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Local files not working even with ffmpeg-compat-57

Local files not working even with ffmpeg-compat-57

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

Thinkpad X390

Operating System

Arch Linux

 

My Question or Issue

It can't play the local files anymore. The old solutions of installing ffmpeg-compat-57 package doesn't work. This comment on AUR suggests downgrading some other packages: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotify/#comment-760305 But no way I gonna downgrade packages just for spotify.

 

I suspect this problem won't be temporary. I mean, the linux version of spotify is rarely updated. Unless the fault lies on the ffmpeg library.

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Were you ever able to find a solution to this besides downgrading? Some of my local files are playable, but some result in Spotify crashing.

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