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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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  • sleeksorrow
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Solved!! Cannot get Desktop Application to Load (Linux)

I have gone through all the different troubleshooting I can find. Spotify shows up on my dash, but opening the application produces no results.Running spotify from the terminal yields:spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: ca...

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  •  I have gone through all the different troubleshooting I can find.  Spotify shows up on my dash, but opening the application produces no results. Running spotify from the terminal yield...
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Solved!! Spotify on Linux doesn't play local mp3 files

I did search the forum, and google, but I only found some docs on old version of Ubuntu, and the repos these mentioned no longer work. I'm on newest ubuntu (15.04), and while spotify works great, it doesn't play local mp3 files. It loads them to libr...

  • Gig Goer
  • I did search the forum, and google, but I only found some docs on old version of Ubuntu, and the repos these mentioned no longer work.   I'm on newest ubuntu (15.04), and while spotify works g...
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Linux Spotify Not Connecting

Anyone else experiencing issues connecting with the Linux client? I'm using Mint Kde.

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  • Anyone else experiencing issues connecting with the Linux client? I'm using Mint Kde.
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Spotify Linux and web client stopped working

All of a sudden, Spotify stopped working for me. It looks like it's unable to fetch new content from servers. It keeps on showing that rotating loading circle. I'm using desktop client on Ubuntu 15.04 and the only error i get when running spotify -co...

  • Casual Listener
  • All of a sudden, Spotify stopped working for me. It looks like it's unable to fetch new content from servers. It keeps on showing that rotating loading circle.   I'm using desktop client ...
  • DJDB
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Anyone else having issues sending messages?

Hello, I have not been able to send messages to fellow users on spotify for the last several weeks. I have tried on linux, mac, windows, and through the web client. I am a non facebook user. Anyone else having issues? Is it just me? I updated all my ...

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  • Hello,   I have not been able to send messages to fellow users on spotify for the last several weeks.   I have tried on linux, mac, windows, and through the web client. I am a non faceb...
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Solved!! Carly Rae Jepsen album titled wrongly stylized

Carly Rae Jepsen's new record "E•MO•TION" is wrongly listed on Spotify's library as "Emotion". This is an issue as I have my spotify account linked with last.fm, and E•MO•TION and Emotion are considered two different albums.

  • Casual Listener
  • Carly Rae Jepsen's new record "E•MO•TION" is wrongly listed on Spotify's library as "Emotion".   This is an issue as I have my spotify account linked with last.fm, and E•MO•TION and ...
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how do I organise which device controls my account

i can't see my music on my mobile anymore, it's only viewable on my tablet. I have premium, how do I organise which device controls my account. I have tried reinstalling but no help!

  • Casual Listener
  • i can't see my music on my mobile anymore, it's only viewable on my tablet. I have premium, how do I organise which device controls my account. I have tried reinstalling but no help!
  • MattSuda
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Can't access albums/artists/songs in the Your Music section in Web Player

I am using the Web Player and everything works great EXCEPT that I cannot access any of my saved albums/artists/songs. Issue started this morning and continues unresolved. I get an error, "Your music failed to load". Thanks. Hope this can be resolved...

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  • I am using the Web Player and everything works great EXCEPT that I cannot access any of my saved albums/artists/songs. Issue started this morning and continues unresolved. I get an error, "Your music...
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Improve drag-and-drop songs to playlist

I often find myself afraid to add songs by drag-and-dropping them into a playlist because of the uncertainty if they're added to the intended playlist and the lack of confirmation. When I drag-and-drop a song to the playlist menu this often trigger a...

  • Casual Listener
  • I often find myself afraid to add songs by drag-and-dropping them into a playlist because of the uncertainty if they're added to the intended playlist and the lack of confirmation. When I drag-and-dr...
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Songs added to library in Web Player don't show up in Desktop

A few days ago, I added some songs to my library from the Web Player, and they still don't show up in my library in the Desktop Player for Linux. Even if I search for the songs, they appear as not being in the library.

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  • A few days ago, I added some songs to my library from the Web Player, and they still don't show up in my library in the Desktop Player for Linux. Even if I search for the songs, they appear as not be...
  • MauriceMV
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negativo17's Spotify client on Fedora Linux

Hi fellows, I've been wondering what's up with negativo17's Fedora client of Spotify. It looks identical to official client to the extent it seems to be built from the same source. However it's totally unofficial. Do anyone of you know who that dude ...

