(wip) spotifyd experimentation

This is an attempt to get spotifyd running as a system user working

home/modules/i3+sway/default.nix

@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ let
   cfg = config.home.i3_sway;
   i3_cfg = config.xsession.windowManager.i3.config;
 
-  shared_config = recursiveUpdate {
+  shared_config = recursiveUpdate rec {
     modifier = "Mod4";
     terminal = "kitty";
     defaultWorkspace = "workspace number 1";
 
     keybindings = {
-      "${shared_config.modifier}+Return" = "exec ${i3_cfg.terminal}";
+      "${shared_config.modifier}+Return" = "exec ${terminal}";
       "${shared_config.modifier}+Shift+q" = "kill";
       "${shared_config.modifier}+d" = "exec ${i3_cfg.menu}";
 

machines/boxy/configuration.nix

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ with lib;
       autologin = true;
       wayland = true;
     };
+    spotifyd = {
+      enable = true;
+      deviceType = "t_v";
+    };
     users.enable = true;
   };
 

roles/audio/default.nix

@@ -13,16 +13,15 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable
     {
       environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+        alsa-utils
         paprefs
         pavucontrol
         pulsemixer
       ];
 
-      services.pipewire = {
+      hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true;
-        enable = true;
-        pulse.enable = true;
-      };
       hardware.pulseaudio.package = pkgs.pulseaudioFull;
+      hardware.pulseaudio.support32Bit = true;
       hardware.pulseaudio.extraConfig = "
         load-module module-combine-sink
         load-module module-switch-on-connect

roles/spotifyd/default.nix

@@ -4,33 +4,44 @@ with lib;
 
 let
   cfg = config.roles.spotifyd;
+  spotifyd = pkgs.spotifyd.override { withMpris = true; withPulseAudio = true; };
+  spotifydConf = pkgs.writeText "spotifyd-config" ''
+    [global]
+    backend = "pulseaudio"
+    bitrate = 320
+    use_mpris = false
+    zeroconf_port = 5354
+    autoplay = false
+    device_type = "${cfg.deviceType}"
+  '';
 in
 {
   options.roles.spotifyd = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "Enable the spotifyd role";
+    deviceType = mkOption {
+      default = "computer";
+    };
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable
     {
       roles.audio.enable = true;
 
-      services.spotifyd = {
+      systemd.user.services.spotifyd = {
         enable = true;
-        settings = {
+        wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
-          global = {
+        after = [ "network-online.target" "sound.target" ];
-            use_mpris = false;
+        description = "spotifyd, a Spotify playing daemon";
-            backend = "alsa";
+        serviceConfig = {
-            device = "sysdefault";
+          ExecStart = "${spotifyd}/bin/spotifyd --no-daemon --cache-path=\${HOME}/.cache/spotifyd --config-path=${spotifydConf}";
-            bitrate = 320;
+          Restart = "always";
-            cache_path = "";
+          RestartSec = 12;
-            zeroconf_port = 1234;
-            autoplay = false;
-          };
         };
       };
+      users.users."kodi".linger = true;
 
       networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [
-        1234
+        5354
         57621
       ];
       networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [