Local files playlist icon gone!

[mickmack2009]

I have a Samsung S5 and want to get local files form my pc to play on my regular playlists. I get the "this file is unavailable" message and can't play from my phone! The course of action that I've read that I need to take involves using the local file playlist on the spotify android app, but the problem is that it simply doesn't exist! How do I get it to appear?!

[Daniel · Accepted solution]

Please read the support topic here for assistance setting up local file sync: Listen to local files

Make sure that you are on the same WiFi network and Windows & third party firewalls are configured to allow the Spotify connection through.

Another point to note is that sometimes if a track is stored locally & is also available to stream then when you sync to your device it will automatically use the Spotify streaming version but the data from your playlist. If for some reason the metadata such as track length differs this can cause conflict and break the track. In this instance you are best off removing the local file from your playlist on the desktop and adding the track from the Spotify server then re-sync. This should fix this issue.

[mickmack2009]

Thank you! I didn't find the "available offline" mode but the tracks were in my playlist and are working anyway! I didn't really do anything, but it works now! 🙂