topic Re: Can't play current track? in Desktop (Mac)

After the latest update, Spotify (Mac) desktop doesn't plays music anymore

Migi_B — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:12:08 GMT

This morning I updated Spotify on my Mac laptop (OS X 10.9.5) to the lastest version (0.9.14.13.gba5645ad), but after that Spotify doesn't play any songs anymore; not from my own playlists nor from Spotify's own playlists. I constantely get the message "can't play the current song". After skipping +5 songs in the playlist, from time to time just one song plays and after that the same thing continues, "can't play the current song".

I've tried several things to solve the problem; restarting Spotify; turning off and on my wifi connection on my laptop; rebooting my wifi rooter; reinstalling Spotify, but non of those things helped to solve the problem. Additionally, the app on my smartphone (iphone) still works fine though. But it is quite annoying that the desktop version doesn't work anymore.

Does someone knows what is going on or how to help to solve this issue?

Kind regards,

Re: 'Can't play current track' message on desktop player

daddyhoff — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 17:15:08 GMT

Anybody have any advice on this? I'd rather not have to open the web player to play all the albums I really want to listen to, I like the desktop app.

Re: Can't play current track?

WesleyDB — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:26:23 GMT

I am currently still having this problem. I dont have any of the local files checked. They never have been checked actually. Hardware acceleration is turned off. And I actually deleted all my local music files when I got spotify premium so that should not be an issue either.

Re: Can't play current track?

crtfinnie — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:39:54 GMT

@WesleyDB wrote:

I am currently still having this problem. I dont have any of the local files checked. They never have been checked actually. Hardware acceleration is turned off. And I actually deleted all my local music files when I got spotify premium so that should not be an issue either.

I unclicked everything in local files but had to close the program and then restart it and then it worked

Re: After the latest update, Spotify (Mac) desktop doesn't plays music anymore

Jordi — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:35:05 GMT

Hi there welcome to the community 🙂

Just to be sure, does the webplayer work for you?

I would also recommend doing a full reinstallation including removing your cache folders if you haven't done that yet.

Re: Can't play current track?

Jackamomo — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:36:29 GMT

Am getting this message after every song finishes playing, so I have to double-click the next track 2-4 times every time the current track finished. It started a few weeks ago but has been getting worse and tonight its doing it on every song.

Re: After the latest update, Spotify (Mac) desktop doesn't plays music anymore

Migi_B — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:57:22 GMT

Hi, thnx! 🙂

Well I didn't tried the webplayer though, but I just found a/the sollution in another post (http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Accounts-and-Subscriptions/Spotify-updated-now-every-track-will-not-play/m-p/934135). The issue is just to uncheck the high quality streaming in settings. Apperently this issue appeared when going back from premium to a normal subscription.

After this, the desk player works normally again. 🙂

Cheers

Re: After the latest update, Spotify (Mac) desktop doesn't plays music anymore

Jordi — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:03:19 GMT

Glad to see that it helped you!

Can't play current track

Hames1092 — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 01:29:43 GMT

I recently got on spotify and everytime I go to radio or my favorited songs it says I "can't play current track" this was not happening yesterday just happened recently I'm not sure what to do

Re: Can't play current track

kbrooksc — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 01:35:49 GMT

Hey there! Do you have a premium account?

Can't play the current track. Error

FuriousMusic — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 02:33:36 GMT

Only occurring on some songs it says for "Can't play the current track." for some reason. At least it is only happening on some songs. I looked at other forums and someone said to update your audio drivers but I have no idea how to do this. Can someone please give me a solution as I really like using Spotify.

Re: Can't play the current track. Error

trixisalive — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 04:30:20 GMT

same issue after update

Singapore

0.9.14.13.gba5645ad

Can't play the current track.

Big_Man_Tyrone — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 16:29:29 GMT

Hey, so when I select/shuffle through songs, I receive the message "Can't play the current track." I have already unchecked everything from Local Files and restarted and what not. Sometimes if I get lucky, I can keep selecting a song or shuffling and it will actually play. Can anyone help me identify a solution as to why this is happening? In case this is important, I do not have a premium account in use. Thanks.

-Big Man Tyrone

EDIT: Before, it was fine. I had been using it for months. Out of the blue, it just stops working. It was working that same day, but once I exited and reopened it, it gave me that message.

Re: Can't play the current track.

Emuffn3 — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 06:19:38 GMT

I've been having this exact problem on my Macbook.

Just recently updated to OS X 10.9.4, tracks will play about 2 seconds before stopping and giving the "Can't play the current track" banner.
I've tried clearing Spotify cache and reinstalling to no avail, any assistance we can get would be appreciated!

Re: Can't play the current track.

acne — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:21:21 GMT

This is infuriating. I can't play any songs without restarting my spotify player again and again!

I have no such issues when I was using premium and now I'm back to free account.. and you do this to me?!

Re: Can't play the current track. Error

deanflame — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:16:48 GMT

Sasme problem after yestrday update!

Italy

0.9.14.13.gba5645ad

Re: Can't play current track?

deanflame — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:18:35 GMT

Same problem after yestrday update!

Italy

0.9.14.13.gba5645ad

Re: Can't play the current track. Error

Sakkar — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:56:52 GMT

Same here after yesterday's update.

Re: Can't play the current track. Error

user-removed — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:08:53 GMT

Same Problem after Update yesterday !!!

Re: Can't play the current track. Error

user-removed — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:43:27 GMT

Same problem after update.

Italy - 0.9.14.13.gba5645ad