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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...
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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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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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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePCOperating SystemLinux Mint 20My Question or IssueHi Spotify-Team,I just installed Spotify on Linux.Deactivating Crossfade in settings does not have an effect.It's even worse, I can't hear songs to the end and the next...
Hi,On my Fedora 25 machine, Spotify has suddenly stopped working over one of my VPNs (NL based). I get "No internet connection detected... (error code:4)". If I reconnect to another UK based VPN, it works fine. If I connect to the same NL VPN on my A...
See my post: https://superuser.com/questions/1574114/audio-interface-audio-output-in-debian-linux-not-as-good-as-windowsI use the Behringer Uphoria UMC404HD audio interface headphone output to listen to Spotify on my high-end headphones.The interface...
PlanPremiumCountry Germany (currently)DeviceDELL Latitude E6230Operating SystemFedora 28 (Linux) My Question or IssueOn my laptop with Fedora 28, the "add source" button in Spotify does not work. (I can press it, but it won't do anything). I am aware...
PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Legion T530 w/ LG 27UD58P-B displayOperating SystemUbuntu Linux 20.04Version$ spotify --versionSpotify version 1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b, Copyright (c) 2020, Spotify LtdSpotfiy was installed using Ubuntu's built-in st...
PlanPremiumCountryFrance Operating SystemLinux My Question or IssueHi ! Since some days, when I am using spotify, I usually get a message than I cannot display playlist because I am offline "Artist playlist are not available offline". And the page sh...
PlanPremiumCountry: US DeviceGeneric PCOperating SystemLinux (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) My Question or IssueWhenever I go to my linux workstation to fix a problem, sit down for coding or what else I may do I end up having this problem. This problem is persis...
PlanPremiumCountryBrazilOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueWhy Spotify version on Linux is always behind the macOS and Windows version? Currently, Spotify for Linux is running on 1.1.42 and the macOS and Windows version is 1.1.45, why?
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Hi,I'm running Spotify 1.0.19.106.gb8a7150f on a Lubuntu machine 14.04In settings, I haveCache > Location: /media/storage/spotify_cacheI've checked in $HOME/.config/spotify/prefs and the correct location is set there:storage.location="/media/storage/...
I find it incredible that Spotify punishes paying users that try to protect their digital privacy. Are there any solutions in the works for this known issue? It would be a shame if I am forced to cancel my subscription. PlanPremium Operating SystemAr...
Im using Debian 10, installed today.So, japanese characters (hiragana, katakana and kanji) are not showing in my Spotify, instead, it is showing someting like a blank spaceBut when i try to edit the playlist name, and i do a CTRL+A -> CTRL+C i get th...
a month ago i noticed that spotify crashes when i try to add or change a playlist cover. i've tried everything and the problem is still unsolved, and i know a lot of people that use spotify desktop for linux have the same problem. what i am going to ...
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PlanPremiumCountryFrance DeviceDesktopOperating SystemUbuntu 19.04 My Question or IssueThe linux desktop client appears completely offline through my VPN (ExpressVPN) It appears to be solely a linux client bugit works through the web client and the s...
PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceLenovo thinkcentre900 desktopOperating SystemLinux Mint 20 Cinnamon 64 My Question or IssueI have been using Spotify client 1.1.10.546.ge08ef575 with direct output to my DAC via ALSA (after stopping Pulseaudio) to avoid any ...
Hello, I just noticed that there is a flag to specify a default username, my question is what should I put there, an email, or a username id (the one from Spotify profile)????
PlanFreeCountry DeviceLaptop 32-bit CPUOperating SystemAntiX 19.2 Marielle Franco My Question or IssueI installed flatpak via apt-get and I added the repoflatpak remote-add –if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo After reb...