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Lillpont · Guest

I think Spotify is a great way to get lots of music and the people at Spotify obviously need their money, however, there are times when you just don't wanna hear their ads.

What this script does is simple, it mutes the volume when there is an an on, and unmutes it when the ad is finished.

NOTE: For this to function on Vista Autohotkey.exe needs to be run in XP-compability mode. It also only works when Spotify is the active window

Comments and suggestions are more than welcome.

twinkletoes · Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 6

lovely script - works as advertised. Many thanks

Robert G. · Guest

Very very clever, Lillpont!! Here there is another free application that avoids ads in Spotify http://cosechapropia.blogspot.com/2009/06/mukote-100.html (use these parameters: Spotify, – (em-dash, ALT+0150), 1, Yes)

kyf · Guest

Hi Lillpont,

I like you script. I had written something similar, with two differences
1 - my code works when spotify is minimised
2 - my code cannot automatically detect when an advert has started, you need to press a hotkey (win+x)

If someone has time maybe they can combine these two scripts to solve the problem completely
Wink

Tyr708 · Guest

Really hope someone gets the time to mix these two together. I like would really love to use a mixed version.

But thx for both the versions. I use the first one right now sonce I am kind of lazy Razz

Guest · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:56 pm Post subject:

You're not allowed to post april fools scripts but a script to purposely screw a website out of money is ok?

Guest · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:05 pm Post subject:

What are you talking about?

The company still gets paid. And it's not like I'm ever going to buy the shit that they usually have commercials for.

Lillpont · Guest

It's a fair objection though. The commercials are obviously there for a reason, and if everyone used a script like this all the time Spotify would loose that income. And too say 'I wouldn't ever buy anything...' doesn't really hold water, IMO. Whether you go buy something isn't all that matters with ads, just you hearing the product name or similar is a value to the advertiser. And of course, when you add the word 'usually', you imply it might just happen, and that in it self throws your argument.

And also, I know I shouldn't be arguing this way.

About mixing the two scripts together, I don't think that's possible since they are based on totally different principles.

Guest · Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:19 am Post subject:

Sorry for my noobiness.... How and where the heck do I put this script??

Thanks!

lilljimpa · Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 127

i know a better way to avoid it!
why i havent done it yet is becouse i don't know how to fix it. maybe you can help me help you

i first figure out how you could add every title in your playlist to put it into a white-list. And if the title title playing isn't in the playlist it mute's.
This will work when spotify is minimized to tray and not having shuffle on in spotify... (i know how i can fix this)

but i figure this out when i was ling on my bed and were about to sleep. and i thougt to myself what if you constanly change playlist? then you will have a looong playlist in a txt/ini file that is white-listed... so next day i looked on the spotify menu when ads was runing and saw that the menu on [playlist] - [next] is grayed out. this you can search for whit help of dll cals (unfortenly i sucks on dll cals Sad

and english as well) using GetMenuState to see if it is grayed out or not.
so if it is grayed then ads is runing so then mute

so i searched the forum and found http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21451... This might help with GetMenuState
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you'll have to excuse me...I'm from Sweden, so my English is not that good...(but now it's better cuz JSLover/Guest is helping me)...

Rober · Guest

You can also try http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic45804.html, it works like a charm!

[Moderator's note: Changed link to AHK topic with source code. The blog link is found there]

Guest · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:15 am Post subject:

if you change the track playing when there is something like a second remaining the ad doesn't play at all.

Vitae111 · Guest

Or you could actually pay them to get Spotify Premium.

Companies like these deserve to get paid. We get music without having to break any laws.

daorc · Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 169

I completely agree with Vitae111. While it is tempting to bypass the adverts, if everyone does it Spotify will lose their income. They've done a fantastic thing allowing a lot of people to legally listen to music for free that they would have otherwise illegally downloaded. Isn't it fair enough to pay them by listening to their ads (or even by paying them £10). Muting the spotify ads is morally equivalent to illegally downloading the music in the first place, so why bother getting Spotify if you're going to do that?!

Mister T · Guest

@daorc, @Vitae111 etc.

Spotify premium doesn't currently offer value for money. £10 per month is way too much for the service. It's not like having a download of the music because you have to be connected to listen, so taking it out and about isn't always practical (I don't have or want an iPhone). Also their catalog is subject to license agreements with artists, so often I can't actually find what I want to listen to. The sound quality is often not that great either. For the current service I would be prepared to pay £20 a year max. I always turn the sound off on my pc when the ads come on (without exception) so they're not going to get me to buy anything anyway.