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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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Latest Debian package installs files owned by user ID 1000

Hi, The latest Spotify Debian package installs files owned by user ID 1000 and group ID 1000 instead of 0/0 (root/root). Theoretically this imposes a security risk on a multi-user system, because the user with ID 1000 (usually the first created user)...

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  • Hi,   The latest Spotify Debian package installs files owned by user ID 1000 and group ID 1000 instead of 0/0 (root/root).   Theoretically this imposes a security risk on a multi-user s...
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Spotify Tesla Player Not Shuffling on Selecting a New Playlist + Spotify Wrapped Issue

I listen to Spotify mainly on the Tesla Spotify Player now, and when I select a new playlist, even with shuffle enabled, it will always play the first song. For that reason I immediately click 'Next' to get a shuffled song within the playlist. My Spo...

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  • I listen to Spotify mainly on the Tesla Spotify Player now, and when I select a new playlist, even with shuffle enabled, it will always play the first song. For that reason I immediately click 'Next'...
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Where does Spotify store data for playlists locally?

Where does Spotify store playlist data, e.g., how many tracks, song titles, artists, etc., locally? Is it stored in a specific file/format that I could easily parse? It'd be nice to be able to extract data from my playlists using a simple XML or JSON...

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  • Where does Spotify store playlist data, e.g., how many tracks, song titles, artists, etc., locally? Is it stored in a specific file/format that I could easily parse? It'd be nice to be able to extrac...
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Title of the song overflow

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceXiaomi Redmi Ryzen 4500u Operating SystemUbuntu 20.04.5 LTSMy Question or IssueTitle of the song overflow bug in search

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Desktop Linux sends a notification each time a song starts

Spotify Free planDesktop Linux on Fedora with GNOME and Wayland Each time a song starts a notification is sent on the desktop. So I have two notifications in the gnome panel: the normal song playing notification with play/pause, and a normal notifica...

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  • Spotify Free plan Desktop Linux on Fedora with GNOME and Wayland   Each time a song starts a notification is sent on the desktop. So I have two notifications in the gnome panel: the normal so...
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como descargar spotify

lo quiero en mi escritorio

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Spotify Fullscreen bug

PlanFreeCountryGerman/seckachDevice(Acer Asphire Es1-571)Operating System(Linux Mint) Helloy everybody, when i open spotify that starts on fullscreen and it doesn't work in windowed mode, does anyone know how i can get it in windowed mode

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  •   Plan Free Country German/seckach Device (Acer Asphire Es1-571) Operating System (Linux Mint)   Helloy everybody, when i open spotify that starts on fullscreen and  it ...
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What does the "Enhance" feature do in Linux version?

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Local files not shown (with strace)

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemUbuntu My Question or Issue I've been unable to add local files to Spotify on my desktop (running Ubuntu). I can add the same files on my Android. strace-ing the spotify processes show the following:Upon tog...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Ubuntu   My Question or Issue   I've been unable to add local files to Spotify on my desktop (running Ubuntu). I ca...
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Download guide for Void Linux

If anyone knows or have a good guide on installing spotify from void linux or if anyone can make a template then it would be helpful for me.

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  • If anyone knows or have a good guide on installing spotify from void linux or if anyone can make a template then it would be helpful for me.  
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se cierra sola la app linux

Plan premiumFree/PremiumCountryargentinaDevice (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) computadoraOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) linux debian My Question or Issuela app se cierra sola nada mas entro a ella

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BUG: Recommended songs won't play

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: PCOperating System: Manjaro LinuxMy Question or Issue Most recommended songs won't play. A few will work, but the majority do not play. If I start the first one playing with shuffle turned off, it works down the list....

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  • Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: PC Operating System: Manjaro Linux My Question or Issue   Most recommended songs won't play. A few will work, but the majority do not play. If I st...
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Re: My music stops playing every 30 seconds

Having the same issue on my Linux Desktop installation (Premium Duo Plan).No issues on Android smartphones so far. Sometimes app restart helps, sometimes doesn't. Sometimes a particular track is not played at all, just the timeline shows progress but...

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  • Having the same issue on my Linux Desktop installation (Premium Duo Plan). No issues on Android smartphones so far. Sometimes app restart helps, sometimes doesn't.  Sometimes a particular trac...
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Cannot change music quality on Ubuntu 22

PlanPremiumCountry Operating SystemUbuntu 22 My Question or Issue The dropdown menu on Settings for Audio Quality is not working. It's just stuck with Automatic (Streaming quality) and High (Download).

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Operating System Ubuntu 22   My Question or Issue   The dropdown menu on Settings for Audio Quality is not working. It's just stuck with Automat...
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Dropdown menus in setting page does not work with mouse, only keyboard

DeviceLaptop Dell XPS 9520Operating SystemUbuntu 22.04 with Xorg (not Wayland)My Question or IssueDropdown menus in setting page does not work with mouse, only keyboard. For example the dropdown for language does not work when clicking on it. You can...

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  •   Device Laptop Dell XPS 9520 Operating System Ubuntu 22.04 with Xorg (not Wayland) My Question or Issue Dropdown menus in setting page does not work with mouse, only keyboard. For example...
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No internet connection detected (eror code:4) - Ubuntu 20.04

Plan Premium Operating System Ubuntu 20.04 My Question or IssueI have update to version 1:1.1.42.622.gbd112320-3 yesterday and since then spotify tells me there is no internet connection (although the PC has access to internet).I have tried clear the...

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  • Plan Premium   Operating System Ubuntu 20.04   My Question or Issue I have update to version 1:1.1.42.622.gbd112320-3 yesterday and since then spotify tells me there is ...
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love so much

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Superuser Contribution Offline Song Storage doesn't correspond with the one set on App

Operating SystemLinux Mint 19.1 Tessa / Windows 10 (dual boot) My Question or IssueHi! I'm trying to change the directory of the offline downloaded songs to a hard drive partition since my linux is installed on a 240gb SSD and i have almost 40gb ofsp...

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  • Operating System Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa / Windows 10 (dual boot)   My Question or Issue Hi!   I'm trying to change the directory of the offline downloaded songs to a hard drive partiti...
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spotify will not install either by the sudo command or even going through there snap store comes up

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