General feedback about the card

[ovizii]

The “progress-bar” needs some outline. Compare it with the volume bar, I can clearly see how long the volume bar is and click to select the volume. With the bar at the top I pretty much have to randomly click, hoping I hit the right spot. Maybe give us the option to select a color for the bar starting from

Also, there is something else I am interested in:

When I check the settings of my Spotify app, I have enabled the “autoplay” feature so whenever I start playing a track, it will keep continuing with similar tracks. Or at least it seemed that way. I might be wrong, I'm just a very casual Spotify User.
Could you add such an option to the card? Currently, if I start playing a track from the card, it will simply stop after that track.

[ovizii]

On the Spotify app, I see info like: playing from playlist or playing from album, etc.
Is there a way to see that info on the card?
Is there a way to see the queue on the card? Sometimes I like to peek ahead :-)

[thlucas1]

I added an outline to the progress bar - good idea, thanks for that!

There is no queue support as of yet - future enhancement possibility on that.

As for the playlist name, album name, etc, you can use the Title Formatter Options to display just about anything that you want in the header area of the Player. You just have to modify the Player configuration options ...

To do that:

1. edit the card configuration. I would suggest you edit the card while playing a track (or playlist) so that you can see the title formatter values as you enter them.
2. select the Player tab to display Player section settings.
3. Adjust the following Player Header Status area settings, using the title formatter options.

• Title text
• Artist and Track Info
• Album Info

For example, you could set the "Title text" field to:
Current Playlist: {player.sp_playlist_name} and it would render as "Current Playlist: My Playlist Name"

Note that the "Artist and Track Info" setting does not have to contain an artist or track - it can be any of the title formatter options. Same for the Title Text and Album Info. I probably should have labelled these Title text, Sub-Title1 Text and Sub-Title2 Text to make that more clear.

Title Formatter Options

• {player.name} media player name (e.g. "LivingRoom Soundbar").
• {player.friendly_name} media player friendly name (e.g. "LivingRoom Soundbar").
• {player.media_album_name} currently playing media content album name (e.g. "It Is Well").
• {player.media_artist} currently playing media content artist (e.g. "Kutless").
• {player.media_title} currently playing media content title (e.g. "What Faith Can Do").
• {player.media_track} currently playing media content track (e.g. "What Faith Can Do").
• {player.state} media player current state (e.g. "playing", "off", etc).
• {player.sp_context_uri} Spotify uri for the currently playing context (e.g. "spotify:album:5ovMagVMhha9qq0OYDzXFm").
• {player.sp_playlist_name} playlist name being played, if the current context is a playlist (e.g. "Daily Mix 1").
• {player.sp_playlist_name_title} playlist name being played along with a "Playlist: " prefix, if the current context is a playlist (e.g. "Playlist: -Daily Mix 1").
• {player.sp_playlist_uri} playlist uri being played, if the current context is a playlist (e.g. "spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1EYkqdzj48dyYq").

[thlucas1]

Forgot to mention, I will have to look into the “autoplay” feature. I thought that was automatically done by the Spotify API, but it looks like it's not. Future enhancement if so.

[thlucas1]

@ovizii
Would you mind submitting Feature Requests for the following? That way I know who to notify if / when the feature is implemented:

• When I check the settings of my Spotify app, I have enabled the “autoplay” feature so whenever I start playing a track, it will keep continuing with similar tracks. Or at least it seemed that way. I might be wrong, I'm just a very casual Spotify User.
  Could you add such an option to the card? Currently, if I start playing a track from the card, it will simply stop after that track.

• Is there a way to see the Spotify play queue on the card? Sometimes I like to peek ahead :-)

Loving the feedback; keep it coming, and thank you for the help.

[ovizii]

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[thlucas1]

Thank you!