tidal-hifi/README.md

TIDAL Hi-Fi (Max quality)

The web version of listen.tidal.com running in electron with Hi-Fi (High & Max) support thanks to widevine.

Table of Contents

• TIDAL Hi-Fi (Max quality)
  • Table of Contents
  • Features
  • Contributions
  • Why did I create TIDAL Hi-Fi?
    • Why not extend existing projects?
  • Installation
    • Dependencies
    • Using releases
    • Snap
    • Arch Linux
    • Flatpak
    • Nix
    • Using source
  • Integrations
  • Known bugs
    • DRM not working on Windows (error S6007)
  • Special thanks to
  • Donations
  • Images
    • Settings window
    • User setups

Features

• HiFi playback (High & Max settings)
• Notifications
• Custom theming
• Custom hotkeys (source)
• Better icons thanks to Papirus-icon-theme
• Settings feature to disable certain functionality. (ctrl+= or ctrl+0)
• API for status, playback and settings (see the /docs route)
• Disabled audio & visual ads, unlocked lyrics, suggested track, track info, and unlimited skips thanks to uBlockOrigin custom filters (source)
• AlbumArt in integrations (best-effort)
• Custom integrations
  • ListenBrainz integration
  • Discord RPC integration (showing "now listening", "Browsing", etc)
    • Flatpak version only works if both Discord and Tidal-HiFi are flatpaks
  • MPRIS integration
• UI + Json config (~/.config/tidal-hifi/, or ~/.var/app/com.mastermindzh.tidal-hifi/ for Flatpak)

Contributions

To contribute you can use the standard GitHub features (issues, prs, etc.) or join the discord server to talk with like-minded individuals.

• Join the Discord server

Why did I create TIDAL Hi-Fi?

I moved from Spotify over to Tidal and found Linux support to be lacking. When I started this project there weren't any Linux apps that offered Tidal's "hifi" options nor any scripts to control it. I made this app to support the highest quality audio available on the Linux platform. It used to be "hifi" but now is "High & Max".

Why not extend existing projects?

Whilst there are a handful of projects attempting to run Tidal on Electron they are all unappealing to me because of various reasons:

• Lack of maintainers/developers. (no hotfixes, no issues being handled etc)
• Most are simple web wrappers, not my cup of tea.
• Some are DE-oriented. I want this to work on WM's too.
• None have Widevine working at the moment

Sometimes it's just easier to start over, cover my own needs and after that making it available to the public :)

Installation

Dependencies

Note that you need a notification library such as libnotify or dunst for the software to work properly.

Using releases

Various packaged versions of the software are available on the releases tab.

Snap

To install with snap you need to download the pre-packaged snap-package from this repository, found under releases:

1. Download

   wget <URI> #for instance: https://github.com/Mastermindzh/tidal-hifi/releases/download/1.0/tidal-hifi_1.0.0_amd64.snap
   

2. Install

   snap install --dangerous <path> #for instance: tidal-hifi_1.0.0_amd64.snap
   

Arch Linux

Arch Linux users can use the AUR to install TIDAL Hi-Fi:

trizen tidal-hifi-git

Flatpak

To install via Flatpak run the following command:

flatpak install flathub com.mastermindzh.tidal-hifi

Nix

To install with Nix run the following command:

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.tidal-hifi

Using source

To install and work with the code on this project follow these steps:

• git clone https://github.com/Mastermindzh/tidal-hifi.git
• cd tidal-hifi
• npm install
• npm run watch to watch for auto-reload of Typescript/SCSS changes.
  • npm run compile can be used to trigger it once
• npm watchStart to auto watch for any updates files and reload Tidal Hi-Fi
  • npm start can be used to run Tidal Hi-Fi manually once

Integrations

TIDAL Hi-Fi comes with several integrations out of the box. You can find these in the settings menu (ctrl + = by default) under the "integrations" tab.

Integrations with other projects that are not included natively:

• i3 blocks config - My dotfiles where I use this app to fetch currently playing music (direct commit)
• neptune third party plugins & theming

Known bugs

DRM not working on Windows (error S6007)

Most Windows users run into DRM issues when trying to use TIDAL Hi-Fi. Nothing I can do about that I'm afraid... Tidal is working on removing/changing DRM so when they finish with that we can give it another shot.

Until then you'll have to use the official app unfortunately.

Special thanks to

• Castlabs For maintaining Electron with Widevine CDM installation, Verified Media Path (VMP), and persistent licenses (StorageID)

Donations

You can find my Github sponsorship page at: https://github.com/sponsors/Mastermindzh

Images

Settings window

User setups

Some of our users are kind enough to share their usage pictures. If you want to see them or possibly even add one please do so in the following issue: #3 - image thread.