Is it possible to add buttons for –30s and –15s, so that I’ve you misheard something or just wanna hear somethin…

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## [Spotify w/ AdBlocker?](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-w-adblocker/4715)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_Hutchins](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Jeff_Hutchins)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-w-adblocker/4715 "2021-02-01T20:46:51Z")

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I see the shitstorm coming … still I have to ask: Is there any option to make the Spotify extension with an AdBlocker? I’m listening to Spotify through the Spotify web player in Chrome on a MacBook Pro with a free, unpa…

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## [BalenaSound support](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/balenasound-support/4487)

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**Author:** [@scelles](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/scelles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/balenasound-support/4487 "2020-11-25T06:07:33Z")

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Hello, I wonder if some of you have ever try to install modipy on BalenaSound balenalabs/balena-sound#215 it relies on Balena Cloud. My use case would be to cast webradios listed on Radio-Browser through RadioDroid An…

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## [Mopidy current track on LED Matrix?](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-current-track-on-led-matrix/4489)

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**Author:** [@RPI](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/RPI)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-current-track-on-led-matrix/4489 "2020-11-30T12:56:59Z")

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Hello Again, Idea is very simple - I have my kitchen radio/clock - mopidy, spotify & clock/date on led matrix. It would be cool to grab current stream name and current track 1x every 60 sec or when current track is cha…

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## [Getting information about the current song](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/getting-information-about-the-current-song/4477)

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**Author:** [@Valentino](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Valentino)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/getting-information-about-the-current-song/4477 "2020-11-30T01:35:20Z")

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Hi! I would like to hook up a I2C LCD display to the Rasperry 4 which is running Mopidy. But that’s not the topic of this question. My problem is, how do I get the information to be shown on the display? This is what…