Spotify Virtual DJ – How to Use Virtual DJ with Spotify

Q: As an experienced and professional audio and video mixing software, Virtual DJ is a nice option to stream and mix music. But when I try to connect Spotify to Virtual DJ to add tracks, there is something wrong that happened unexpectedly. Spotify songs and playlists don’t show up in my Virtual DJ 8. Does Virtual DJ work with Spotify?

It didn’t come as a shock for the outdated news. Virtual DJ has removed Spotify from its streaming library options for years. Now, you can only directly integrate SoundCloud with Virtual. So, Spotify and Virtual DJ are no longer available?

But in fact, it’s yes. In this article, we will introduce an effective way to make ‘Virtual DJ Spotify‘ work again. Don’t miss the solution on how to use Spotify with Virtual DJ without a problem.

• Part 1. Why Can’t You Import Spotify to Virtual DJ Directly
• Part 2. Use Virtual DJ with Spotify – Best Converter Required
• Part 3. How to Use Spotify with Virtual DJ

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Part 1. Why Can’t You Import Spotify to Virtual DJ Directly

Up to now, there is a common perception that Spotify is not an option for Virtual DJ’s compatible streaming music service. You can’t link Spotify to Virtual DJ to stream and mix the entire Spotify catalog like doing that with SoundCloud. But why can’t you even add Spotify to Virtual DJ8 like you sync local files? 

Speaking of adding music to Virtual DJ, it supports the following formats, including MP3, OGG, WMA, and WAV. Although Spotify tracks are encoded in Vorbis OGG a VDJ-supported format, all files are encrypted by digital copyright technology.

Because of this feature, Premium users can only download cached files, not local songs from Spotify. Therefore, you can’t find Spotify music downloads on your device. Not to mention how to import Spotify to Virtual DJ editing software. 

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Part 2. Use Virtual DJ with Spotify – Best Converter Required

To add Spotify music for mixing, Spotify on Virtual DJ is not out of the question. After we clarified why you can’t use Virtual DJ with Spotify directly, it’s easy to figure out how to make Spotify Virtual DJ available again. The only premise is to download Spotify music and playlists to unprotected local files. Of course, the format of downloaded Spotify music needs to be included in the Virtual DJ-compatible list. It can then use the Virtual audio cable to route Spotify. 

Here, we can learn about AudFun Spotify Music Converter. It’s one of the best-designed music converters and downloaders for Spotify free and premium users. It has the ability to download and convert Spotify individual songs, playlists, albums, and so on. It supports exporting Spotify as plain MP3, WAV, FLAC, and other files in high quality kept.  Thanks to this smart Spotify to Virtual DJ converter, you can mix music from Spotify with Virtual DJ. 

How to Make ‘Virtual DJ Spotify’ Available

With the easy-to-use interface, AudFun Spotify Music Converter empowers you to download Spotify music to a computer with a few clicks. Let’s take a look at the complete yet easy steps to obtain your local Spotify files. After that, you can use Virtual DJ and Spotify together. 

Step 1 Import Spotify music or playlist to AudFun Software

Please launch the smart AudFun Spotify Music Converter and the Spotify app from your laptop or desktop computer. It provides two ways to import Spotify music for download. One is to drag Spotify music that you want to add to Virtual DJ and drop them to AudFun Software directly. The other is to copy the URL of the Spotify playlist, album and paste it into the search box. 

Step 2 Adjust Spotify output format for Virtual DJ

Please navigate to the Preferences -> Convert section to open the setting window. You can start by adjusting the output format as another Virtual DJ-compatible one, such as MP3, or WAV. You can also customize the bit rate, sample rate, audio channel, etc. to change the output quality of Spotify tracks.

Step 3 Download Spotify music to Virtual DJ-supported files

To begin the download process, you have to click the Convert button.  It is in the lower right corner of the AudFun main window. After all the conversions are done, you can find unprotected Spotify tracks in the target folder on your computer. It’s able to import Spotify music downloads to Virtual DJ for use by following these steps. 

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Part 3. How to Use Spotify with Virtual DJ

Congratulations! You can now play Spotify on Virtual DJ, stream and mix Spotify music in the Virtual DJ, and do anything you want in Virtual DJ with Spotify. To import Spotify to Virtual DJ for whatever purpose, you can follow these simple steps. 

Step 1. Please click the shortcut of the Virtual DJ software to launch it on the computer. The user interface of Virtual will appear on your computer desktop. 

Step 2. In the lower-left corner, you can see a Local Music option. It offers many options to import local audio files to Virtual DJ from Hard Drives, iTunes, and so on.

Step 3. Click on the Local Music button to select Spotify playlist from the target source. It takes a few minutes to finish the syncing process.

Note: If you want to use iTunes as the bridge to add Spotify music to Virtual DJ software, please transfer Spotify playlists to your iTunes library ahead of time.  

No matter you are using a Spotify Premium or Free account, this approach works. Now, it’s your time to play and use Spotify with Virtual DJ.