How to Get Spotify Premium with Onthespot for Free 2024

How to Download FFmpeg Before Installing Onthespot

Step 1. Head to the official website of FFmpeg: https://ffmpeg.org/.

Step 2. Click on the “Download” button on the right.

Step 3. Click on the Windows icon on the left, followed by the first link below it.

Step 4. Then you will be redirect to a new page. On this page, select the link named “ffmpeg-git-full.7z” to download he latest version of FFmpeg.

Step 5. Extract the FFmpeg file to a location you want to save it on your computer. 然后点进去，定位到”bin”文件夹，复制这个路径, for example, mine here is:

Step 6. Then we need to add it to the system path for Onthespot to use it. Right click on the “My PC” icon on your computer. Select “Properties” in the drop down menu.

Step 7. On the opened system settings page, click on “Advanced system settings” on the right.

Step 8. Then click on “Environment variables” at the bottom.

Step 9. On the newly opened windows, navigate to “System variables”, find and select “Path”, then click on “Edit” to modify system variables.

Step 10. In the system variable window, click on “New” on the right to add new system variable, then paste the path of FFmpeg “bin” file into the input bar at the bottom. At last, click on “OK” to finish.

Step 11. Click all the “OK” to close opened windows and save this change.

Now FFmpeg should have been added to your system path.

How to Download Python Before Installing Onthespot

Python is the main language used to build Onthespot, so you need to install it on your computer too.

Step 1. Head to the official website of Python: https://python.org/.

Step 2. Click on the “Downloads” tab on the top.

Step 3. Then click the big yellow “Download Python X.X.X” to download the latest version of Python.

Step 4. Double click on the downloaded exe file. When you install python, do remember to check “Add Python X.X.X” box below on the opening page, this will add python to the system path on your computer.

Step 5. Then you can follow the instructions all the way to finish installation. I think it’s quite simple, so I’m not gonna list it here, you can comment below if you encounter any problems.

How to Download Git Before Downloading Onthespot

Step 1. Go to the download page of Git: https://git-scm.com/downloads.

Step 2. Select Windows version of Git to download.

Step 3. Then on the newly opened page, select “64-bit Git for Windows Setup”, this will download the exe file to your computer.

Step 4. Double click on the downloaded Git exe file, hit on “Install”, after a while, it will install Git to your computer.

How to Download Microsoft C ++ Build Tools Before Downloading Onthespot

Step 1. Go to the official website of Microsoft C ++ Build Tools: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/

Step 2. Click on the download button on the left to download Microsoft C ++ Build Tools.

Step 3. Double click on the downloaded exe file. It will open a page like this:

Check the box of “Desktop development with C ++” on the left. Then on the right, select “MSVC v143 -VS 2022 C ++ x86/x64 build tools” and “Windows 10 SDK”, keep others in default. Finally, click on “Install” below to begin installation.

Step 4. After installation, please restart your computer to make sure Microsoft C++ Build Tools can work.

How to Fix Onthespot Login Problem

Step 1. Onthespot initially looks for available accounts in the “C:\Users\USERNAME.config\casualonthespot\config.json” file and utilizes the cached session. If the accounts field within this file is empty, modify it as follows:

"accounts": [
    [
        "EMAIL",
        true,
        1,
        "a"
    ]
],

Step 2. Copy the following code and save it as a .py file (e.g., script.py)

Step 3. Open your terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where you saved the script.

Step 4. Execute the script by typing “python script.py” and pressing Enter, then keep the terminal open, don’t close it, regardless of the errors it throws.

Step 5. Open the Spotify app, log into your Spotify Premium account and click on the "Connected Devices" icon in the bottom right corner.

Step 6. From the list of available devices, select "Librespot-python"

Step 7. Then copy this file and go to the path below to place it:

Finally, rename this “creadentials.json” to “ots_login_a.json”.

Now, navigate to where your Onthespot locates and reopen Onthespot with the this same command to see if it works:

It will appear like this:

And you can find your account has successfully logged in in configuration tab.

How to Download Spotify Music with Onthespot

Step 1. Copy the link of Spotify playlists/songs/albums/podcasts/audiobooks into the search on the top of Onthespot GUI.

Step 2. Then click on “Search” button on the right, Then all the found music will be automatically downloaded, you can view the downgliding process under the “Progress” tab. And when it’s done, you can click on the “Locate” button to locate them.

How to Output Different Audio Formats of Spotify Music with Onthespot

You can go to the “Configuration” tab, then click on the “Show/Hide Advanced options” button. This will show a new “Advanced configuration” tab on the top. Click on it, then you can designate preferred output format by changing the content within input bar of “Media format”.

I’ve tried “flac”, “m4b”, “m4a” and Onthespot successfully transformed Spotify music to all these formats, you can also try other formats.

How to Change the Name Structure of The Outputted Spotify Music

You can change the name structure of the outputted tracks, playlists, and albums under the “Advanced configuration” tab mentioned above in Onthespot as well. And the Onthespot official has given all the available options on their GitHub page, feel free to customize these settings according to your preferences.