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Hi,
after upgrading from 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc5 [1] to 1.0.15.137.gbdf68615 [2] all seems fine, except a major problem, I don't hear a darn thing 😉
My songs are playing, but I can't hear the music. After downgrading to 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc5 I hear the music again.
I'm using your "testing" Debian repository [3] and my operating system is a Debian Testing.
If I start spotify from a terminal, I can't see a explicit error about a sound issue.
Can you please investigate?
[1]
$ spotify --version
Spotify version 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc51, Coyright (c) 2015, Spotify Ltd
[2]
$ spotify --version
Spotify version 1.0.15.137.gbdf68615, Copyright (c) 2015, Spotify Ltd
[3] deb http://repository.spotify.com testing non-free
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Can you try version 1.0.17 that was just released and see if it works. Pulseaudio is not a required dependency. This is just a case of bad programming and testing.
Hello @Schnoogemetzger,
Please note that the version you are using is non-stable.
However, it sounds like Spotify is using the wrong output channel ( common issue with Debian ).
You can play around with the sound manager and see on which channel Spotify is working. ( If there is no channel available Spotify will start skipping songs. )
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Hi @Dreadlord,
thx for the help.
> Please note that the version you are using is non-stable.
Jepp, I know. But a problem is a problem and I'll be patient, because it is non-stable 😉
> However, it sounds like Spotify is using the wrong output channel ( common issue with Debian ).
I unmuted several channels, but no luck so far. Is there a config file to adjust the channel output? Or at least, can I see in the log file, which channel is used?
> ( If there is no channel available Spotify will start skipping songs. )
Ahh, after 30-40 sec. the song skips to the next one. So, it seems to me, spotify doesn't find the right channel.
Hello @Schnoogemetzger,
I would suggest you to use PulseAudio as sound manager in Debian 🙂
If you still have issues with the sound, please give me the output of the following commands:
lsof /dev/snd/* fuser -v /dev/snd/*
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>I would suggest you to use PulseAudio as sound manager in Debian 🙂
Hmm, I don't know. I'm considering. PulseAudio isn't a requirement, so far? I mean, you can only help further, if I use PulseAudio?
I will test spotify on another box.
In the meantime, my output from lsof and fuser about the sound devices:
Output without spotify running: $ lsof /dev/snd/* COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME xfce4-vol 12190 <USER> 9u CHR 116,2 0t0 17199 /dev/snd/controlC0 $ fuser -v /dev/snd/* /dev/snd/controlC0: <USER> 12190 F.... xfce4-volumed With spotify 1.0.14: $ lsof /dev/snd/* COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME xfce4-vol 12190 <USER> 9u CHR 116,2 0t0 17199 /dev/snd/controlC0 spotify 30355 <USER> mem CHR 116,3 17489 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p spotify 30355 <USER> 96r CHR 116,33 0t0 317 /dev/snd/timer spotify 30355 <USER> 97u CHR 116,3 0t0 17489 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p spotify 30355 <USER> 101u CHR 116,2 0t0 17199 /dev/snd/controlC0 $ fuser -v /dev/snd/* /dev/snd/controlC0: <USER> 12190 F.... xfce4-volumed <USER> 30355 F.... spotify /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: <USER> 30355 F...m spotify /dev/snd/timer: <USER> 30355 f.... spotify With spotify 1.0.15: $ lsof /dev/snd/* COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME xfce4-vol 12190 <USER> 9u CHR 116,2 0t0 17199 /dev/snd/controlC0 spotify 31734 <USER> mem CHR 116,3 17489 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p spotify 31734 <USER> 96r CHR 116,33 0t0 317 /dev/snd/timer spotify 31734 <USER> 97u CHR 116,3 0t0 17489 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p spotify 31734 <USER> 98u CHR 116,2 0t0 17199 /dev/snd/controlC0 $ fuser -v /dev/snd/* /dev/snd/controlC0: <USER> 12190 F.... xfce4-volumed <USER> 31734 F.... spotify /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: <USER> 31734 F...m spotify /dev/snd/timer: <USER> 31734 f.... spotify
Hey @Schnoogemetzger,
PulseAudio is not mandatory, I will be able to help you in either way.
Can you please let me know the output of the following line:
aplay -l
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No audio for me neither. Going back to 1.0.14 solved it. These command outputs are with 1.0.15 running and playing music.
$ lsof /dev/snd/*
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME spotify 17173 myuser mem CHR 116,3 14531 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p spotify 17173 myuser 98r CHR 116,33 0t0 10011 /dev/snd/timer spotify 17173 myuser 99u CHR 116,3 0t0 14531 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p spotify 17173 myuser 100u CHR 116,2 0t0 14530 /dev/snd/controlC0
$ fuser -v /dev/snd/* USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: myuser 17173 F.... spotify /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: myuser 17173 F...m spotify /dev/snd/timer: myuser 17173 f.... spotify
$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Same problem with OpenSuSE Tumbleweed, the others multimedia applications work without problem, except 1.0.15.
I returned to 1.0.14 and it is working well.
I'm on Ubuntu 15.10 and I have exactly the same problem.
Today was a new version of Spotify in updates but it diddn't resolve this bug.
$ spotify --version
Spotify version 1.0.16.104.g3b776c9e, Copyright (c) 2015, Spotify Ltd
Also there is one more user with this problem and he posted in this thread:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web/Pulse-Audio/td-p/1221343
Since 1.0.15 (and 1.0.16) audio is no longer working for me too (Debian, no Pulseaudio, kernel 4.2).