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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...
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...
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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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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I am having trouble making Spotify plugin work on Clementine v. 1.2.3 for Linux.I am using Ubuntu LTS 16.04 (also tried on MATE 16.04) on Dell Inspiron 5000.Just to be give some context: I am also a premium user of Spotify (required to be able to use...
I am having trouble making Spotify plugin work on Clementine v. 1.2.3 for Linux. I am using Ubuntu LTS 16.04 (also tried on MATE 16.04) on Dell Inspiron 5000. Just to be give some context: I am als...
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Hi there! I'm using Spotify's pretty good MPRIS support to display now playing information in Conky and in OBS. A minor improvement I would like is for MPRIS to export all the artists, comma-separated, as is presently displayed in the players. The al...
Hi there! I'm using Spotify's pretty good MPRIS support to display now playing information in Conky and in OBS. A minor improvement I would like is for MPRIS to export all the artists, comma-separate...
Casual Listener
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Operating SystemArch Linux (5.5.9-arch1-2) Spotify (snap info)version: spotify 1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15revision: 41 My Question or IssueSpotify will not start, gives this error:Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) Let me know what other info I can give...
Operating System Arch Linux (5.5.9-arch1-2) Spotify (snap info) version: spotify 1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15 revision: 41 My Question or Issue Spotify will not start, gives this err...
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PlanPremiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemManjaro Linux My desktop app just does not open. It starts, appears in the panel and just closes.When using the terminal to open it, this message appears: >Gtk-Message: 11:00:25.308: Failed to load module "canb...
Plan Premium Device Desktop Operating System Manjaro Linux My desktop app just does not open. It starts, appears in the panel and just closes. When using the terminal to open it, this ...
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PlanPremiumOperating SystemManjaro Linux Hi,I don't why Spotify cant play imported songs to local libary. Files are 320 mp3. When I try yo play them I get error somthing like that "Spotify can't play it now. If you have this file on your computer , y...
Plan Premium Operating System Manjaro Linux Hi, I don't why Spotify cant play imported songs to local libary. Files are 320 mp3. When I try yo play them I get error somthing like that "S...
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Spotify plan: PremiumEnvironment - Laptop computer - Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTSStarting this week ( ISO Standard ww20 of 2020 ), the Desktop Spotify client has logged me out. I could not log in back again, either by re-installing the client with the Ubuntu's...
Spotify plan: Premium Environment - Laptop computer - Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Starting this week ( ISO Standard ww20 of 2020 ), the Desktop Spotify client has logged me out. I could not lo...
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Hello. Trying to install Spotify for my old machine, it appears that the last version which supports 32-bit is Spotify 0.9.4. I don't mind using an old version if it works; however, I've added the repositories suggested and attempted to install the c...
Hello. Trying to install Spotify for my old machine, it appears that the last version which supports 32-bit is Spotify 0.9.4. I don't mind using an old version if it works; however, I've add...
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Your device and operating system: ThinkPad P52, openSUSE Leap 15.1Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): PremiumThe app version of Spotify you’re using: 1.1.10.546.ge08ef575-19 from Snapcraft I'm installing Spotify on my openSUSE system fo...
Your device and operating system: ThinkPad P52, openSUSE Leap 15.1 Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): Premium The app version of Spotify you’re using: 1.1.10.546.ge08ef575-19 from ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemManjaro Linux My Question or Issuelocal files do not play on the Spotify desktop app I get an error message saying it can't play it right now if I have the file on my computer I can import it. it plays fin...
Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Manjaro Linux My Question or Issue local files do not play on the Spotify desktop app I get an error message saying it can't play ...
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Operating System -Debian My Question or Issue Can the team that is responsible for compiling Spotify on Debian please compile the latest Spotify package for Debian? It's been almost a year since the last release, and there have been changes as indica...
Operating System - Debian My Question or Issue Can the team that is responsible for compiling Spotify on Debian please compile the latest Spotify package for Debian? It's been almost a ...
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Hi, after upgrading from 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc5 [1] to 1.0.15.137.gbdf68615 [2] all seems fine, except a major problem, I don't hear a darn thing My songs are playing, but I can't hear the music. After downgrading to 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc5 I hear the music...
Hi, after upgrading from 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc5 [1] to 1.0.15.137.gbdf68615 [2] all seems fine, except a major problem, I don't hear a darn thing 😉 My songs are playing, but I can't hear the ...
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Operating SystemManjaro My Question or IssueIt seems the download of https://repository-origin.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-client/spotify-client_1.1.10.546.ge08ef575-19_amd64.deb isn't working properly r/n (at least on my system). I tried ins...
Operating System Manjaro My Question or Issue It seems the download of https://repository-origin.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-client/spotify-client_1.1.10.546.ge08ef575-19_amd6...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemUbuntuGNU/LINUX My Question or IssueOn the Linux desktop app there's green graphical glitch messing everything up. It only shows after I switch from a different program window and it disappears when I s...
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop Operating System Ubuntu GNU/LINUX My Question or Issue On the Linux desktop app there's green graphical glitch messing everything ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 (Elementary OS) My Question or IssueI've installed the most recent spotify client (tried through snap first and apt second). After clicking "Log in with Facebook", it does nothi...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Ubuntu 18.04 (Elementary OS) My Question or Issue I've installed the most recent spotify client (tried through snap...
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PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceLenovo Legion Y520 (laptop)Operating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueI tell Spotify to download all my liked songs to a different drive (/media//spotify/), but it downloads all my songs (about 10GB) to the default ...
Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Lenovo Legion Y520 (laptop) Operating System Arch Linux My Question or Issue I tell Spotify to download all my liked songs to a different drive (/...
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After reading: ". Spotify for Linux is a labor of love from our engineers that wanted to listen to Spotify on their Linux development machines. They work on it in their spare time and it is currently not a platform that we actively support", figured ...
After reading: ". Spotify for Linux is a labor of love from our engineers that wanted to listen to Spotify on their Linux development machines. They work on it in their spare time and it is currently...
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSystem76 Galago Pro 13"Operating SystemPop! OS (Ubuntu 19.04) My Question or IssueWhen I start Spotify, a black window appears, then the application immediately crashes with this message in stderr:[0805/134836.559082:ERR...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device System76 Galago Pro 13" Operating System Pop! OS (Ubuntu 19.04) My Question or Issue When I start Spotify, a black window appears, then the applica...
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I have Spotify for Linux running on a PC and when I click "Connect" it can see my Android phone. However, in the Android app, when I choose Settings->Show available devices, it says "If another device becomes available, you can select it here". There...
I have Spotify for Linux running on a PC and when I click "Connect" it can see my Android phone. However, in the Android app, when I choose Settings->Show available devices, it says "If another de...
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I am a Spotify for Linux user. Ever since I got up this morning I have been getting an error from my update manager that Spotify's repo signing keys are expired. Anyone know what's going on? The error message I am getting is as follows: "An error occ...
I am a Spotify for Linux user. Ever since I got up this morning I have been getting an error from my update manager that Spotify's repo signing keys are expired. Anyone know what's going on? ...
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