XboxMusicRadio

Start the game once. It makes an XboxMusicRadio folder next to azimuth.exe with XboxMusicRadio.ini.

Needs Azimuth 1.0.1 or later (it loads the platform as DWrite.dll). Spotify and the music apps need Windows 10

version 2004 or later (the mod records their sound).

Your music files

The station plays the music in your Windows Music folder (C:\Users\<you>\Music, or wherever you moved it):

•Formats: MP3, FLAC and WAV.

•With more than one playlist there's also All music, every song together. It's what plays until you choose one.

•Titles and artists come from the files' tags. Without tags, from the file name: Artist - Title.mp3.

•To use another folder, set folder= in XboxMusicRadio.ini, for example folder=D:\Songs or

folder=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Songs.

•New files and folders show up the next time you open Audio Options; no restart needed.

Playing

1. In the car, switch the radio to Xbox Music.

2. To choose what it plays: Pause > Settings > Audio Options, pick it under Xbox Music, and leave the page. Spotify and the

music apps come first in the list, then your folders.

3. F6 skips to the next song. You can change the key, or add a controller chord, on the Mods page.

The game's own Horizon 2 Mix entry (the default Xbox Music playlist on Xbox One) plays all your music files.

The radio display shows the song and artist. It can only show plain letters: accents are dropped, and other scripts

(Chinese, Japanese, ...) don't show there; the log has the full names.

Spotify

With Spotify Premium, the station can play Spotify through Spotify Soloist, Spotify's own headless Spotify

Connect player:

1. At developer.spotify.com/dashboard, open Spotify Soloist API Key

and make a key. Put it after api_key= under [spotify] in XboxMusicRadio.ini. Keep it private.

2. Download Soloist for Windows from

Downloads and updates

and put soloist.exe in the XboxMusicRadio folder. Spotify doesn't allow passing it on, so it isn't in the

mod's zip. Soloist builds expire after 90 days; the log says when it's time for a new one.

3. Start the game. Pause > Settings > Audio Options: choose Spotify under Xbox Music.

4. In the Spotify app (phone or PC, same network), pick the device FH2 Radio and play anything.

The mod runs Soloist hidden while the game runs and plays its sound on the station. Choose playlists and songs in the

Spotify app. Soloist's own sound is turned down to -80 dB in the Windows volume mixer, so you only hear it on the

radio. F6 skips, and Spotify pauses while you're on another station and carries on when you come back.

Soloist's login, cache and log (soloist.log) are in XboxMusicRadio\soloist.

Music apps: YouTube Music, NetEase Cloud Music, QQ Music

The station can also play what a music app on your PC plays. Each one is a playlist in Audio Options:

| Playlist | The app |

|---|---|

| YouTube Music | music.youtube.com in a browser (Edge, Chrome, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, Firefox), or installed from the browser as an app |

| NetEase Cloud Music | the NetEase Cloud Music desktop app (cloudmusic.exe) |

| QQ Music | the QQ Music desktop app (QQMusic.exe) |

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