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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!! Installed Spotify Linux desktop doesn't function. Why?

Hi:I just added the spotify repository to my sources list, added the key, downloaded Spotify, installed it, opened Spotify,all from the command line. Everything worked, no hassle. I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on an AMD Phenom(tm) 9600B Quad-Core Pro...

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  • Hi: I just added the spotify repository to my sources list, added the key, downloaded Spotify, installed it, opened Spotify,all from the command line. Everything worked, no  hassle.   ...
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Solved!! Spotify for Linux does not listen to SIGQUIT, but Spotify for OS X does.

Hi, I'm an avid Spotify user and glad it exists, but there is a seemingly easy to fix problem that is a major issue that affects all distributions. Spotify for Linux does not listen to SIGQUIT, which causes the notification icon's "Exit" menu to not ...

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  • Hi, I'm an avid Spotify user and glad it exists, but there is a seemingly easy to fix problem that is a major issue that affects all distributions. Spotify for Linux does not listen to SIGQUIT, which...
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Solved!! Only white noise instead of music - several songs

Hi there, A number of songs by the band "Moonlight Breakfast" only play as 3s white noise. This started maybe two weeks ago, before that, they played fine. Any idea what would be the cause? The band: spotify:album:6yLnzmuWJ6n3sOxXKFbz6j Some of the a...

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  • Hi there, A number of songs by the band "Moonlight Breakfast" only play as 3s white noise.   This started maybe two weeks ago, before that, they played fine. Any idea what would be the cause...
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Solved!! Re-Download Greyed out Songs

Hello, Since I deleted most of my iTunes songs, my spotify playlists are hit with a lot of greyed out, unplayable titles. Is there a way to have Spotify re-download those titles based on the info already displayed? I do not want to go through the who...

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  • Hello,   Since I deleted most of my iTunes songs, my spotify playlists are hit with a lot of greyed out, unplayable titles. Is there a way to have Spotify re-download those titles based on...
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Solved!! prev/play/next keys don't work in Lubuntu

Referrering this answer: http://askubuntu.com/a/372028/255935 I have Lubuntu 14.04 with Spotify 0.9.11.27.XXXXXXXXX. My previous, play and next keys don't work (nothing happends when I hit them and have Spotify running). When I test them in xev in a ...

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  • Referrering this answer: http://askubuntu.com/a/372028/255935   I have Lubuntu 14.04 with Spotify 0.9.11.27.XXXXXXXXX.    My previous, play and next keys don't work (nothi...
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Solved!! Spotify 0.9.11 [Linux desktop] freezes when clicking inside the blank space on the right

I searched quite a bit for an answer to try to avoid being redundant, but I couldn't find anything similar to the issue (bug?) I am experiencing. Any time I click inside the empty box on the right side of the Linux client (see screenshot), my compute...

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  • I searched quite a bit for an answer to try to avoid being redundant, but I couldn't find anything similar to the issue (bug?) I am experiencing. Any time I click inside the empty box on the right si...
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Solved!! Activity Feed not showing updates from people with connected to facebook.

I am not connected facebook. A few months ago my activity feed stopped updating for people I am following that are connected to facebook. In my feed is shows the same activity that is months and months old for these individuals. I think the change ma...

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  • I am not connected facebook. A few months ago my activity feed stopped updating for people I am following that are connected to facebook. In my feed is shows the same activity that is months and mont...
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Solved!! UI is really unresponsive/broken on Linux client after 0.9.11 update

The latest spotify update (0.9.11) made the spotify UI really unresponsive/broken in Ubuntu 14.04. If I try to do a search, the whole application basically freezes for 10-15 seconds after typing few letters, then continues but the UI elements aren't ...

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  • The latest spotify update (0.9.11) made the spotify UI really unresponsive/broken in Ubuntu 14.04. If I try to do a search, the whole application basically freezes for 10-15 seconds after typing few ...
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Solved!! Some local tracks are unavailable on Linux while they are on Windows

Hi, Firstly, thanks for making Spotify available on Linux. I've added local tracks on Spotify, no problem with Windows. Once on Linux (Ubuntu 14) some of those tracks are not available. If I want to play the track I have the message "The track was ad...

