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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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Segfault - error 6 in libcef.so

Last few days, system has frozen 3 times. /var/log/sys.log reports kernel: [] Watchdog[]: segfault at 0 ip 00007faf6 sp 00007f650 error 6 in libcef.so[7f000+3cc7000]I'm not totally sure this is a Spotify problem, but it was the only application lau...

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  • Last few days, system has frozen 3 times.    /var/log/sys.log reports  <date/time> <hostname> kernel: [<Unix time>] Watchdog[<short number, differs>]: segfau...
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Wrong metadata shown for some local files

As shown in the first attachment, I have some mp3s for a japanese artist, and one of the tracks spotify wrongly associates it with a completely different track. the title of the track isn't even the same (it is "Please Please", all other details are ...

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  •  As shown in the first attachment, I have some mp3s for a japanese artist, and one of the tracks spotify wrongly associates it with a completely different track. the title of the track isn't eve...
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Makes no sense

Makes absolutely no sense to have two songs by the same artist, that are different The second one played, is the actual song by Big Sean. The first is not, it is another song, "I'm So Blessed" by DJ Khaled and others

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  •   Makes absolutely no sense to have two songs by the same artist, that are different   The second one played, is the actual song by Big Sean.   The first is not, it is another son...
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Spotify is playing incorrect audio for songs

^^^^^^^ not for every song, but there are multiple that i enjoy the actual version of that are incorrect it is playing another song, in place of the one chose

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  •   ^^^^^^^   not for every song, but there are multiple that i enjoy the actual version of that are incorrect   it is playing another song, in place of the one chose
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I can't install in Linux Mint

"sudo apt install spotify-client" returns this:E: Impossible to find the package spotify-client

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  • "sudo apt install spotify-client" returns this: E: Impossible to find the package spotify-client  
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A simple thank you from an avid Linux user

I realize this is not necessarily the place to post this but I just want to send a simple thanks to the Spotify team for offering a nicely packaged Linux client. As an avid, not recreational, Linux user I am always impressed and pleased to find organ...

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  • I realize this is not necessarily the place to post this but I just want to send a simple thanks to the Spotify team for offering a nicely packaged Linux client.  As an avid, not recreational, L...
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Importing Music from a Playlist into the 'Your Music' Section

So a friend has sent me a playlist with a few albums on it and I was wondering whether it is possible or not to import that playlist into the 'Your Music' section on Spotify. This would be so that I can listen to each album individually without havin...

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  • So a friend has sent me a playlist with a few albums on it and I was wondering whether it is possible or not to import that playlist into the 'Your Music' section on Spotify. This would be so that I ...
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Solved!! W [audio_file_decompressor_ffmpeg.cpp:731] Failed to open stream: -2

some files could not be played on linux client, for example Beardfish: Voluntary Slavery; another song from the same album (Ludvig & Sverker) plays just fine; there are many more songs affected; same with spotify & spotify-beta (arch linux packages) ...

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  • some files could not be played on linux client, for example Beardfish: Voluntary Slavery; another song from the same album (Ludvig & Sverker) plays just fine; there are many more songs affected; ...
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Linux Client: media keys don't work anymore

Hi, I am a paying customer using Linux desktop client. Somewhere in the update chain controlling spotify on Linux using media keys on my keyboard stopped working. Spotify also used to have integration with linux standard media player controls using d...

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  • Hi,   I am a paying customer using Linux desktop client. Somewhere in the update chain controlling spotify on Linux using media keys on my keyboard stopped working. Spotify also used to have i...
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Not playing the song chose correctly

For many hip hop/rap songs, it now is not playing the correct song when a song is selected, I don't know if any other types of music are having this issue. example --pic recording wrong track song: http://prntscr.com/7ta1sospotiify's edition's audio:...

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  • For many hip hop/rap songs, it now is not playing the correct song when a song is selected, I don't know if any other types of music are having this issue.   example -- pic recording wrong tr...
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Streaming on embedded linux device

We are developing a product where our users will use their Spotify account to stream music to a device. The device will be running on a small linux distribution and will need to be able to make calls to Spotify and stream music directly on the device...