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  • Hi fellows,   I've been wondering what's up with negativo17's Fedora client of Spotify. It looks identical to official client to the extent it seems to be built from the same source. However i...
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Bug report: Spotify crashes really often when pressing the play button of the player

Brief description of the issue:Spotify crashes when clicking the play button of the player when it's about to play ads but another song is in the queue first. Steps to reproduce the issue:There are multiple ways but this is definitly a bulletproof wa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Brief description of the issue: Spotify crashes when clicking the play button of the player when it's about to play ads but another song is in the queue first.   Steps to reproduce the issue:...
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Failed loading skin

When I try to start spotify native linux client I get the error "Failed loading skin".I am using Kubuntu 14:10 with KDE 4. Changing the QT theme away from oxygen fixes the issue, however the reason no one switches the theme is because oxygen is the o...

  • Casual Listener
  • When I try to start spotify native linux client I get the error "Failed loading skin". I am using Kubuntu 14:10 with KDE 4.   Changing the QT theme away from oxygen fixes the issue, however t...
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Wrong title name

There is an issue with 'Enslaved - The Wathcer' track which the title is obviously displayed wrong. The funny thing also is that you can dig to find the same song with correct title but it's not officially shown in albums of this artist. This should ...

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  • There is an issue with 'Enslaved - The Wathcer' track which the title is obviously displayed wrong. The funny thing also is that you can dig to find the same song with correct title but it's not offi...
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Receiver

Hi, in the linux version I don't see my pioner receiver. I do see it from the windows and android version. tksSebas

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  • Hi,   in the linux version I don't see my pioner receiver. I do see it from the windows and android version.   tks Sebas
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Spotify - discrimination for less "popular" music genera | Lyrics on Desktop client

Dear Spotify community, I am here today to address the crowd in regard of a very sensible topic, discrimination. Yes, discrimination, here my voice: Everyone is well aware in our society to avoid people with long hair and dressed in black because the...

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  • Dear Spotify community,   I am here today to address the crowd in regard of a very sensible topic, discrimination. Yes, discrimination, here my voice:   Everyone is well aware in our so...
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Album's information (name, photo, tracks) are not shown when I click the album in my saved albums

I'm using spotify on Xubuntu (linux), on Mozilla Firefox v39.0.3.Trying to see my saved album "Leonardo e Eduardo Costa no Cabaré (Ao Vivo)", artist: "Leonardo".When I click the album in my saved albums list, the new tab is open but nothing is shown....

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm using spotify on Xubuntu (linux), on Mozilla Firefox v39.0.3. Trying to see my saved album "Leonardo e Eduardo Costa no Cabaré (Ao Vivo)", artist: "Leonardo". When I click the album in my saved...
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Solved!! Impossible to make offline a playlist or an album via desktop

Hello everyone, I don't what is happened, but in few versions earlier I have the possibilite to save an album or a playlist under "Your Songs" menu then an option to make these selection offline. But now, this option gone! It really not pleasent to m...

  • Visitor
  • Hello everyone,   I don't what is happened, but in few versions earlier I have the possibilite to save an album or a playlist under "Your Songs" menu then an option to make these selection off...
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Any non-manual ways to arrange the 'default' order of playlists?

Hi!So as we all know, it is quite easy to arrange your playlists by artist, album, date added, etc. This presents a temporary arrangement of the playlist and is quite a useful feature. However, this does not change the 'default' order of the playlist...

  • Newbie
  • Hi! So as we all know, it is quite easy to arrange your playlists by artist, album, date added, etc. This presents a temporary arrangement of the playlist and is quite a useful feature.   H...
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"Log in with Facebook" fails due to weak Diffie-Hellman key on login.spotilocal.com

I haven't done any extensive replication on this issue as the only computer I have immediately available is running Arch Linux, but I see no reason Windows users won't be equally affected. As far as I can tell, this issue is present in the latest (Li...

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  • Casual Listener
  • I haven't done any extensive replication on this issue as the only computer I have immediately available is running Arch Linux, but I see no reason Windows users won't be equally affected.   A...
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