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Master_Ipse · ‎2014-09-03

Things would be so much easier if you could name your devices! Here are my two reasons: 1. I have two RAZRi and they both show up as XT890 - but which is which?! Custom names would be awesome! 2. I use Spotify on 3 Android devices and in the last weeks almost every time I come online I get kicked out, saying I had more than 3 devices. Now either this is a bug or there is a device I forgot about or something, but custom names would allow for easier identification. When you look at your offline devices in your Account all it says is "android device" - very nondescript!

lexor · ‎2012-12-21

I store my music on an external drive. My hard drive space is too limited to have my entire collection on it when I have a good sized external drive. I've set Spotify's cache (where offline music is stored) to that external drive. That works fine. However, if I start Spotify without my external drive plugged in, rather than saying that Spotify couldn't find the music and to please mount the drive or listen to music via streaming, Spotify starts redownloading all the music that I set to offline and changes the cache location back to the local drive. Even if I then plug my external drive in, it has to redownload all the offline music. This isn't convenient when I have 2,000 offline tracks. That takes a while to download. I would like Spotify to recognize that my external drive isn't mounted and then say: you'll be unable to listen to your offline music. Then pause any syncing until my external drive is plugged back in (and look for the tracks when it gets plugged back in rather than starting syncing all over when all the tracks are still on the external drive). I'm sure I can't be the only person that would like to store their music on an external drive. As it is right now I'm forced to make sure I have my external drive with me wherever I go or not open Spotify on my laptop (because if I do it will have to resync EVERYTHING, even once I plug my drive back in). Thanks for reading and considering 🙂

oeco · ‎2014-08-21

The idea: be able to limit the number of tracks downloaded/synced for an offline playlist. Example: suppose a followed playlist containing three hundred tracks. The idea would give the option to limit the number of tracks downloaded/synced offline: "Limit download to first 25/50/100 tracks" or "Limit download to 100 random tracks." Reasoning: (1) following a longer playlist (i.e., 300 tracks) that is updated frequently and marked for download results or may result in near constant downloading/syncing on a mobile device, and (2) a 300 track playlist limited to the first or random 25/50/100 tracks would permit more space for other playlists while still offering the listener a substantial taster of what that playlist has to offer. Kudos appreciated if you appreciate this idea.

Orlandobp · ‎2014-08-16

An Enable/Disable Offline mode widget As a user with limited Internet access, the Offline mode is an incredibly useful tool. However, it is kind of annoying to switch every time from the configuration option. A simpme button in my home screen would be perfect. Thanks.

ikermerchan · ‎2014-11-28

I really appreciate the 'Top hits' feature. I use it a lot. It would be great if we could save 'Top hits' of an artist. Now I use a workaround: to make a regular playlist and put these 10 songs in it. But it's not a proper way to keep clean and tidy the system. I have too many playlists for this purpose that I can't find in "My music - Artists" It would be easier if we could just hit 'save' the same way that we can save any album. This way, we could save in the mobile phone the 10 most important songs of the artists that we follow. And it would be synced with new tunes that get popular.

sptalx · ‎2014-11-14

I've been a Spotify subscriber for 4 or 5 years now, and the three device limit for offline sync has always seemed a bit on the low side. At the moment I regularly use 5 devices (Android smartphone, android tablet, iPad Air, Linux laptop and Windows desktop). Only being able to use three of these for offline access is somewhat annoying (note that Apple iTunes allows 5 devices) This means lots of resyncing and downloading of tracks over mobile data at times (I can easily chew through 700MB+ when I'm travelling - notably when downloading tracks before I end up at a hotel with terrible or heavily filtered/restricted internet or being in an area without 3G). So, please up the limit for number of offline devices. I'm thinking 6 sounds like a more sensible number. You might also want to think about providing users with other options for offline access, where they can choose the most suitable for their use. For example, you could have, say, three options where the user can change between them: "Up to 3 devices, playback is locked out after 30 days of that device not being logged-in to spotify" (default) OR "Up to 6 devices, playback is locked out after 15 days of that device not being logged-in to spotify" OR "An unlimited number of devices, but you must have logged in within the past 48 hours for offline playback to function.")

user-removed · ‎2012-03-23

I cannot select "available offline" for starred items. I would like to be able to do this, especially on my iPhone. Update: found solution 2 secs later. being somewhat dumb today. delete this if possible. Solution: http://bit.ly/GS9tiF

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Closed Ideas

Ability to name offline devices

Make Storing Offline Music on an External Drive Easier

Limit Number of Tracks Synced/Downloaded in a Given Playlist

Offline Mode Widget

Save 'Top Hits' like we save any album

Permit more than 3 devices to sync for offline access (ideally 6 or more).

Make "Starred" Items "Available Offline"