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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!!Superuser Contribution [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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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 se...

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Solved!! Carly Rae Jepsen album titled wrongly stylized

Carly Rae Jepsen's new record "E•MO•TION" is wrongly listed on Spotify's library as "Emotion". This is an issue as I have my spotify account linked with last.fm, and E•MO•TION and Emotion are considered two different albums.

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Carly Rae Jepsen's new record "E•MO•TION" is wrongly listed on Spotify's library as "Emotion".   This is an issue as I have my spotify account linked with last.fm, and E•MO•TION and ...

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Solved!! Impossible to make offline a playlist or an album via desktop

Hello everyone, I don't what is happened, but in few versions earlier I have the possibilite to save an album or a playlist under "Your Songs" menu then an option to make these selection offline. But now, this option gone! It really not pleasent to m...

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Hello everyone,   I don't what is happened, but in few versions earlier I have the possibilite to save an album or a playlist under "Your Songs" menu then an option to make these selection off...

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Solved!! W [audio_file_decompressor_ffmpeg.cpp:731] Failed to open stream: -2

some files could not be played on linux client, for example Beardfish: Voluntary Slavery; another song from the same album (Ludvig & Sverker) plays just fine; there are many more songs affected; same with spotify & spotify-beta (arch linux packages) ...

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some files could not be played on linux client, for example Beardfish: Voluntary Slavery; another song from the same album (Ludvig & Sverker) plays just fine; there are many more songs affected; ...

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Solved!! [solved] Spotify 0.9.4 for 64-bit Linux?

Hi I am looking for the old 64bit .deb file of the old grey spotify.There is 32bit .deb file around easy to find here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web/Spotify-0-9-4-for-32-bit-Linux/td-p/1130452 But I am looking for th...

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Hi I am looking for the old 64bit .deb file of the old grey spotify. There is 32bit .deb file around easy to find here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web/Spotify-0-9-4-...

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Solved!! A serious glitch

Hello, I have a big problem. I can't install anything via the Lubuntu Software Center or the terminal. This shows up with the terminal AND when I try to install via the software center. Can anybody help me? I didn't find any help via google or youtub...

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Hello, I have a big problem. I can't install anything via the Lubuntu Software Center or the terminal. This shows up with the terminal AND when I try to install via the software center. Can anybody h...

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Solved!! Spotify doesn't start in Ubuntu Gnome 15.04

Hello, Just as the title says, doesn't even show anything, this only happened after I upgraded from 14.10 to 15.04, I tried to reinstall but it still doesn't work.

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Hello,    Just as the title says, doesn't even show anything, this only happened after I upgraded from 14.10 to 15.04, I tried to reinstall but it still doesn't work.

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No audio on Arch Linux with KDE, VLC / phonon backend

I'm running Arch Linux with KDE and using VLC / phonon as my audio backend, and getting no audio. Though my "system settings" specify my USB headset as the default output, I believe Spotify may be sending the audio to the analog hardware output. I ca...

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I'm running Arch Linux with KDE and using VLC / phonon as my audio backend, and getting no audio. Though my "system settings" specify my USB headset as the default output, I believe Spotify may be se...

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Solved!! Release Notes - Spotify for Desktop 1.0.7

What's new in this version (1.0.7): On Windows, the corner X button can close or minimise Spotify. Choose in your Settings. Making a collaborative playlist in 1280x800 resolution? Excellent. Now you can see who's added songs in the User column. Creat...

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  What's new in this version (1.0.7): On Windows, the corner X button can close or minimise Spotify. Choose in your Settings.  Making a collaborative playlist in 1280x800 resolution...

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Spotify for Linux (RPM)

I am a huge fan of Linux and am now using Fedora 22 at the moment. To be honest, installing Spotify on rpm based Linux machines is (when doing it all yourself without scripts or repo's) a hell. You got to convert it and change lots of stuff. That's w...

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I am a huge fan of Linux and am now using Fedora 22 at the moment.   To be honest, installing Spotify on rpm based Linux machines is (when doing it all yourself without scripts or repo's) a he...

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Solved!! Client erratic behavior on ubuntu Wily

Hello, This is mostly for reference only in case someone hit the problem I am seeing. I haven't had time to test it on the latest stable release (Ubuntu Vivid Vervet 15.04) but I see the problem on the current development release (Wily 15.10) : on so...

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Hello,   This is mostly for reference only in case someone hit the problem I am seeing.   I haven't had time to test it on the latest stable release (Ubuntu Vivid Vervet 15.04) but I se...

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Solved!! Display time in songs

Why does the display time disappear in a song now??? I hate this feature that you have to tap it and then it disappears in three seconds.

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Why does the display time disappear in a song now??? I hate this feature that you have to tap it and then it disappears in three seconds.

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Solved!! Top lists not refreshing

Normally, Spotify seems to refresh my most listened to tracks, artists and albums every week or so. It is now well over a week since it did this and It has still got my top track as one I haven't listened to in quite some time. I saw somewhere that t...

Roadie

Normally, Spotify seems to refresh my most listened to tracks, artists and albums every week or so. It is now well over a week since it did this and It has still got my top track as one I haven't lis...

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Superuser Contribution Unable to locate package spotify-client

I'm very frustrated, why? I had spotify app on my 32bit linux. On my second PC (64bit) I've installed spotify. I saw that new designs were made, so decided to upgrade spotify on my 32bit linux. I couldn't upgrade it, so decided to unistall it. Then w...

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I'm very frustrated, why?   I had spotify app on my 32bit linux. On my second PC (64bit) I've installed spotify. I saw that new designs were made, so decided to upgrade spotify on my 32bit lin...

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Solved!! How do you sort your Song or Artist list alphabetically?

How do you sort your Song or Artist list alphabetically? Is there a way to print out your song titles? Is there a way to save a song, artist, and CD title to a Firefox bookmark?

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How do you sort your Song or Artist list alphabetically?   Is there a way to print out your song titles?   Is there a way to save a song, artist, and CD title to a Firefox bookmark? &n...

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Solved!! Local versus cloud storage of private MP3s - perhaps the only feature where Spotify falls short

(Mods, it is kinda unclear to me where this topic truly belongs, so sorry if I have posted it in the wrong section. If so, I'd appreciate seeing it moved.) With the last bastion of free but sadly unlicensed music going shark-belly up, I have finally ...

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(Mods, it is kinda unclear to me where this topic truly belongs, so sorry if I have posted it in the wrong section. If so, I'd appreciate seeing it moved.)   With the last bastion of free but ...

MattSuda

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Solved!! 32bit debian package missing

Hey guys I just added the Repository to my 32bit 12.04 ubuntu. but i couldn't install spotify-client. So i took a little look around in the repo and the only files in there are 64bit ... i am 100% i had spotify installed on this machine before. pls h...

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Hey guys   I just added the Repository to my 32bit 12.04 ubuntu. but i couldn't install spotify-client. So i took a little look around in the repo and the only files in there are 64bit ... i a...

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Spotify volume too low

Hello guys, I really like Spotify but the volume is lower than deezer and the others music streaming services.In cellphone it doesn't really annoy me, but in the Windows app, it is really annoying, do you guys have a solution?

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Hello guys, I really like Spotify but the volume is lower than deezer and the others music streaming services. In cellphone it doesn't really annoy me, but in the Windows app, it is really annoying,...

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Spotify 0.9.4 for 32-bit Linux?

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...

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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 add...

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