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Music Assistant has support for Nico Nico Video, a Japanese video-sharing website similar to YouTube, famous for its on-screen scrolling comments that overlay the video. Contributed and maintained by 柴田 Shi-553

Features
Subscription FREE Yes
Self-Hosted Local Media No
Media Types Supported Artists, Albums, Tracks, Playlists
Recommendations Supported Yes
Lyrics Supported No
Radio Mode Yes
Maximum Stream Quality Lossy, AAC (up to ~576 kbps)
Login Method Cookie or Password+MFA

Other

  • Allows searching, playback, and library integration
  • Keyword search for Tracks, Playlists (Mylist), and Albums (Series)
  • Recommendations based on history and follow activity
  • Library support
    • Playlists: your own Mylist (read/write)
    • Artists: your following artists

Configuration

Music Assistant supports login-free playback and search on Niconico. Logging in enables personal features such as recommendations, Mylist read/write, and watch history.

Two authentication methods are available: - Cookie (user_session) - Email + Password (+ MFA)

Written for Chrome:

  1. Navigate to https://www.nicovideo.jp/
  2. Go to View > Developer > Developer Tools. A new side window will open.
  3. Click the 'Application' tab. You might need to expand your window or click the >> button Preview image
  4. Under Storage > Cookies, click "https://www.nicovideo.jp" and find the entry called "user_session" Preview image
  5. Click it and copy the cookie value and use this in Music Assistant as the 'User Session'
    • Take note of the "Expires / Max-Age" column. The session will expire on that date and personal features will become unavailable. The above process must then be repeated to obtain a fresh session

Email + Password (+ MFA)

Provide your Niconico account email and password (and MFA if required).

  • Automatically relogins every 30 days to refresh the session cookie
  • Email login may not be supported in some environments. In that case, please use cookie authentication

Known Issues / Notes

  • If you assign an album to a track, the track-specific thumbnail will not be used

Not yet supported

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