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  • We are developing a product where our users will use their Spotify account to stream music to a device. The device will be running on a small linux distribution and will need to be able to make calls...
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Solved!! [solved] Spotify 0.9.4 for 64-bit Linux?

Hi I am looking for the old 64bit .deb file of the old grey spotify.There is 32bit .deb file around easy to find here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web/Spotify-0-9-4-for-32-bit-Linux/td-p/1130452 But I am looking for th...

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  • Hi I am looking for the old 64bit .deb file of the old grey spotify. There is 32bit .deb file around easy to find here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web/Spotify-0-9-4-...
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Can't use filter function on my account

The ctrl+f keybind never worked for me since it got reïntroduced. It does work for friends and family on their computers so I figured it must've been related to my client. I tried completely reïnstalling Spotify (by reïnstalling Windows) but it still...

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  • The ctrl+f keybind never worked for me since it got reïntroduced. It does work for friends and family on their computers so I figured it must've been related to my client. I tried completely reïnstal...
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Spotify client on Ubuntu has started playing 2-5 ads in a row instead of the 1-2 that it used to be

I joined Spotify around Christmas time and have really enjoyed it. I had Premium for a while but then couldn't afford it any longer, so I had to go back to a free account. Now, I understand that Spotify's free service requires ads, and I'm totally fi...

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  • I joined Spotify around Christmas time and have really enjoyed it. I had Premium for a while but then couldn't afford it any longer, so I had to go back to a free account.   Now, I understand ...
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Linux Desktop: "Play" from artist page doesn't update "currently playing" fields

I was playing a playlist of Jazz music, paused in the middle of some Coltrane, went to lunch. Searched for Yngwie Malmsteen when I got back, hit "Play" on the artist page. I promise when I took this screenshot, "John Coltrane" was not coming out my s...

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  • I was playing a playlist of Jazz music, paused in the middle of some Coltrane, went to lunch.  Searched for Yngwie Malmsteen when I got back, hit "Play" on the artist page.   I promise wh...
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[solved] tip - install libgcrypt libraries

Hello, If you have installed spotify on ubuntu 15.04, you might have message like this when launching spotify in command line: spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directoryTh...

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  • Hello,   If you have installed spotify on ubuntu 15.04, you might have message like this when launching spotify in command line:   spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcry...
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Solved!! Linux desktop client suddenly won't work after update

I just run update manager and now can't run the client. I get the following when I attempt to launch from the shell: spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Anyone else ha...

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  • I just run update manager and now can't run the client.   I get the following when I attempt to launch from the shell:   spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: can...
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Remember Me Completely

Why do I have to login everytime I close the desktop application or restart? It would be great for the "Remember Me" to completely remember me. If I want to make changes to my profile or billing, asking for my password again is expected, but to just ...

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  • Why do I have to login everytime I close the desktop application or restart? It would be great for the "Remember Me" to completely remember me. If I want to make changes to my profile or billing, ask...
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Login with spotify 1.0.1 on linux

Hello I use facebook to log into spotify, after the 1.0.1 update(haven't tried 1.0.0), I can't login when using facebook, when I click sign in it takes me to a browser where I use the 2 step indentification, when that is done it says that I can close...

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  • Hello   I use facebook to log into spotify, after the 1.0.1 update(haven't tried 1.0.0), I can't login when using facebook, when I click sign in it takes me to a browser where I use the 2 step...
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Solved!! Spotify LInux 0.9.17 not working on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Dear Spotify Team, I updated this morning on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the spotify-client from version 0.9.11.27 to 0.9.17.1. Since this update, Spotify is completely unable to launch and only displays the following error spotify: error while loading share...

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  • Dear Spotify Team,   I updated this morning on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the spotify-client from version 0.9.11.27 to 0.9.17.1. Since this update, Spotify is completely unable to launch and only dis...
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