🎵 Spotify Vinyl Player - Python Edition

A stylish, interactive desktop application that brings your Spotify playback to life with a retro vinyl record animation. This project uses Python to fetch real-time data from Spotify and displays it on a dynamic, blurred-background GUI.

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Overview

This application connects to your Spotify account and:

• Tracks Live Music: Detects what you are currently listening to.
• Dynamic Visuals: Downloads album art and transforms it into a rotating vinyl sticker.
• Immersive UI: Features a blurred background based on the current album cover.
• Animated Elements: Includes a spinning vinyl record and a classic record player arm.

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Features

• Real-time Synchronization: Polling system that updates the song info every 2 seconds.
• Smooth Animation: High-frequency rotation loop (20ms) for a realistic spinning effect.
• Image Processing: Uses the PIL (Pillow) library for Gaussian blurs, circular masks, and rotations.

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Tech Stack

• Language: Python 3.x
• GUI Framework: tkinter
• API: Spotipy (Spotify Web API wrapper)
• Image Handling: Pillow (PIL)
• Networking: requests

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Preview

Prerequisites & Setup

1. Spotify Developer Account:

   • Create an app on the Spotify Developer Dashboard.
   • Set the Redirect URI to: https://github.com/lorenkr/spotify-turntable/blob/main/docs/callback.html

2. Environment Variables: Create a .env file in the root directory and add your credentials:

   CLIENT_ID=your_client_id_here
   CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret_here