topic Re: Unable to Add a Directory to Play Local Files (linux) in Desktop (Linux)

Unable to Add a Directory to Play Local Files (linux)

pedrofrancescon — Tue, 03 May 2016 01:27:18 GMT

HI!

I'm using the Desktop version of Spotify on linux (Kubuntu), and I'm having some trouble when trying to add a Local diretory to import some local files.

I click oh the "Add a Source" button under Settings, but nothing seems to happen.

I was wondering if someone could help me out fixing this issue.

I've already uninstalled and reinstalled it several times, with no success.

Thx.

Re: Unable to Add a Directory to Play Local Files (linux)

jooon — Tue, 03 May 2016 07:20:28 GMT

Thanks for reporting. It looks another case of missing dependencies in the deb file. Install zenity:

apt-get install zenity

and try again.

Re: Unable to Add a Directory to Play Local Files (linux)

pedrofrancescon — Thu, 12 May 2016 23:16:20 GMT

HI!

Thank you for the support, I'm now able to do it!

However, it seems that I got into another problem 😕

After installing zenity I added the directory that I wanted, but everytime I try to play one of my local files (either the mp3 or the m4a ones) Spotify crashes.

I tried to search about it on the internet, and it seems that the problem is related with ffmpeg or something, but I was not able to fix it by myself.

Any solutions?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Unable to Add a Directory to Play Local Files (linux)

jooon — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:15:04 GMT

Yep. This is a problem. We don't bundle a local version of the ffmpeg libraries. The current version of Spotify can only use old versions of the libraries that were found in Ubuntu 14.04 trusty. It is still possible to install those, but it feels quite hacky.

echo deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main universe | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/temp-trusty.list
echo deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main universe | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/temp-trusty.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libavcodec54 libavformat54
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/temp-trusty.list
sudo apt update

Re: Unable to Add a Directory to Play Local Files (linux)

pedrofrancescon — Fri, 13 May 2016 16:58:18 GMT

Omg, It finally worked!! hahaha

Thank you for the support, I really apreciate it 🙂

Re: Unable to Add a Directory to Play Local Files (linux)

dschaef2 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 01:39:38 GMT

I am having the same issue, unable to add a local source on linux client

However I followed these instructions and now not only can I not add a local source, my client will also not allow me to open settings at all.. settings were opening prior to this

Re: Unable to Add a Directory to Play Local Files (linux)

jooon — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 12:21:51 GMT

@dschaef2 wrote:

I am having the same issue, unable to add a local source on linux client

However I followed these instructions and now not only can I not add a local source, my client will also not allow me to open settings at all.. settings were opening prior to this

You probably experience the problem discussed in this thread:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/Settings-don-t-open-on-Linux/td-p/1478736

We still don't understand why this happens for a few users. It seems to be slightly more common for users not running Ubuntu, but it happens for some Ubuntu users too. It is very likely a Spotify bug though. No other app seems to behave like this for these users.