Spotify, Podcast and co-existence

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Hi all,

I’m enjoying Roon tremendously with my collection, web radio and Tidal.

However, I do use Spotify and Podcasts as well. Knowing the implications, of at least Spotify, not knowing about adding Podcast capabilities - I wanted to try and get a working setup going, in a slightly more basic way.

Are any of you running a 2nd piece of software on your Roon setup, catering for services not supported by Roon?

I’m on a dedicated box, running Win10 and would be interested in learning more around any experiences running a dual-type setup.

/Mikkel

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Hi Mikkel,

If you are using HQ Player as the backend for Roon there is an interesting thread on CA about Spotify and Podcast as inputs to HQP. Linux only though.

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Thanks Andrew, I’ll go read it.

I am using HQP as backend, but on Windows for now. I have no issue using Linux - Windows was primarily chosen for .NET performance and use of supporting stuff like AO etc.

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If you do decide to look at Linux HQP you may need a further licence (I think they come in two flavours, Windows and Linux/Mac). If so, send a PM to Gianluca (@bibo01) who is an authorised HQP reseller and can get a good price for Roon members.

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Thanks for sharing Andrew - good info, will keep in mind.