topic Re: Local File Playback broken in snap revision 92 in Desktop (Linux)

Local File Playback broken in snap revision 92

steve23456 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:59:40 GMT

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Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04/Zorin 16

My Question or Issue

snap revision 92 is missing /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libav* libraries, breaking local file playback on Ubuntu 22.04/Zorin 16

Please fix, thanks.

Re: Local File Playback broken in snap revision 92

gabeK — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:20:50 GMT

Local file playback has also broken for me on snap revisions 90-93. Works on 89 and before. Running Ubuntu 24.04.

Steve, how'd you check the library issue? I don't see anything relevant in `snappy-debug` and the recent Spotify versions that fail to play local files also fail when run from the terminal.

Re: Local File Playback broken in snap revision 92

steve23456 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:57:49 GMT

My friend Claude said it was so after we were troubleshooting. This was our workaround:

try this:

bash

# Remove the broken revision 92
sudo snap remove spotify

# Install the working revision 89
sudo snap install spotify --revision 89

# IMPORTANT: Hold it so it doesn't auto-update back to broken 92
sudo snap refresh --hold spotify

# Launch and test
spotify &