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  • Hi,   Firstly, thanks for making Spotify available on Linux.   I've added local tracks on Spotify, no problem with Windows. Once on Linux (Ubuntu 14) some of those tracks are not av...
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Solved!! Linux / xfce / Spotify 0.9.10 - Main window does not lose the focus

Hi, With the new version, the spotify client has a strange behavior. The main window (the center panel) doesn't lose the focus and always is top. I can not view the right click option menu and other apps windows. In the screencast the main window is ...

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  • Hi,   With the new version, the spotify client has a strange behavior. The main window (the center panel) doesn't lose the focus and always is top. I can not view the right click option menu...
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Solved!! BUG - version 0.9.10.17.g4129e1c9 - linux desktop

Dear, I have upgraded today (may 21 2014), via public repository, my linux desktop spotify to version 0.9.10.17.g4129e1c9 and encountered a bug. Whenever a new song starts playing or I resume playing after I paused the song, my system freezes. I have...

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  • Dear,   I have upgraded today (may 21 2014), via public repository, my linux desktop spotify to version 0.9.10.17.g4129e1c9 and encountered a bug.   Whenever a new song starts playi...
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Solved!! No Iggy Azalea Explicit? WHY?

This album came out two months ago, and we still don't have the explicit version. The majority of the album has explicit tracks but we only get Work and Change Your Life because they're singles. Why do we not have the full version of the tracks when ...

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  • This album came out two months ago, and we still don't have the explicit version. The majority of the album has explicit tracks but we only get Work and Change Your Life because they're singles. Why ...
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Solved!! 10,000 track limit

Hi, I need to see how close I am to the 10,000 track limit in My Music but can't see where the number of tracks I have is displayed, can anyone help? Many thanks, Gaz.

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  • Hi,   I need to see how close I am to the 10,000 track limit in My Music but can't see where the number of tracks I have is displayed, can anyone help?   Many thanks,   Gaz.
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Solved!! Study/work auto time limits

Hi Spotify, just an idea, how about adding a function to set automatic time limits to your music playfeed? This could just be so that you can leave spotify playing and make sure it turns off if you go out or go to sleep. However, more usefully you co...

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  • Hi Spotify, just an idea, how about adding a function to set automatic time limits to your music playfeed?   This could just be so that you can leave spotify playing and make sure it turns o...
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Solved!! Hacked or left it logged on

Someone is using my account take them off please

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Solved!! [Solved] [Linux] Spotify 0.9.4, no Local Files reproduction after system update

I'm using Sabayon Linux (Gentoo Overlay) From what I've read so far I think the problem is that libavcodec got updated to libavcodec.so.54 but it doesn't show with ldd /usr/bin/spotify: /opt/spotify/spotify-client/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version infor...

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  • I'm using Sabayon Linux (Gentoo Overlay)   From what I've read so far I think the problem is that libavcodec got updated to libavcodec.so.54 but it doesn't show with ldd   /usr/bin/...
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Solved!! Desperate need to vote stuff I dislike down.

I'm new to Spotify and enjoying the large catalog, but there is a huge disadvantage to using it: Where's the vote down or don't play this button? I can't actively filter out stuff I do not like and it drives me nuts. I can listen to a radio station a...

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  • I'm new to Spotify and enjoying the large catalog, but there is a huge disadvantage to using it: Where's the vote down or don't play this button?    I can't actively filter out stuff ...
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Solved!! Discover based on artist followed

Hello, i have a suggestion. If a NEW user come to spotify, the only way to make his current "Discover" is listening diferents artist.... My suggestion is: If i Follow a lot of artist (or friends or someting) "Discover" must to use this information to...

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  • Hello, i have a suggestion.   If a NEW user come to spotify, the only way to make his current "Discover" is listening diferents artist....    My suggestion is: If i Follow a lo...
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Solved!! Is it possible to start Spotify with a different .config?

I run native Linux client 64-bit. In the latest version I can't search for anything, because it crashes with 'segmentation fault' as soon as I type anything in the search field. Therefore I repackaged an older version, removed the files that conflict...

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  • I run native Linux client 64-bit. In the latest version I can't search for anything, because it crashes with 'segmentation fault' as soon as I type anything in the search field. Therefore I repackage...
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