Spotify starts playing automatically again when Windows playback device changes on Windows 8.1

hoopman_01 — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:37:55 GMT

Hi all,

I am using the Windows Desktop version on my private Laptop running on Windows 8.1. I am connecting my laptop to a different playback device (such as Bose Bluetooth speaker). When I pause the playing of songs in Spotify it always happens that when the playback device switches off (Bose bluetooth speaker switches off after 30 mins of non-usage) and the laptop switches back to the laptop speakers now Spotify starts playing automatically again.

Is this by design? If yes this should be configurable. If no can this bug please be corrected? It is quite annoying to realize some time or hours later that music was playing all the time on my laptop by itself.

Thanks,

René

Re: Spotify starts playing automatically again when Windows playback device changes on Windows 8.1

Peter__ — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:03:46 GMT

I think this might be a bug (and a really old one at that), Spotify have never reacted nicely to changes of sound device whilst it is open (quite often it either gives an error or just crashes).

Might be worth trying the new desktop beta instead?
http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-and/Welcome-to-the-Desktop-Beta/td-p/932803

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Spotify starts playing automatically again when Windows playback device changes on Windows 8.1

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