Spotify Syncing Extension Used By Twitch Streamers

Streamer on streaming platform Twitch is now turning to a new solution to avoid DMCA strikes that was developed by game developer Peter Madsen.

An extension for Twitch called Spotify Synchronizer that was developed by Peter Madsen was loved by many streamers from Twitch. It has a simple idea where it allows viewers to synchronize their accounts on Spotify with the streamer so that they can hear the music the streamer is listening to on their account. Viewers can now hear the music at the same time as the streamer where music artists, PROs, and Spotify get paid. Also viewers who are watching without the said extension will only hear the standard game audio.

Peter Madsen made the extension according to TorrentFreak by working within the bounds of the Twitch and Spotify APIs adn said that both the said companies freely provide their API tools to developers to create just like Madsen’s extensions.

The solution made by Madsen obviously works but it is not without its issues because streamers must press ‘force sync’ to change the music mid-song and that’s due to a limitation with Spotify’s API.

The Spotify Synchronizer extension was inspired by GTA RP streamers, said Madsen, where GTA RP streamers roleplay their lives with Spotify playlists and now they can offer to their audience the same music experience without the thought of DMCA strikes. Also, it is a creative but inelegant one that is unlikely to be much use and see. Streamers who like to roleplay with their viewers may install and use it for the experience but it is not intuitive unless the developer of the said extension can get Spotify and Twitch on board in an official capacity.

Many streamers stopped uploading VODs to Twitch and switched to YouTube because of the fear of getting strike. Some companies are now also working on similar solutions that can also offer royalty-free music for streamers to play for their viewers but their solutions are not enough knowing that they can’t contain many pop songs streamers want to play.

Only three categories are allowed to be used on Twitch and those are music licensed by you, owned by you, and music provided through the soundtrack by Twitch extension.

Now, many streamers are considering Madsen’s extension so that they can now provide their viewers the experience that they’ve missed before DMCA strikes happened.