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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...
Casual Listener
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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...
Roadie
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Issue: Opening a spotify playlist url will open the app, but not the playlist. Any fixes for this? I'm running Ubuntu 15.10Linux localhost 4.2.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 8 15:35:06 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Issue: Opening a spotify playlist url will open the app, but not the playlist. Any fixes for this? I'm running Ubuntu 15.10 Linux localhost 4.2.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 8 15...
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Can someone please help me. I am a premium user and my spotify has not been working for about 8/9 weeks. As soon as I open the app I get a black screen with Spoitfy on top left and it just crashes. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, done a factory rese...
Can someone please help me. I am a premium user and my spotify has not been working for about 8/9 weeks. As soon as I open the app I get a black screen with Spoitfy on top left and it j...
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Hello Spotify team, I'm having some issues with spotify connect on the linux client. Basically here's my setup:- an iphone 6 (ios 8.4) that plays music from spotify to airplay speakers- a laptop running ubuntu 14.04 Both devices run the latest spotif...
Hello Spotify team, I'm having some issues with spotify connect on the linux client. Basically here's my setup: - an iphone 6 (ios 8.4) that plays music from spotify to airplay speakers - ...
Regular
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Hi, Just installed the client on Linux and very upset to find spotify connect missing. Is this planned or is any working being done? On version 0.9.17.1.g~ I used this feature a lot with my speaker system (indeed i cancelled google play music because...
Hi, Just installed the client on Linux and very upset to find spotify connect missing. Is this planned or is any working being done? On version 0.9.17.1.g~ I used this feature a lot with my ...
Newbie
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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 ...
Newbie
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As you may know, you can see lyrics with build-in plugin (I belive) MusixMatch at Windows, and at Android you can also download MusixMatch and see the lyrics while listening a song. My question is that, any chance that Spotify Linux can get lyrics su...
As you may know, you can see lyrics with build-in plugin (I belive) MusixMatch at Windows, and at Android you can also download MusixMatch and see the lyrics while listening a song. My question is th...
Newbie
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Ok I am trying to import some playlist from spotibot and all seems broken with the new version this is what I am trying to paste spotify:track:47I4OhBZItIom866XGDK7S spotify:track:2K1vO0btANjqH1Vc8KVf43 spotify:track:40hHmaHKIzNRT166MjNV0q spotify:tr...
Ok I am trying to import some playlist from spotibot and all seems broken with the new version this is what I am trying to paste spotify:track:47I4OhBZItIom866XGDK7S spotify:track:2...
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Hello, I've got a bug that did not appears on the first time I launched spotify but since the second time. When I click the maximize button, the window seems to be maximized but immediately comes back to its initial position and size. At the first la...
Hello, I've got a bug that did not appears on the first time I launched spotify but since the second time. When I click the maximize button, the window seems to be maximized but immediately ...
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I am trying to setup Spotify connect. I run the linux client on my desktop and the Android client on my smartphone. The smartphone is connected to the local WLAN. The desktop is connected to the same IP subnet via ethernet. The smartphone does not de...
I am trying to setup Spotify connect. I run the linux client on my desktop and the Android client on my smartphone. The smartphone is connected to the local WLAN. The desktop is connected to the same...
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On a set of Linux systems I manage, my users want Spotify. I would like to oblige them, but caching their songs in their profiles (and thus, on my file server) is a bit too much, so I'd like to move it to a local directory. Is there any way in which ...
On a set of Linux systems I manage, my users want Spotify. I would like to oblige them, but caching their songs in their profiles (and thus, on my file server) is a bit too much, so I'd lik...
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Hello guys, I am currently running the Spotify Client 0.9.17 (even though I installed 1:0.9.17 from the package manager). Since the last one or two updates the tray icon in the top has gone missing and when I close the Spotify window, the music conti...
Hello guys, I am currently running the Spotify Client 0.9.17 (even though I installed 1:0.9.17 from the package manager). Since the last one or two updates the tray icon in the ...
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Hi! I've seen several post regarding this issue but non of them applies to my problem. I'm using Manjaro Linux (Archlinux based distro), ffmpeg-full package for audio (on AUR) and I'm not able to play Local files. When I click "play", nothing happens...
Hi! I've seen several post regarding this issue but non of them applies to my problem. I'm using Manjaro Linux (Archlinux based distro), ffmpeg-full package for audio (on AUR) and I'm not able to pla...
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I reinstalled my computer (Debian testing/stretch) and installed latest Spotify client for it. Local files playback doesn't work, so I tried that existing solution:sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/Spotify/ffmpeg/libavcodec.so.53 ...
I reinstalled my computer (Debian testing/stretch) and installed latest Spotify client for it. Local files playback doesn't work, so I tried that existing solution: sudo wget https://dl.dropboxu...
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Hi, first, thanks for your effort in regurlarly releasing linux builds!With the recent 1.0 betas the DBus support is back...more or less. But many of the advertised properties can not be retrieved and time out. The only property which is working is "...
Hi, first, thanks for your effort in regurlarly releasing linux builds! With the recent 1.0 betas the DBus support is back...more or less. But many of the advertised properties can not be r...
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I have about as much knowledge of technology as the adverage 80 year, so I need things explaining simply! I've recently started listening to Spotify on my lap top at home but I would now like to be able to take it with me when I travel to work and th...
I have about as much knowledge of technology as the adverage 80 year, so I need things explaining simply! 🙂 I've recently started listening to Spotify on my lap top at home but I would now ...
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A changelog?
A changelog?
Music Fan
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I create account on spotify to see liist song my friendand spotify loading very long and dont show. radio on spotify working I use Firefox 40.0.3 without any plugins or Add-onsradio (spotify) probably working with HTML5 from Firefox OS: PCLinuxOS 64b...
I create account on spotify to see liist song my friend and spotify loading very long and dont show. radio on spotify working I use Firefox 40.0.3 without any plugins or Add-ons r...
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Hi there! Does anyone know, if the Linux Desktop Client supports Spotify Connect and Volume Control? I want to use my Android phone to control the Linux Desktop Client on my Raspberry Pi. Thanks in advance,Juergen
Hi there! Does anyone know, if the Linux Desktop Client supports Spotify Connect and Volume Control? I want to use my Android phone to control the Linux Desktop Client on my Raspberry Pi. &...
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Hello guys , When I put a song to play at Local Files the music does not run, does anyone know what can it be ?
Hello guys , When I put a song to play at Local Files the music does not run, does anyone know what can it be ?
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Hey, I've got a Problem with Spotify (0.9.17.1) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTSWhen I'm looking at an Artist in my main (center) window, or if there is a search result, I can't click the PopUp away that will come up if i search for something.If I look at one of ...
Hey, I've got a Problem with Spotify (0.9.17.1) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS When I'm looking at an Artist in my main (center) window, or if there is a search result, I can't click the PopUp away th...
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