topic Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play in Desktop (Linux)

[Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

lFpSl — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:56:33 GMT

Hello guys , When I put a song to play at Local Files the music does not run, does anyone know what can it be ?

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

Dreadlord — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:37:25 GMT

Hello @lFpSl,

Can you try running spotify from terminal and double click the local file and copy/paste what comes up in the terminal?

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

lFpSl — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:16:29 GMT

This:

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

Dreadlord — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:41:29 GMT

Hello @lFpSl,

I was able to reproduce the issue.

I will get back to you as soon as I solve it. : )

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

lFpSl — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:43:15 GMT

Ok, thanks guy 😄

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

Dreadlord — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:32:23 GMT

Hey,

I would suggest you to update to latest version 1.0.13.

( There is issue playing local files on 0.9.x, I guess its due ffmpeg being removed from official repository )

Edit 1. As I thought, ffmpeg is missing, so you have to install it manually. Follow this guide, if you wish to run older version of Spotify.

For 64-bit Ubuntu

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/Spotify/ffmpeg/libavcodec.so.53 -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavcodec.so.53

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/Spotify/ffmpeg/libavformat.so.53 -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.53

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/Spotify/ffmpeg/libavutil.so.51 -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavutil.so.51

sudo ldconfig

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

For 32-bit Ubuntu

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/spotify/ffmpeg/32-bit/libavcodec.so.53 -O /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libavcodec.so.53

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/spotify/ffmpeg/32-bit/libavformat.so.53 -O /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.53

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/spotify/ffmpeg/32-bit/libavutil.so.51 -O /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libavutil.so.51

sudo ldconfig

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Source.

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

lFpSl — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:30:22 GMT

It's Working

Thank you so much guy :DDDD

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

Dreadlord — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:33:43 GMT

I am glad I could solve this for you!Enjoy the music ! : ) ♫

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

winniexy — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:44:42 GMT

Hey,

thanks for your hint how to fix this issue.

However the new version 1.0.17.75 takes ages to open local files, and keeps segfaulting while playing local files - even after deleting .config/spotify and .share/spotify

Adding manually the libav*.53 results in a much more smooth running player compared to 1.0.17.75.

Can I help you to debug this issue?

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

Dreadlord — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:58:30 GMT

Hey @winniexy,

Segfaulting is known issue and they are working on a fix.

Unfortunately, Linux client is not officially supported, so no ETA on fix.

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

winniexy — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:03:03 GMT

Okay, is there a mailinglist/channel/something else where news concerning the linux client are posted in order to stay informed.

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

Dreadlord — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:09:39 GMT

Hey @winniexy,

If there are any news they are posted here in the Help-Desktop forums. 🙂

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

winniexy — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 15:57:30 GMT

I'm using now the 1.0.19.106 version and it's working mostly.

Currently there are at least for me no more crashes, searching/displaying local music is still much(!) slower than with 0.9.17 however it works without crashing currently.

The most annoying thing is, that spotify is now all the time maximized and can't be minimized or put only on half of the desktop. It would be cool to get a window back to move it around if needed. 🙂

Thanks for you work on a linux client!

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

winniexy — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:10:54 GMT

However, after 20 minutes playing spotify is consuming one complete cpu (out of 4) and consuming 50% ram (out of 8GB) and counting... there seems to be a quite heavy leak.

After 30 minutes is the complete system no longer usable due to extensive swapping.

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

viper23 — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 19:54:29 GMT

I'm using Debian and after the installation of these libraries still won't work for local files.

Spotify version is 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 files are stored on local EXT4 drive.

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

jooon — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:48:30 GMT

@viper23 wrote:

I'm using Debian and after the installation of these libraries still won't work for local files.

Spotify version is 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 files are stored on local EXT4 drive.

You might have better luck with these instructions:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Local-files-don-t-play/m-p/1505507#M171967

Re: [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

viper23 — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:41:52 GMT

I did that but still won't play my local tracks...