topic Re: Can't play Local files in Spotify Linux (Manjaro 64bit) in Desktop (Linux)

Can't play Local files in Spotify Linux (Manjaro 64bit)

miguedrive — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:49:36 GMT

Hi! I've seen several post regarding this issue but non of them applies to my problem. I'm using Manjaro Linux (Archlinux based distro), ffmpeg-full package for audio (on AUR) and I'm not able to play Local files. When I click "play", nothing happens literally, I'm attaching a screenshot of a Linux terminal while executing Spotify and playing a local file.

I'd really appreciate any kind of help, thanks in advance, greetings to the team from Argentina!

Re: Can't play Local files in Spotify Linux (Manjaro 64bit)

Dreadlord — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:32:44 GMT

Hello @miguedrive and welcome to Spotify Community! : )

Can you please confirm what version of Spotify you are currently running?

Re: Can't play Local files in Spotify Linux (Manjaro 64bit)

miguedrive — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:09:09 GMT

Hello @Dreadlord, thank you for reply, I'm using Version 0.9.17.8.gd06432d7.

I've tried to debug, but as you see on the screenshot, nothing appears on terminal. Is there a /var/log/spotify log? Haven't check that though.

Well, thanks again!

Re: Can't play Local files in Spotify Linux (Manjaro 64bit)

Dreadlord — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:23:37 GMT

Hello @miguedrive,

I would suggest you to install one of the latest versions. They come up with ffmpeg build in the package.

You can install it via yaourt ( if you already have yaourt installed, you can skip the first line )

sudo pacman -S yaourt
yaourt spotify

20 aur/spotify-beta 1.0.14.124-2

You can also install it from the .deb package using dpkg ( If you already have dpkg installed, you can skip the first line )

For 64-bit OS :

yaourt dpkg
wget http://repository.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-client/spotify-client_1.0.14.124.g4dfabc51_amd64.deb
dpkg -i spotify-client_1.0.14.124.g4dfabc51_amd64.deb

For 32-bit OS :

yaourt dpkg
wget http://repository.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-client/spotify-client_1.0.14.122.gf29d9be0_i386.deb
dpkg -i spotify-client_1.0.14.122.gf29d9be0_i386.deb

You should be able to play the local files without any issues with the latest version.

If you have any questions or concerns, let me know!

Re: Can't play Local files in Spotify Linux (Manjaro 64bit)

miguedrive — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:53:03 GMT

I'm updating AUR repos again, I can't see the new version, just the same that I currently have right now. Dpkg asked me to install several dependencies which are related to debian-based systems I guess. Will try with yaourt and will let you know, thanks again @Dreadlord

Re: Can't play Local files in Spotify Linux (Manjaro 64bit)

miguedrive — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:34:19 GMT

Full upgrade did the trick, solved.

Re: Can't play Local files in Spotify Linux (Manjaro 64bit)

miguedrive — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:38:02 GMT

Being more specific, I ran

yaourt -Syy spotify

pacman -S openssl (I had some problems with libssl)

yaourt -Sdd spotify (I guess this line should do the magic)

Thanks @Dreadlord for your assistance.