# Install Tidal Extension

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160>\
**Category:** Pi MusicBox (archive)\
**Created:** [March 8, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160 "2016-03-08T20:04:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 16\
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**Author:** ![eta314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@eta314](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/eta314)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/1 "2016-03-08T20:04:37Z")

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I am new to Raspberry pi. Trying to add Tidal to Musicbox but not sure how to accomplish this.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/2 "2016-03-08T20:20:36Z")

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Mopidy-Tidal requires at least Mopidy v1.0, which is not compatible with Musicbox v0.6.

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**Author:** ![eta314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@eta314](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/eta314)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/3 "2016-03-08T20:43:16Z")

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Thanks. Do I install Mopidy as a stand alone program and if so how do I do that?

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/4 "2016-03-08T21:01:58Z")

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[https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/installation/raspberrypi/#how-to-for-raspbian-jessie](https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/installation/raspberrypi/#how-to-for-raspbian-jessie)

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**Author:** ![eta314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@eta314](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/eta314)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/5 "2016-03-08T22:23:33Z")

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Thanks for the link.

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**Author:** ![johnedvard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/johnedvard/32/327_2.png) [@johnedvard](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/johnedvard)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/6 "2016-03-09T07:36:14Z")

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Sorry if this question is a bit off topic, but I had the understanding that Tidal does not have a developer’s API (in the same way Spotify does). Did the people behind mopidy-tidal create their own api somehow?

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/7 "2016-03-09T08:30:34Z")

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Seems it does have an API that’s used by their Web player, it’s just not published for outside use officially. So it could be removed or change without warning at any time (… You could argue Spotify’s is no different). [https://github.com/mones88/python-tidal](https://github.com/mones88/python-tidal)

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**Author:** ![johnedvard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/johnedvard/32/327_2.png) [@johnedvard](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/johnedvard)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/8 "2016-03-09T09:57:13Z")

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Spotify recently changed their API without warning, making it impossible to search for music until you guys fixed it, so yes, I agree.

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**Author:** ![eta314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@eta314](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/eta314)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/9 "2016-03-09T17:20:25Z")

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I currently have musicbox running on Raspberry Pi. How do I add the Tidal extension?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/10 "2016-03-09T19:12:19Z")

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Pretty sure my answer is still the same.

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**Author:** ![remkovdz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@remkovdz](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/remkovdz)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/11 "2016-06-26T23:19:18Z")

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Can you point me in the right direction? I tried:

**sudo apt-get install mopidy-tidal**

But it doesn’t seem available? I’m not a developer so please bear with me. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/12 "2016-06-27T09:20:39Z")

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> **[GitHub - tehkillerbee/mopidy-tidal: Tidal Backend plugin for Mopidy](https://github.com/tehkillerbee/mopidy-tidal)**
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> Tidal Backend plugin for Mopidy. Contribute to tehkillerbee/mopidy-tidal development by creating an account on GitHub.

> Installation  
> Install by running:  
> pip install Mopidy-Tidal

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**Author:** ![remkovdz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@remkovdz](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/remkovdz)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/13 "2016-06-27T10:33:26Z")

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Thanks, that seems to do _something_. However what we see there is some sort of ‘dependency-hell’ when we use Pi MusicBox. What is the recommended setup? Straight into Raspbian?

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/14 "2016-06-27T14:44:51Z")

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The situation described on the earlier posts has not changed. If you want to use the tidal extension you’ll need to use normal Raspbian rather than PiMusicbox. [https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/installation/raspberrypi/#how-to-for-raspbian-jessie](https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/installation/raspberrypi/#how-to-for-raspbian-jessie)

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**Author:** ![remkovdz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@remkovdz](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/remkovdz)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/15 "2016-06-27T19:03:16Z")

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Ok got that to work too: we’ve got Mopidy-Tidal running on Raspbian Jessie. But how do we actually access Tidal database? Which ‘front-end’ do we need? Any more we need?

Thanks for the help!!

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**Author:** ![jodal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/jodal/32/2564_2.png) [@jodal](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jodal)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/install-tidal-extension/1160/16 "2026-02-19T11:47:27Z")

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Closed on February 19, 2026, 11:47am UTC