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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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[SOLVED] [Ubuntu 22.04] spotify-client depends on nonexistent libssl1.1

The 'spotify-client' .deb package specifies 'libssl1.1' as one of its dependencies. Ubuntu 22.04 (currently in beta and due for stable release in 10 days from today) has dropped libssl1.1 in favour of libssl3 (see OpenSSL 3.0 transition plans for ref...

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  • The 'spotify-client' .deb package specifies 'libssl1.1' as one of its dependencies. Ubuntu 22.04 (currently in beta and due for stable release in 10 days from today) has dropped libssl1.1 in favour o...
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App GUI to small on retina displays

StudentPremium Macbook Pro retina 2012 15"Linux Mint 20.3 The Spotify app's GUI is not scaled correctly on retina displays. Because of the huge display resolution on retina 15", the Spotify app's GUI is way too small making it a pain to read text and...

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  • Student Premium   Macbook Pro retina 2012 15" Linux Mint 20.3   The Spotify app's GUI is not scaled correctly on retina displays. Because of the huge display resolution on retina 15",...
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Solved!! An error occurred during the signature verification.

PlanFreeCountryUSOperating SystemPop!_OS 20.04 LTS 64 bit My Question or IssueAs of yesterday, I'm getting this error when I look for updates: W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous inde...

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  • Plan Free Country US Operating System Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS 64 bit   My Question or Issue As of yesterday, I'm getting this error when I look for updates:   W: An error occurred durin...
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Can we remove the advertisement board that appears above the player

A Blank board appears over the player when I open a playlist on the Spotify desktop app sometimes it shows an advertisement mostly it remains blank is their anyway to remove that

  • Visitor
  • A Blank board appears over the player when I open a playlist on the Spotify desktop app sometimes it shows an advertisement mostly it remains blank is their anyway to remove that
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Spotify doesn't work properly without a VPN

If I try to use Spotify on a browser(tried on multiple), it *does* work, but I can't see playlists, lyrics. Unless I use a VPN, and then it works properlyI tried using the Desktop App (for linux) Kubuntu 21.04 x86_64 Spotify version 1.1.72.439.gc2530...

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  • If I try to use Spotify on a browser(tried on multiple), it *does* work, but I can't see playlists, lyrics. Unless I use a VPN, and then it works properly I tried using the Desktop App (for linux)...
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Spotify on Linux closes and does not open

Spotify's snap client on Ubuntu 22.04 (currently in beta close to its release) is experiencing instability. When closing and trying to open again the Spotify client is crashing and closing the window.This problem also occurs on several other Linux di...

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  • Spotify's snap client on Ubuntu 22.04 (currently in beta close to its release) is experiencing instability. When closing and trying to open again the Spotify client is crashing and closing the window...
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Main menu button (three dots) missing

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DevicePC (custom)Operating SystemLinux (nixOS) / Gnome 40 My Question or IssueThe main menu button (three dots) does not show up. I can still access the settings page from the username dropdown. Playback and everything works...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany   Device PC (custom) Operating System Linux (nixOS) / Gnome 40   My Question or Issue The main menu button (three dots) does not show up. I can still...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Position from DBus

I posted this in the main forums earlier and have since found many other examples of people asking for this feature. I wanted to put it here to add my voice, just in case the developers actually read these. Would it be possible for the devs to implem...

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  • I posted this in the main forums earlier and have since found many other examples of people asking for this feature. I wanted to put it here to add my voice, just in case the developers actually read...
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Desktop client never starts maximized

PlanPremiumDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemOperating System: Manjaro LinuxKDE Plasma Version: 5.24.3KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0Qt Version: 5.15.3Kernel Version: 5.15.28-1-MANJARO (64-bit)Graphics Platform: X11Processors: 4 × AMD Ryzen 3 2200...

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  • Plan Premium Device Desktop computer Operating System Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 Kernel Version: 5.15.28-1-M...
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Integrate with eSDK Spotify on MIPS issue

HiOur produce SMC-1030 have binding with Spotify eSDK 3.15 successfully, but when we upgrade to v3.19 eSDK, we found that Spotify was default using ogg compress music with cpu decoding, therefore we can't perform the music smoothly, the cpu is up to ...

