How to Play Spotify Music on Plex in 2 Ways

Part 1. Why Can't You Connect Spotify to Plex Directly

First, let's learn more about why you can't use Spotify with Plex directly. There are two main reasons.

1. Digital Rights Management (DRM) on Spotify Music

Spotify uses DRM technology to protect its music content, which prevents users from downloading and using Spotify music on other unauthorized devices and platforms like Plex.

2. Plex Ended Official Plugin Support

For years, Plex had a plugin system that allowed third-party developers to create 'channels' for various services like Spotify. However, Plex has ended support for these plugins officially. That means those Plex plugins won't work anymore and won't be maintained.

Part 2. How to Play Spotify on Plex: Best Solution

As we have established, the most effective way to play Spotify music on Plex is to convert Spotify music to a DRM-free and common audio files for Plex.

To do that, you need a specialized tool like AudFree Spotify Music Converter. It can remove DRM protection from Spotify tracks and convert them to common formats such as MP3, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, etc. with 0% quality loss. By adopting advanced music converting technology, the processing speed of stream conversion can be up to 13X faster. After that, you can add Spotify to Plex for offline playback without any issues.

How to Convert Spotify Music for Plex as Local Files

With this smart software, you can download Spotify music locally and transfer them to your Plex, avoiding the limitation of Spotify Plex plugin. Please follow the detailed guidance below:

Step 1Load tracks from Spotify and add to AudFree

Download and install AudFree Spotify Music Converter on your computer. Launch it and you will see the built-in Spotify web player. To load Spotify files, please choose the music you want to download in the Spotify web player. After that, please click on the '+' button, and a few seconds later, tap the 'Add to list' button in the pop-up window to load those songs into AudFree.

Step 2Reset Spotify output format and other parameters for Plex

You can adjust the output format as whatever you need. On Mac computer, you need to check the "AudFree Spotify Music Converter" bar from the menu bar. On the Windows computer, you have to click on the "menu" option of the AudFree page. Next, choose "Preferences" > "Conversion" option. In the settings window, you are able to define output format as any common format. Also, you can define Spotify music quality by changing the bit rate, sample rate, etc. Later, press OK to apply.

Step 3Download and convert Spotify songs for Plex in a local folder

When all the steps above are completed, just simply click on the big 'Convert' icon at the bottom right of the Converting window. Then the AudFree program will start to download and convert the encrypted Spotify tracks for Plex with 100% lossless quality. The conversion time lies in the number of playlists you have loaded before. Please make sure that the DRM-free Spotify songs are in the target folder on your computer after conversion.

How to Add Spotify to Plex Library

Now, you can go to the Plex Media Server and log into your Plex account. After you sign in, you can click on your profile, tap Account settings, choose Libraries under Manager, then choose the "Add Library" bar > Music to build a new library for storing your converted Spotify tracks. You can choose different library types, including movies, TV shows, music, photos, and home videos as you need. Next, tap Browse for Media Folder to locate the converted Spotify music files on your computer and add them to Plex.

Here, you can check the converted Spotify songs in "All Libraries". All added media files will be displayed in it. Now, just download and install Plex app freely on any of your devices and start enjoying your favorite Spotify songs on Plex.

Tips: To have a better listening experience of Spotify on Plex, you can use Plexamp. It is a dedicated music player in Plex, offering lossless audio playback, smart playlists, offline playback and so on.

Part 3. How to Import Spotify Playlist to Plex via Soundiiz

To get Spotify on Plex, you can also try using an online playlist transfer tool like Soundiiz to move Spotify playlist to Plex for management. However, this service won't download Spotify music to Plex and you won't get the actual Spotify audio files. You can only backup and manage your Spotify playlist on your Plex.

Step 1. Visit Soundiiz official website on your device.

Step 2. Choose Spotify as source platform, log in to your Spotify account and connect it to Soundiiz.

Step 3. Select your wanted Spotify playlists and then click Sync.

Step 4. Pick up Plex as destination platform, sign in to your Plex account and connect it to Soundiiz.

Step 5. Now, start to sync playlist from Spotify to Plex for management and backup.

Part 4. FAQs about Spotify on Plex

Is It Legal to Convert Spotify Music for Plex for Personal Use?

Yes, it is legal as long as you have the right to use Spotify music, and the music is for your own private and non-commercial listening on your personal Plex Media Server.

What Is the Best Audio Format to Play Spotify on Plex?

For the best balance of quality and file size, MP3 with 320 kbps is excellent. For archival and lossless quality, FLAC is the best choice for audiophiles, but the file size is large.

Will I See Lyrics and Artist Information of Spotify Music in Plex?

Yes. When you add your local Spotify music files to Plex library, it will scan your files automatically and downloads full metadata, including dates, lyrics, etc.

What Is the Best Working Spotify Plugin for Plex?

Now, there are no Spotify plugins for Plex as Plex has phased out its plugin system.

Part 5. The Verdict

Although there isn't a Plex Spotify integration, there are still ways to connect Spotify to Plex. By converting your Spotify library into local files, you can get stable and permanent Spotify music and add them to Plex music library for playback and management. You don't need to wait for an official integration of Spotify and Plex anymore. Now, start creating your own personalized music server for Spotify in Plex today.