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Discuss Spotify for Linux
Hey folks! This is a heads-up that there will be a new update to the Spotify Linux client signatures. The latest available client will not install this new key just yet, but it's coming soon.Come February, you may see errors related to missing keys a...
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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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...
Regular
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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 ...
Regular
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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...
Regular
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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 ...
Casual Listener
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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...
Gig Goer
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On 24 March 2015, we rolled out an update to the desktop client for GNU/Linux. For installation instructions, see: https://www.spotify.com/download/previews/ The version of the client is 0.9.17, and it will be the final 0.9.x client released for this...
On 24 March 2015, we rolled out an update to the desktop client for GNU/Linux. For installation instructions, see: https://www.spotify.com/download/previews/ The version of the ...
Casual Listener
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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...
Casual Listener
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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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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...
Community Legend
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I have gone through all the different troubleshooting I can find. Spotify shows up on my dash, but opening the application produces no results.Running spotify from the terminal yields:spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: ca...
I have gone through all the different troubleshooting I can find. Spotify shows up on my dash, but opening the application produces no results. Running spotify from the terminal yield...
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I did search the forum, and google, but I only found some docs on old version of Ubuntu, and the repos these mentioned no longer work. I'm on newest ubuntu (15.04), and while spotify works great, it doesn't play local mp3 files. It loads them to libr...
I did search the forum, and google, but I only found some docs on old version of Ubuntu, and the repos these mentioned no longer work. I'm on newest ubuntu (15.04), and while spotify works g...
Gig Goer
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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 Emotion are considered two different albums.
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 ...
Casual Listener
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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 offline. But now, this option gone! It really not pleasent to m...
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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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...
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...
Casual Listener
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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; same with spotify & spotify-beta (arch linux packages) ...
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; ...
Casual Listener
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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-for-32-bit-Linux/td-p/1130452 But I am looking for th...
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-...
Casual Listener
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I just run update manager and now can't run the client. I get the following when I attempt to launch from the shell: spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Anyone else ha...
I just run update manager and now can't run the client. I get the following when I attempt to launch from the shell: spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: can...
Newbie
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Dear Spotify Team, I updated this morning on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the spotify-client from version 0.9.11.27 to 0.9.17.1. Since this update, Spotify is completely unable to launch and only displays the following error spotify: error while loading share...
Dear Spotify Team, I updated this morning on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the spotify-client from version 0.9.11.27 to 0.9.17.1. Since this update, Spotify is completely unable to launch and only dis...
Newbie
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So on Tuesday, my spotify stopped working, starting up with the message "Failed Loading Skin". This problem seems to have many causes, but no solution I found worked for me. System: Arch Linux 64bit Kernel: 3.16.4/3.17.1 (both don't work) DE: gnome-s...
So on Tuesday, my spotify stopped working, starting up with the message "Failed Loading Skin". This problem seems to have many causes, but no solution I found worked for me. System: Arch...
Casual Listener
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