topic Re: Spotify refuse to play local files in Desktop (Linux)

Spotify refuse to play local files

tosziro — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:49:42 GMT

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Premium

Operating System

Manjaro Linux

Hi,

I don't why Spotify cant play imported songs to local libary. Files are 320 mp3. When I try yo play them I get error somthing like that "Spotify can't play it now. If you have this file on your computer , you can import it"...

Please help guys. Thanks

Re: Spotify refuse to play local files

cHDMmFRE — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:04:03 GMT

You tried ffmpeg-compat-57?

Re: Spotify refuse to play local files

Ivan — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:30:48 GMT

Hey there @tosziro,

Thanks for reaching out to the Community about this.

We suggest you restart the device on which you experience this issue. This basic step is very simple, but often overlooked.

It's also a good idea to change the source of the local files on your device. Simply create a new folder in a different directory on your device and move your local files to this folder. Then just delete the old folder used for the local files. Now you can try importing the files again.

Hope this helps. Let us know how it goes.

Re: Spotify refuse to play local files

JasonLG1979 — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:33:52 GMT

That doesn't help. The problem is that the Linux client is written for an ancient version of ffmpeg. Newer versions of ffmpeg do not include the 57 so name libs spotify requires for local playback.

If all your advise basically consists of "did you try turning off and back on again?" you're apart of the problem not the solution.

Maybe just fix your software?

Re: Spotify refuse to play local files

tosziro — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 20:06:01 GMT

Oh, I even forgot that I created this issue here.

If anyone if interested. This is fixed od Manjaro/Arch Linux by installing ffmpeg-compat-57

🙂

on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-restricted-extras \
&& sudo wget -N https://github.com/ramedeiros/spotify_libraries/raw/master/libavcodec.so.54.71.100 -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavcodec.so.54 \
&& sudo wget -N https://github.com/ramedeiros/spotify_libraries/raw/master/libavformat.so.54.36.100 -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.54 \
&& sudo wget -N https://github.com/ramedeiros/spotify_libraries/raw/master/libavutil.so.52.6.100 -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavutil.so.52 \
&& sudo ldconfig

Re: Spotify refuse to play local files

JasonLG1979 — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 20:57:15 GMT

Or just use the unofficial flatpak. It works around that and a few other issues.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.spotify.Client

Re: Spotify refuse to play local files

doott — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 02:15:45 GMT

thank you bro the official flatpak is still broken 5 years later 😭

Re: Spotify refuse to play local files

toutourina0110 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 02:03:22 GMT

its working in 2026 im on linux mint 22.3

thx soooooooo much i love u