topic Re: Local Files not playable in playlist in Android

Local Files not playable in playlist

elvismiller94 — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:59:56 GMT

I have a playlist with a local song on it not available on spotify but which I added to a playlist on the windows version of spotify then syncing it to my android phone. It now doesnt show up even though I have my local file for the song saved in the directory with my other local music. What should I do?

Re: Local Files not playable in playlist

Taylor — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:04:41 GMT

Hi, and welcome to the community!

Try dragging and dropping it into the playlist again.

Anthony 🙂

Re: Local Files not playable in playlist

MadmanOnWheels — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 03:24:29 GMT

That doesn't work. I originally had music, on my Mac P.C. and found out, about local files, because I saw the music, on my playlists, on my mobile device. Then, my hard drive went out and after getting it fixed, I can no longer see the local files, on my mobile device. I, first couldn't see them, on my computer application, as playable, but they soon were not grayed out, anymore. I can play them, on the the computer application and have added them, to playlists, again. It still shows them grayed out, when they show up, on the mobile device's playlists. All my music is, in the music folder. That's where it should be reading, from. It worked, before. I'm guessing Spotify messed it up, the same way, that songs are becoming unavailble, from artists (which is the purpose, of having the local files feature).

This would help the two issues:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Playlists-Followers-To-See-and-Add-Same-Local-Files-Back-To/idi-p/1278606