raspotify crashs

[snuudz]

Hi,

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 with OS Linux 10 (buster).
I put a Hifiberry Digi2 Pro on it, which works well after following this instuction.
Then, I installed shairport-sync by using this simple installation instruction and it runs perfect.
Now, I tried to install raspotify by using the easy way curl -sL https://dtcooper.github.io/raspotify/install.sh | sh
Installation looked fine but it doesn't work.

I can select raspotify at spotify and it tells connecting. If I try to start a song, raspotify crashs.
I checked with journalctl and got the following:

Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi librespot[940]: Failed to get home directory.
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi librespot[940]: Failed to get home directory.
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi librespot[940]: Failed to load cookie file from cookie: No such file or directory
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi librespot[940]: Failed to get home directory.
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi librespot[940]: Failed to get home directory.
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi librespot[940]: Failed to load cookie file from cookie: No such file or directory
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi pulseaudio[389]: Denied access to client with invalid authentication data.
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi librespot[940]: ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Access denied
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi librespot[940]: [2022-01-01T18:11:54Z ERROR librespot_playback::player] Audio Sink Error Connection Refused: <AlsaSink> Device de
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 01 19:11:54 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 01 19:12:04 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Service RestartSec=10s expired, scheduling restart.

Seems something wrong with pulseaudio, or so.
I already searched in the net, found nothing usefull for me.

Any Idea?
Thanks a lot!

[JasonLG1979]

Simply reading the README would have answered your question.

As per the README:

Raspotify is a Debian package and associated repository for Raspberry Pi OS lite (Bullseye)

Only the most current version of Raspberry Pi OS lite is supported (currently Bullseye). Raspotify may work on other OS's and/or other Raspberry Pi OS version but bugs to do with compatibility issues in unsupported systems will be closed.

For desktop versions of Raspberry Pi OS (and/or systems with PulseAudio installed) spotifyd offers similar functionality, much better PulseAudio compatibility and is a better choice.

[snuudz]

Thanks for your hint!
I upgraded to Raspberry Pi OS lite (Bullseye), now.
I installed raspotify by using curl -sL https://dtcooper.github.io/raspotify/install.sh | sh without any error.
Anyway, I have the same failure at spotify.
But the error looks different with journalctl:

Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi librespot[1426]: Failed to get home directory.
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi librespot[1426]: Failed to get home directory.
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi librespot[1426]: Failed to load cookie file from cookie: No such file or directory
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi librespot[1426]: Failed to get home directory.
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi librespot[1426]: Failed to get home directory.
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi librespot[1426]: Failed to load cookie file from cookie: No such file or directory
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi pulseaudio[383]: Denied access to client with invalid authentication data.
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi librespot[1426]: ALSA lib pulse.c:242:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Access denied
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi librespot[1426]: [2022-01-02T20:03:10Z ERROR librespot_playback::player] Audio Sink Error Connection Refused: <AlsaSink> Device >
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 02 21:03:10 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Consumed 1.305s CPU time.
Jan 02 21:03:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Jan 02 21:03:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped Raspotify (Spotify Connect Client).
Jan 02 21:03:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: raspotify.service: Consumed 1.305s CPU time.
Jan 02 21:03:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Raspotify (Spotify Connect Client).

[JasonLG1979]

If only there was a wiki with a page with a possible solution?

[JasonLG1979]

It would also be great if there were issues in this repo that mentioned PulseAudio?

[snuudz]

It works!
Thanks a lot and sorry for bugging you.
I am a newbie to github and not familiar with it yet