Using mpc for Spotify playlists

General
1

I am trying to use mpc command from a bash script to start playing some Spotify playlist, with no success.

If I add a Spotify album, it is working:
mpc add spotify:album:4KLATmGtZBcl8uliNUFp18
mpc play

but when I try to use a playlist I get errors:
mpc add spotify:user:spotify:playlist:3ZgmfR6lsnCwdffZUan8EA
error adding spotify:user:spotify:playlist:3ZgmfR6lsnCwdffZUan8EA: directory or file not found

Indeed, if I list Spotify resources from mpc I get this:

~ $ mpc ls "Spotify"
Spotify/Top tracks
Spotify/Top albums
Spotify/Top artists

It seems that mpc doesn’t see any Spotify playlist.
Any help?

2

The only workaround I have found is to add all spotify’s playlist tracks to a new mopidy local playlist. Then I can play that playlist with:

mpc load "New playlist name"
mpc play

But no way to directly play spotify’s playlists.

3

I was able to get this exact behavior to work a couple weeks ago by not including the user:userid piece.

From my rc.local

 mpc add "spotify:playlist:___playlist_id___"
 mpc repeat on
 mpc volume 100
 mpc play
4

I actually copied one whole piece from the pimusicbox project. Here’s the full block. Works like a charm!

# This code waits for Mopidy and MPD to be ready to accept commands, then starts the designated Spotify playlist (Playlist Name)
while ! nc -q 1 localhost 6600 </dev/null;
        do
            sleep 15;
            waittime=$((waittime+5));
            if [ $waittime -gt 120 ]
                then
                    echo "WARNING: Timeout waiting for Mopidy to start, aborting"
                    break;
            fi
        done
    if [ $waittime -le 120 ]
        then
            echo "Mopidy startup complete, playing [Playlist Name]"
#  sleep 120
            mpc add "spotify:playlist:___playlist_id___"
            mpc repeat on
            mpc volume 100
            mpc play
    fi
5

Nope:

mpc add "spotify:playlist:2vsLfxofpWIxzJs39DswxX"
error adding spotify:playlist:2vsLfxofpWIxzJs39DswxX: directory or file not found

or:

mpc add spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1E4jWvN4gAoPQN
error adding spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1E4jWvN4gAoPQN: directory or file not found