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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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Superuser Contribution Wayland support

Hi,Can you release a linux package with ozone support built so that we can use the client under Wayland? There have been posts requesting this in the past because it is highly anticipated. It shouldn't be that complicated it seems:https://www.collabo...

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  • Hi, Can you release a linux package with ozone support built so that we can use the client under Wayland? There have been posts requesting this in the past because it is highly anticipated.   ...
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Randomly jumping seconds

Hello everyone,Some days ago Spotify started to randomly skip seconds of a song. It's not happening on every song neither at every moment of the song. It's just happening at any moment that the song jumps for example from second 0:21 to second 0:27 w...

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  • Hello everyone, Some days ago Spotify started to randomly skip seconds of a song. It's not happening on every song neither at every moment of the song. It's just happening at any moment that the son...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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My spotify is not starting

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandOperating SystemUbuntu 24.04My Question or IssueMy spotify is not starting. I tried to reinstall and still not working. What should I do? I tried everything (clearing cache, troubleshooting etc) but its just not starting. The...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Operating System Ubuntu 24.04 My Question or Issue My spotify is not starting. I tried to reinstall and still not working. What should I do? I tried everything (cl...
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Can't click anything Spotify Arch Linux

Plan: PremiumCountry: United States of America Device: PC with RX 6800, Ryzen 7 3700x, and 64GBs of RAMOperating System: Arch Linux My Question or IssueFor some reason clicking seems either super delayed or broken in Spotify, I am not sure what cause...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: United States of America   Device: PC with RX 6800, Ryzen 7 3700x, and 64GBs of RAM Operating System: Arch Linux   My Question or Issue For some...
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Solved!! [LINUX][PODCASTS] Playback speed cannot be changed

PlanPremium StudentCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemLinux Mint 22 Cinnamon My Question or IssueI'll keep it short: I have an issue with playback speed. If i try to change the playback speed for podcasts to my favorite (3.5x), it stays...

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  • Plan Premium Student Country Germany Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon   My Question or Issue I'll keep it short: I have an issue with playback speed. If i t...
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System goes to Standby while playback of Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceFujitsu LifeBook E744 / Dell Latitude D630Operating SystemLinux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon 64bit / MX-Linux 21.3 Wildflowerspotify --versionSpotify version 1.2.11.916.geb595a67, Copyright (c) 2023, Spotify Ltd My Issue:System g...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Fujitsu LifeBook E744 / Dell Latitude D630 Operating System Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon 64bit / MX-Linux 21.3 Wildflower spotify --version Spotify version 1....
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spotify-desktop for aarch64-linux

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMacbook M2 with Asahi Linux / Pinebook Pro / PineNoteOperating SystemLinux My Question or Issue Can we please get a aarch64-linux build of the spotify-desktop application? There's some nice ARM(64) hardware, but it's cu...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Macbook M2 with Asahi Linux / Pinebook Pro / PineNote Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue   Can we please get a aarch64-linux build ...
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Please create rpms for spotify desktop

DevicedesktopOperating SystemLinux (fedora, opensuse, magiea) etc, etc My Question or IssuePlease create rpms for spotify desktop for the following linux platforms

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  •   Device desktop Operating System Linux (fedora, opensuse, magiea) etc, etc   My Question or Issue Please create rpms for spotify desktop for the following linux platforms
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Search field jitter

PlanPremiumCountryFrance DeviceAll laptops I ownOperating SystemFedora, Arch, Ubuntu My Question or IssueWhen you type in the search bar, sometimes some of the text disappears, especially when you type faster, which is really annoying. It happens on ...

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  • Plan Premium Country France   Device All laptops I own Operating System Fedora, Arch, Ubuntu   My Question or Issue When you type in the search bar, sometimes some of the text di...
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Solved!! Media keys stopped working after latest update(1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de)

I am running the Spotify Snap with a premium account directly from the Snap store on Ubuntu 20.10. Media keys from my keyboard(Das Keyboard 4 Pro) have always worked perfectly with the Spotify Snap. With the most recent update, 1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de, ...

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  • I am running the Spotify Snap with a premium account directly from the Snap store on Ubuntu 20.10. Media keys from my keyboard(Das Keyboard 4 Pro) have always worked perfectly with the Spotify Snap. ...
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ARM Linux edition for phones (Librem5, Pinephone, VOLLA, etc.)

I think many of us who daily drive a mainline Linux mobile phone would love to continue using Spotify Premium (Including saving music) on our devices much like the Destkop Linux Edition. Desktop Linux edition built for the Arm64 target would work. Th...

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  • I think many of us who daily drive a mainline Linux mobile phone would love to continue using Spotify Premium (Including saving music) on our devices much like the Destkop Linux Edition. Desktop Linu...
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Wireshark

In wireshark don't see the tcp.port==4070, spotify working. Which is your ip addresses and ports?

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  • In wireshark don't see the tcp.port==4070, spotify working. Which is your ip addresses and ports?
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Spotify URIs do not work

PlanPremiumOperating SystemLinux, Spotify from deb version 1:1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc My Question or IssueAs has been reported a few times before and incorrectly marked as resolved, Spotify client on Linux correctly registers the `x-scheme-handler/spotif...

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  • Plan Premium Operating System Linux, Spotify from deb version 1:1.2.37.701.ge66eb7bc   My Question or Issue As has been reported a few times before and incorrectly marked as resolved, Spot...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Weird file appearing on linux in home directory

After the last update, i keep seeing a weird file with name explicit_filter.restore in my home directory. After a bit of investigation, i figured out that this file appears every time i skip or set a track, no matter is it explicit or not, but this f...

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  • After the last update, i keep seeing a weird file with name explicit_filter.restore in my home directory. After a bit of investigation, i figured out that this file appears every time i skip or set a...
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Why I can't hide/remove song on desktop?

I am using the desktop version before there was like and dislike button, which removes the song from the playlist but now there is no hide or dislike button. This is very annoying for me to play the songs that I don't like. Please fix this ASAP.

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  • I am using the desktop version before there was like and dislike button, which removes the song from the playlist but now there is no hide or dislike button. This is very annoying for me to play the ...
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Solved!! Doesnt show what a song play now in minimize window

Plan PremiumCountry UkraineOperating System Linux Mint 19.3 MATE After update client version Spotify to 1:1.1.67.586.gbb5ef64e, i cant see what a song playing in minimize window. Clear cache and config - doesnt solve.

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  • Plan Premium Country Ukraine Operating System Linux Mint 19.3 MATE   After update client version Spotify to 1:1.1.67.586.gbb5ef64e, i cant see what a song playing in minimize window. Clear...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify opens too many connections to PulseAudio (Linux)

After some time Spotify for Linux starts to use too many connections to PulseAudio. This makes it impossible to use any sound on the computer. This shows an output after one day of usage:http://pastebin.com/E5AVQd62 Spotify version 1.0.36.120.g536a86...

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  • After some time Spotify for Linux starts to use too many connections to PulseAudio. This makes it impossible to use any sound on the computer.   This shows an output after one day of usage: h...
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Illegal instruction (core dumped)

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueRunning spotify either as re-packaged spotify for linux via aur helper or spotify-launcher doesn't work spotify --show-console --debug-level=MAX16:34:56.744 E [f:25 ] TCPServe...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue Running spotify either as re-packaged spotify for linux via aur helper or spotify-launcher doesn't ...
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Command Line not complet

I wanted to know the current playing track and I usedqdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Metadata The response (even with literal option) is not complet. The key xesam:artist must have two artist...

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  • I wanted to know the current playing track and I used qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Metadata   The response (even with literal opt...
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