Does Spotify have a way to see if your computer is recording with your DAC’s stereo mix? And if so, is there a way around it?

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    1 year ago

    On Windows, there is a Secure Audio Path API to prevent interception of the audio signal. Not sure if macOS has something similar, though it can prevent screenshotting of DRMed video. On Linux, any such protection is probably impossible unless Spotify requires a kernel module.

    Note that the audio quality on Spotify is not very high (256kbps .ogg, I think), so anything thus recorded is going to sound lossy, especially after you recompress it a second time.

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      1 year ago

      So I use windows, does this mean I’m good then? Or is this some setting I need to toggle on?

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        1 year ago

        On Windows, there is a Secure Audio Path API to prevent interception of the audio signal.

        this would mean no, you’re not good.

        and you need to take their second bit of advice to heart! always shoot for higher bitrate files if you’re learning to produce. manipulating lossy files will often sound nastier, so get FLACs/WAVs of the songs instead. with those two reasons + the fact that Spotify could possibly have unnoticeable watermarks while streaming even if it does work, I would strongly advise against getting your samples this way

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          1 year ago

          im not producing and this is for my own use. Also I listen to obscure music that isn’t available as torrent yet.

          So Audacity has the option to loopback into the software. Spotify shouldn’t see this correct? How does that get around the the Windows piracy protection?