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Music Assistant has support for Yandex Music. Contributed and maintained by TrudenBoy.

This provider is built on top of the yandex-music-api library.

Note

A Yandex Music Plus subscription is required for lossless (FLAC) quality. Standard accounts can stream at high quality (320 kbps).

Features
Subscription FREE Yes (with limitations)
Self-Hosted Local Media No
Media Types Supported Artists, Albums, Tracks, Playlists
Recommendations Supported No
Lyrics Supported No
Radio Mode No
Maximum Stream Quality Lossless FLAC (with Plus subscription)
Login Method Token

Other

  • Searching the Yandex Music catalogue is possible
  • Items in a users Yandex Music library will be synced to Music Assistant
  • Adding/removing items to/from the Music Assistant library will sync back to Yandex Music
  • Browse is available to explore the Yandex Music catalogue

Configuration

Configuration requires obtaining an OAuth token from Yandex Music.

Obtaining the Token

  1. Open your browser and navigate to Yandex OAuth
  2. Log in with your Yandex account if prompted
  3. After authorization, you will be redirected to a URL containing access_token=YOUR_TOKEN
  4. Copy the token value (the part after access_token= and before &)
  5. Paste this token into the Music Assistant Yandex Music provider configuration

Settings

  • Audio quality: Select preferred audio quality. The default is High (320 kbps) which is available for all accounts. The other option is Lossless (FLAC) which requires a Yandex Music Plus subscription

Known Issues / Notes

  • The token may expire and need to be refreshed periodically

Not yet supported

  • Multiple Yandex Music accounts cannot be added as yet