Failed fetching audio key!

[Cameron1391]

Hello. This software has been working perfect for me up until today. I get multiple errors trying to download albums and tracks. "Failed fetching audio key!

Failed fetching audio key - gid: 34a47982845a47808079a3c77396e6ae, fileId: f50977596f4be8ce0e3f918d51009daef606fb9c

        [∙∙∙] Preparing download... Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\zotify\track.py", line 224, in download_track
    stream = Zotify.get_content_stream(track, Zotify.DOWNLOAD_QUALITY)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\zotify\zotify.py", line 53, in get_content_stream
    return cls.SESSION.content_feeder().load(content_id, VorbisOnlyAudioQuality(quality), False, None)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\librespot\audio\__init__.py", line 739, in load
    return self.load_track(playable_id, audio_quality_picker, preload,
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\librespot\audio\__init__.py", line 800, in load_track
    return self.load_stream(file, track, None, preload, halt_listener)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\librespot\audio\__init__.py", line 754, in load_stream
    return CdnFeedHelper.load_track(self.__session, track, file,
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\librespot\audio\__init__.py", line 339, in load_track
    key = session.audio_key().get_audio_key(track.gid, file.file_id)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\librespot\audio\__init__.py", line 277, in get_audio_key
    return self.get_audio_key(gid, file_id, False)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\librespot\audio\__init__.py", line 278, in get_audio_key
    raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Failed fetching audio key! gid: 34a47982845a47808079a3c77396e6ae, fileId: f50977596f4be8ce0e3f918d51009daef606fb9c

This now happens on full albums and individual tracks. I haven't touched or changed anything. Does anyone know what the problem is. Thanks.

[BionztheGod]

I have the same problem, but it only occurs when I use the download a playlist feature. If I just download the song everything works fine.

[Cameron1391]

I seemed to have fixed the problem. I reinstalled Anaconda3 and put it in a new folder in ProgramFIles. It downloads again after that.

[BionztheGod]

I never installed anaconda3 what am I supposed to do now?

[Cameron1391]

interesting must be a bug in the app

[janbarone]

i'm having the same issue. it will download a few songs then this error will occur.

[x528491x]

I seemed to have fixed the problem. I reinstalled Anaconda3 and put it in a new folder in ProgramFIles. It downloads again after that.

I doubt it's related to that. I'm facing the same bug on a zotify clone that I wrote in rust.

It appears to be caused by some rate limiting introduced by Spotify.

Try throttling the speed of the download and you won't face the errors.

Edit:

I guess the --download-real-time flag is a necessity now, not just for preventing bans, but for actually being able to download the songs.

[x528491x]

I supposed a decent fix at the moment would be to either

1. Somehow figure out the ratelimit by trial and error and download just under that limit (this must be higher than --real-time), or

2. When the playlist fails to download due to this rate limit, retry with --download-real-time, and then download at normal speed for the next song onwards. This should be able to squeeze out maximum throughput and replenish the ratelimit with a slower download when the ratelimit is hit.

[BionztheGod]

Is there anyway to enter a buffer so it doesn't download that fast? The bulk time thing doesn't work for me

[Cameron1391]

I seemed to have fixed the problem. I reinstalled Anaconda3 and put it in a new folder in ProgramFIles. It downloads again after that.

I doubt it's related to that. I'm facing the same bug on a zotify clone that I wrote in rust.

It appears to be caused by some rate limiting introduced by Spotify.

Try throttling the speed of the download and you won't face the errors.

Edit:

I guess the --download-real-time flag is a necessity now, not just for preventing bans, but for actually being able to download the songs.

Thank you i'll also give that a go

[tig3rmast3r]

if they have implemented a bandwidth check maybe we just need a throttle on the download loop, like a simple configurable pause between each download, like 1 minute or so...
next time i need it i'll do some tests..

[MichaelDevon]

This can either be fixed with the --download-real-time=True flag, or changing your IP with a VPN.

[janbarone]

I can confirm. Using --download-real-time=True makes the downloads just fine. Downside is, downloading 150 songs will take you for about more than 6 hours.

[BionztheGod]

I just let it run once, then wait for a moment and then let it run over again.

[janbarone]

I just let it run once, then wait for a moment and then let it run over again.

may i know what's your config?

[BionztheGod]

I haven't really changed anything besides the retry attempts, I set those to 5 and to skip existing and previously downloaded to true