{"id":470,"date":"2018-10-17T11:42:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T11:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/how-to-mute-spotify-ads-on-arch-linux\/"},"modified":"2018-10-17T11:42:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T11:42:36","slug":"how-to-mute-spotify-ads-on-arch-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/how-to-mute-spotify-ads-on-arch-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Mute Spotify Ads on Arch Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n By <a href=\"http:\/\/fasterland.net\/author\/faster3ck\">Francesco Mondello&lt;\/a&gt;&#8221;&gt;<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fasterland.net\">Francesco Mondello<\/a> on October 15, 2018<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spotify-AdKiller\" height=\"262\" src=\"http:\/\/fasterland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Spotify-AdKiller-750x262.png\" width=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial we will see how to mute Spotify ads on Arch Linux with a very simple and lightweight script I found on GitHub called <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/SecUpwN\/Spotify-AdKiller\">Spotify-AdKiller<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re using Spotify Free on your Arch Linux system (or any kind of Linux distro), this useful script will be able to mute its annoying audio ads.<\/p>\n<p>Spotify-AdKiller allows you to block Spotify ads in 3 different ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simple<\/li>\n<li>Interstitial<\/li>\n<li>Continuous <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will see in details these 3 different features after the installation!<\/p>\n<h2>How to install Spotify-AdKiller on Arch Linux<\/h2>\n<p>Spotify-AdKiller it\u2019s packed for Ubuntu and OpenSuse as well, but we will see in details how to install and configure it on Arch Linux:<\/p>\n<p>Since there\u2019s a package in the <a href=\"https:\/\/aur.archlinux.org\/packages\/spotify-adkiller-git\/\">AUR repos<\/a>, we can install it using an AUR package manager or using these commands:<\/p>\n<p>&#xD;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>git clone https:\/\/aur.archlinux.org\/spotify-adkiller-git.git<\/p>\n<p>cd spotify-adkiller-git<\/p>\n<p>makepkg -si<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p> &#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<\/p>\n<p>After installing it, we will see a menu entry called Spotify (AdKiller) with the famous Spotify green icon.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Configure Spotify-AdKiller<\/h2>\n<p>As said before, Spotify-AdKiller has 3 different ways to work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>simple: mute Spotify, unmute when ad is over<\/li>\n<li>interstitial: mute Spotify, play random local track, stop and unmute when ad is over<\/li>\n<li>continuous: mute Spotify, play random local track, stop and unmute when track is over<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The default ad blocking mode is continuous.<\/p>\n<h2>How to block Spotify Ads<\/h2>\n<p>In order to completely mute Spotify ads on Arch Linux, open the file <em>$HOME\/.config\/Spotify-AdKiller\/Spotify-AdKiller.cfg<\/em> (if it doesn\u2019t exist, run the Spotify-AdKiller script).<\/p>\n<p>In the CUSTOM_MODE section add simple.<\/p>\n<p>From now on, Spotify ads will be muted. Anyway, if you are a frequent Spotify user, consider obviously to get your Premium subscription! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>You can get more info about Spotify-AdKiller on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/SecUpwN\/Spotify-AdKiller\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/lxer.com\/module\/newswire\/ext_link.php?rid=261752\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Francesco Mondello&lt;\/a&gt;&#8221;&gt;Francesco Mondello on October 15, 2018 In this tutorial we will see how to mute Spotify ads on Arch Linux with a very simple and lightweight script I found on GitHub called Spotify-AdKiller. 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