Amazon Music HD integration

bitracer · February 8, 2021, 12:41pm

Please implement support for Amazon Music (HD). With the new HD offering it looks to be compelling alternative to Tidal and Qobuz.

Would be great to see it supported in Audirvana.

dbanker · September 18, 2019, 11:33am

I couldn’t agree more. Damien, I’m sure you’ve been noticing Amazon’s trajectory towards HD.

I think there’s a tremendous opportunity here for Audirvana if it incorporates Amazon streaming into its application. I plan on switching from Tidal to Amazon, and I hope Audirvana stays on board so I can still use it with Amazon.

damien · September 18, 2019, 1:33pm

Because they are Amazon, we believe their new HD service will contribute to promote quality audio, and we support that in general. So we are open to integrate their service into Audirvana, but that is the only thing we can say so far.

Quinn · September 18, 2019, 7:10pm

Yes, I would enthusiastically wait for the integration with the Amazon music HD.
Hopefully , we would hear something from you soon @damien?

Jmb1 · September 18, 2019, 7:22pm

we know Damien and this opportunity will be his next target… believe me… Audirvana is his baby and a baby should grow !!!

dbanker · September 18, 2019, 8:07pm

Awesome, thanks! I figured you probably would be. I look forward to more!

Drisie · September 18, 2019, 8:37pm

+1 for intergrating Amazon HD into Audirvana. Audirvana is an excellent piece of software!

dbanker · September 19, 2019, 3:30pm

Damien,

Is there a way for us current Amazon music users to play the music now via any kind of workaround on Audirvana? I’m using the Eunhasu Music Player to play to my SOtM SMS-200 streamer to my PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell DAC.

Or would we need to wait for Audirvana to officially partner with Amazon like you currently do with Tidal and Qobuz (I’m currently using Tidal and plan on switching).

Thanks.

David_Thoreau · September 19, 2019, 4:05pm

I too would love to see Amazon HD services able to stream through Audirvana!

afg1947 · September 21, 2019, 5:49pm

Me, too

Hard to see Tidal and Qobuz being able to survive Amazon Music HD

I presume from Damien’s post that the matter comes down to how much money Amazon wants in license fees.

Wouldn’t be surprised if the “Music” app that will replace iTunes also has a HD component, but Apple is notorious for not allowing third-party apps to tap into its “ecosystem.”

bitracer · September 21, 2019, 6:53pm

I hope that they lower the prices. Just look at Qobuz Sublime and how much it costs.

At the moment, the streaming in CD quality and beyond is just too expensive. No wonder people started to buy CDs again for the 5$/€ just to get the content in good quality.

bcmink · September 22, 2019, 10:58am

github.com

Jaffa/amazon-music/blob/master/DEVELOPMENT.md

Development
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Overview
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The _AmazonMusic_ library works in two parts:

1. Authenticating through the Amazon login portal, and saving the cookies in a cookie jar (by default `~/.amazonmusic-cookies.dat`)
  * To support multiple regions, we fetch `music.amazon.com`, and then get bounced through to the user's local version
  * In order to speed up subsequent access (and avoid reauthentication traps), the resulting local version is stored in the cookie jar in a fake cookie (see `COOKIE_TARGET`)
2. Accessing the JSON API, used by the Amazon Music web interface, to access stations, tracks etc.

It is important, particularly during (1), to appear to be a normal browser - paying particular attention to `Accept` and `Accept-Language` headers.

Once authenticated, web portal is loaded and a JSON object, `amznMusic.appConfig` is retrieved. This provides information that is necessary to send in subsequent JSON API calls - in particular, CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) tokens; and device & customer IDs.

The JSON calls themselves are to various HTTP endpoints and in addition to HTTP headers including the CSRF tokens, include an `X-Amz-Target` header. This looks like a fully-qualified Java class name, corresponding to the target action.

Changes to `AmazonMusic` must be tested in both Python 2 and Python 3.

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servoyguru · September 23, 2019, 5:04pm

+1 from me for integration!
I have a headless Mac mini running as my music server & normally use the A+ Remote to play my music, but can only use a ‘remote desktop’ app to listen to Amazon Music HD…

Blanka · September 25, 2019, 6:54pm

Amazon Music HD would be awesome, if integrated in Audirvana. So I can also stream in 24bit to my Chord Poly.

jbilos · September 26, 2019, 1:34am

I would like to see Amazon integration as well! I’m all for dropping the price and improving the quality. Amazon has deep pockets, so their service should improve quickly.

BeagleBoy · September 26, 2019, 4:25pm

Deep pockets? Yes, because they have their hands deep in yours😈
Sorry, couldn’t resist. Truth is, after pushing the competition out of business, prices will rise.
BR
BB

jmperrie · September 28, 2019, 3:41pm

I just want to say that after a morning of trying Amazon HD that it is at least as good as Tidal without Audirvana and the menus of the native app are a heck of a lot better. I want to cast my vote and express my humble and enthusiastic request for a splendid and elegant integration with Audirvana.

Professor · September 28, 2019, 9:01pm

I’ll join my voice to those who would deeply appreciate Amazon Music HD being folded into Audirvana. What a combo that would be! Like others have said, I think Amazon’s dive into HD music will help popularize lossless music streaming. And if Audirvana taps into Amazon, that should in turn make others aware of this wonderful music app!

bcmink · October 5, 2019, 8:48pm

I tried the Amazon HD service using Amazon’s Desktop Player for a couple hours comparing identical tracks (same bit rate & same format) streamed from Quobuz through A+ and Amazon’s HD service playing through the Amazon Desktop music player. The Amazon player audio quality sucks. Without Audirvana integration the service is frankly a waste of time and money.

jmb · October 7, 2019, 6:14pm

This is the crucial point …cheap price for a poor quality…no thanks …keep Qobuz …expensive but quality wise so good…we wait the launch in France to give them a chance…