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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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spotify play queue working as intended

spotify play queue broken? i think this comes down to licensing and royalties paid to the music recording industry which spotify makes a % of for bringing business to these companies. making the queue nearly impossible to work with has spotify end us...

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  • spotify play queue broken?     i think this comes down to licensing and royalties paid to the music recording industry which spotify makes a % of for bringing business to these companie...
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Solved!! switching to another terminal pauses playback (linux, multiple xorg sessions problem)

It is usual in linux to have multiple terminal sessions (tty) running. When running spotify desktop client in one session and switching to another, playback pauses immediately, so it is impossible to run spotify in 'background' tty session. Can you p...

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  • It is usual in linux to have multiple terminal sessions (tty) running. When running spotify desktop client in one session and switching to another, playback pauses immediately, so it is impossible to...
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Spotify statistics not updated

Is there a problem with Spotify statistics? Artist pages doesn't get updates on plays.

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  • Is there a problem with Spotify statistics? Artist pages doesn't get updates on plays.
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cancel subscription

How do I cancel my subscription if I only log in from Facebook?

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  • How do I cancel my subscription if I only log in from Facebook?
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Ubuntu Media Keys Not Working

Hey! I am running Spotify 0.9.11.27 on Ubuntu 14.04. When I launch the app, all of the media keys (play/pause, forward, back) work. Then after around 30 seconds after switching to another app, it stops working.

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  • Hey!   I am running Spotify 0.9.11.27 on Ubuntu 14.04. When I launch the app, all of the media keys (play/pause, forward, back) work. Then after around 30 seconds after switching to another ...
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Linux Install Instructions

Hi all, I'm looking at the linux install instructions here: https://www.spotify.com/uk/download/previews/ I have a suggestion for the first step. Instead of: # 1. Add this line to your list of repositories by # editing your /etc/apt/sources.list deb ...

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  • Hi all,   I'm looking at the linux install instructions here: https://www.spotify.com/uk/download/previews/   I have a suggestion for the first step. Instead of:   # 1...
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Missing dependency libgcrypt11 from debian package

I installed Spotify to Debian Jessie without any problem, but when i try to start spotify a get error for missing library, the missing library is libgcrypt11. I searched for this package on debian jessie repository but there isn't candidate package a...

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  • I installed Spotify to Debian Jessie without any problem, but when i try to start spotify a get error for missing library,  the missing library is libgcrypt11.  I searched for this packag...
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Extreme CPU usage Linux client

Hi,My Spotify client for Linux always used to work fine, but a couple of days ago it all of a sudden started to claim 100% CPU capacity, while I was dragging some songs from one playlist to another. That resulted in overheating the processsor of my n...

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  • Hi, My Spotify client for Linux always used to work fine, but a couple of days ago it all of a sudden started to claim 100% CPU capacity, while I was dragging some songs from one playlist to anoth...
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Ubuntu Playlist Syncing For Offline Use (Solved)

So I am very new to Ubuntu and Linux for that matter. I installed Spotfiy and got everything working correctly, but I could not get it to sync my playlist for offline use. Spotify kept telling me to check disk space and I have ample room since this i...

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  • So I am very new to Ubuntu and Linux for that matter.  I installed Spotfiy and got everything working correctly, but I could not get it to sync my playlist for offline use.  Spotify kept te...
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Solved!! Help with account

I have paid for premium account, but did not receive the benefits.

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  • I have paid for premium account, but did not receive the benefits.
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Hardcode font colours

Hi there, I'm using the Linux spotify preview client with KDE and a dark colour scheme. Since Spotify's default colour scheme is dark gray, it fits perfectly. However, my desktop's dark theme implies white/bright font colours that get implemented in ...

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  • Hi there, I'm using the Linux spotify preview client with KDE and a dark colour scheme. Since Spotify's default colour scheme is dark gray, it fits perfectly. However, my desktop's dark theme impli...
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desktop app doesn't play music on linux (3.16, fedora 21)

spotify desktop client won't play anything. When I hit play, it says there is something wrong with network. backtrace from logs: Oct 02 13:58:58 quahog slim[444]: 11:58:58.080 I [head_file_streamer.cpp:106 ] Requesting head file from CDN url: http://...

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  • spotify desktop client won't play anything. When I hit play, it says there is something wrong with network. backtrace from logs: Oct 02 13:58:58 quahog slim[444]: 11:58:58.080 I [head_file_stream...
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[Desktop - Linux] Spotify doesn't start if the system inotify watches limit has been exceeded

I've noticed Spotify fails to start properly if my system's inotify watch limit has been exhausted. It just sits there, presumably trying to get a notifier, maxing out a single core and printing this to stdout: ... 13:17:04.214 A [file_system_monitor...

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  • I've noticed Spotify fails to start properly if my system's inotify watch limit has been exhausted. It just sits there, presumably trying to get a notifier, maxing out a single core and printing this...
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Features missing?

It appears that the current client can't sort by rating when looking at search results. Is this feature gone or am I doing something wrong? Also, when I choose the main "songs" menu it has the ones that I saved for albums or artists, but not from my ...

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  • It appears that the current client can't sort by rating when looking at search results.  Is this feature gone or am I doing something wrong?   Also, when I choose the main "songs" menu ...
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Spotify Radio - Downvoting song does not prevent it from reappearing

To be fair, I can understand why this may happen. However I would rather jump off a bridge than listen to a track from Skrillex. Please assist

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  • To be fair, I can understand why this may happen. However I would rather jump off a bridge than listen to a track from Skrillex. Please assist
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How to search for items that have simple names?

Say, I want to search for the band named Band. How do I do it without getting the millions of bands with the word "band" in their name? (Yes, I know there is a band called The Band, but searching with the phrase artist:"the band" does not make the re...

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  • Say, I want to search for the band named Band. How do I do it without getting the millions of bands with the word "band" in their name? (Yes, I know there is a band called The Band, but searching w...
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Spotify failing to open skin on Linux

Hi, I know this has been posted before but I thought I would again because that post hasn't helped. Up until 3 months ago Spotify worked well on the latest Linux mint with KDE desktop (32bit) but I am now unable to open the desktop as I get failed to...

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  • Hi,   I know this has been posted before but I thought I would again because that post hasn't helped.   Up until 3 months ago Spotify worked well on the latest Linux mint with KDE d...
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[Bug, Linux] MPRIS2 Song Progress Cleared If Session Locked While Music is Paused

I've been using the Spotify Linux Preview build for the last few months, and have had a lot of success with it. It performs great, and the DBus and MPRIS2 integration is just fantastic. I have run into a bug with the MPRIS2 integration, though. It's ...

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  • I've been using the Spotify Linux Preview build for the last few months, and have had a lot of success with it. It performs great, and the DBus and MPRIS2 integration is just fantastic. I have run in...
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Solved!! Latest Spotify on 32-bit Linux?

Hi! Is there any way I can get the latest Spotify for Linux in 32-bit? On my 64-bit machine I have the latest version with the new theme, .etc, but on my 32-bit machine I only have the old version. Looking at http://repository.spotify.com/pool/non-fr...

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  • Hi!   Is there any way I can get the latest Spotify for Linux in 32-bit? On my 64-bit machine I have the latest version with the new theme, .etc, but on my 32-bit machine I only have the old...
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