Spotify Core Settings Spotify Recorder and Watcher Settings

Parameters

Parameter Description and values Default value
Output path Folder where recorded songs will be stored Music
Audio device Audio device that Spytify will listen on. Must be the same one than Spotify uses, for Spytify to be able to record. Spotify/Spytify default audio endpoint can be change in Windows 🡂 Sound Settings 🡂 App volume and device preferences. More details in F.A.Q. Default
Audio quality From Low to High 128kbps 160kbps (Spotify Free)¹ 256kbps 320kbps (Spotify Premium)² 160kbps¹
Minimal length Remove songs shorter that the time set 30s
Audio format WAV and MP3 (adds media info and album cover) MP3
API (ID3 Media tags) ** ** Needs to haveAudio format set to MP3. Then you can choose to keep the default LastFM API or use the more advanced API. Spotify API requires client id/secret keys to work. So follow these instructions to set it up. LastFM API**
Language Currently supporting English, French, Dutch and German English
Ads Mute audio ads when detected On

¹ Spotify Free account will stream at a max rate of 160kbps, so you shouldn’t go above that quality.
² Spotify Premium account will stream at a max rate of 320kpbs (if max quality is enabled in Spotify settings), so you shouldn’t go above that quality.

Advanced Parameters

Recorder Parameter Description and values Default value
Timer for the recording session It sets a timer that will stop the recording session after the giving time until the end of the playing track 00h00m00s
Choose the starting position of the counter Changing the position will take effect if one of the recording number options below is enabled. Change this number when resuming an old recording session. More details in F.A.Q. 001
Add the counter number in front of all files name Add a recording order number infront of files name 001 Artist - Title.mp3 Off
Group artists inside their own folder Group songs by folder titled with the artist’s name and remove the artist of the file name ../Artist/Title.mp3 Off
Replace files name spaces by underscores _ Remove from the file name any space and replace it by underscores Artist_-_Title.mp3 Off
Record already recorded tracks instead of skipping them When the feature is On: If Duplicate is checked and the current track was already recordedSpytify will just add a number to the file name and keep recording, otherwise it will overwrite the file that matches the track title. When off Spytify won’t record if the track was already recorded. Off (skip)
Spy Parameter Description and values Default value
Delay next recording if sound is detected Delay the recording of the next song if sound is detected or the 1 second timeout is reached On
Record everything Records anything that plays and unmute ads, because podcasts are detected as an ad Off
Media Tags Parameter Description and values Default value
Replace track number tag by the counter value Replace the album track number in the media info by the recording order number Off
Move extra title of the track to the subtitle tag Spytify will always set the track detail Live/Remastered like Artist - Title (feat. Other) - Live to the subtitle tag. However if it records a track like Artist - Title (feat. Other), it can set the part between parenthesis as the subtitle tag if this feature is turned On Off