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  • Hi Our produce SMC-1030 have binding with Spotify eSDK 3.15 successfully, but when we upgrade to v3.19 eSDK, we found that Spotify was default using ogg compress music with cpu decoding, therefore w...
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Spotify stops playing after one second

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DevicePCOperating SystemManjaro Linux My Question or IssueI reinstalled Manjaro recently and started having this problem where I can't play songs on Spotify's desktop client (at least not for more than 1-2 seconds). I tried r...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device PC Operating System Manjaro Linux   My Question or Issue I reinstalled Manjaro recently and started having this problem where I can't play so...
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Most podcast categories unselectable

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceModern Dell LaptopOperating SystemLinux (Ubuntu) My Question or IssueWhen browsing podcasts, after selecting 'see all' on the categories, for most of the categories selecting it just moves the user to the top of the page - n...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Modern Dell Laptop Operating System Linux (Ubuntu)   My Question or Issue When browsing podcasts, after selecting 'see all' on the categories, for most o...
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Can't Log In [error code: accesspoint:50]

Hi, im having trouble log in from a desktop client in arch linux. Im at work where is a proxy, how ever in windows i have no problem. I setup the proxy in the enviroment and also in the .config of spotify. When i try to login, after login in facebook...

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  • Hi, im having trouble log in from a desktop client in arch linux. Im at work where is a proxy, how ever in windows i have no problem. I setup the proxy in the enviroment and also in the .config of sp...
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Spotify not randomizing playlists

PlanFreeCountryGreeceDeviceLinux Desktop - Lenovo Ideapad330Operating SystemxUbuntu 20.04 My Question or IssueAs the title suggests, Spotify has stopped randomizing my playlists. Whether they are made by me or someone else, and whether the playlist o...

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  • Plan Free Country Greece Device Linux Desktop - Lenovo Ideapad330 Operating System xUbuntu 20.04   My Question or Issue As the title suggests, Spotify has stopped randomizing my playli...
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Desktop client may crash when pasting an en dash

Sometimes when pressing ctrl+v to paste an en dash (–) the client will crash (segfault or other kind of hard process kill). The cursor doesn't need to be on a text input field for this to happen: it can also happen if you press ctrl+v without having ...

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  • Sometimes when pressing ctrl+v to paste an en dash (–) the client will crash (segfault or other kind of hard process kill). The cursor doesn't need to be on a text input field for this to happen: it ...
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Possibility to change properties with DBus signals

I'm trying to change writable properties like 'Shuffle' with DBus signals like this: dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Pla...

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  • I'm trying to change writable properties like 'Shuffle' with DBus signals like this:           dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify...
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Solved!! Playing lastfm radio stops after one song

System: Ubuntu 14.04 running firefox & chrome browsersIssue: Playing radio through web-based spotify player stops (or repeats) after 1 songWhen clicking any of the 3 radio's on the last.fm landing page (Your Library, Your Mix, Your recommendations) a...

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  • System:  Ubuntu 14.04 running firefox & chrome browsers Issue: Playing radio through web-based spotify player stops (or repeats) after 1 song When clicking any of the 3 radio's on the...
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Can't install Spotify under Ubuntu.

I followed the official installation guide and I did:curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_0D811D58.gpg | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.listsudo ap...

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  • I followed the official installation guide and I did: curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_0D811D58.gpg | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free"...
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Solved!! The app crashes on Debian due to HW acceleration

PlanFreeCountry: Spain DeviceHP Stream 11-y00nsOperating SystemDebian 10 Buster amd64 (Linux 4.19.0-11) My Question or IssueI installed Debian 10 yesterday on my 11' laptop via a net-install, and when I've tried to install the app (apt version, not s...

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  • Plan Free Country: Spain   Device HP Stream 11-y00ns Operating System Debian 10 Buster amd64 (Linux 4.19.0-11)   My Question or Issue I installed Debian 10 yesterday on my 11' lap...
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Solved!! How update Spotify or know the latest version? linux mint

I'm using Linux mint and since I installed Spotify (two months ago) I don't think it's updated. It's my first time using Linux so I don't know how to check for updates or just know if I have the latest version available.

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  • I'm using Linux mint and since I installed Spotify (two months ago) I don't think it's updated. It's my first time using Linux so I don't know how to check for updates or just know if I have the late...
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