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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...
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Spotify won't let me log in on Linux, it keeps saying that my password is wrong. I logged in on the spotify multiple times using the same email and password, so there's obviously a bug in spotify.
Spotify won't let me log in on Linux, it keeps saying that my password is wrong. I logged in on the spotify multiple times using the same email and password, so there's obviously a bug in spotify.
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Google Chrome will soon stop updating the 32 bit version on March 2016. Because Spotify is based on chromium, will Spotify be 64-bit only, too?
Google Chrome will soon stop updating the 32 bit version on March 2016. Because Spotify is based on chromium, will Spotify be 64-bit only, too?
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Hey, MSI Ge60-2OE laptop, with Ubuntu 14.04Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): PremiumThe app version of Spotify you’re using: The newest, installed yesterdayBrief description of the issue: while trying to logout of system account when ...
Hey, MSI Ge60-2OE laptop, with Ubuntu 14.04 Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): Premium The app version of Spotify you’re using: The newest, installed yesterday Brief...
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Hi team, I have a strange one ... Issue:I start playing music, and after ~ 1:00 minute (1:04, 1:07, 1:03, 1:01, 1:04) the sound cuts out. All other system sounds are still working, just Spotify. If I restart Spotify it picks up where it left off, and...
Hi team, I have a strange one ... Issue: I start playing music, and after ~ 1:00 minute (1:04, 1:07, 1:03, 1:01, 1:04) the sound cuts out. All other system sounds are still working...
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Hello. There are two different "Burial" artists on Spotify even though the two have tracks from the same author. Specifically on the artist that has hardcore in it, there are five albums "Kindred", "Street Halo", "Ghost Hardware", "Distant Lights", "...
Hello. There are two different "Burial" artists on Spotify even though the two have tracks from the same author. Specifically on the artist that has hardcore in it, there are five albums "Kindred", "...
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I have this weird issue, where my spotify client on Linux won't let me play anything. It happened after my premium expired and im back with free account.Im not trying to play anything offline or anything, and i can play the music i tried with web bas...
I have this weird issue, where my spotify client on Linux won't let me play anything. It happened after my premium expired and im back with free account. Im not trying to play anything offl...
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Hello, I've just installed Spotify on my laptop Kali-Linux (Debian) by following the instructions on the Spotify website. The installation went well but Spotify doesn't launch... I don't know if it's a problem linked to missing dependencies or someth...
Hello, I've just installed Spotify on my laptop Kali-Linux (Debian) by following the instructions on the Spotify website. The installation went well but Spotify doesn't launch... I don't...
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Hi, I am a premium spotify member. I use it on my Linux mainly. My machine runs Ubuntu 14.04. I also tried purging and re-installing spotify. The problem remains. I also removed the "hardware acceleration" in settings. My problem is that after 20-30 ...
Hi, I am a premium spotify member. I use it on my Linux mainly. My machine runs Ubuntu 14.04. I also tried purging and re-installing spotify. The problem remains. I also removed the "hardwar...
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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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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.
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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Hi: I am using spotify1.0.17.75.g8f111100 on Arch Linux. Whenever I try to play an album via DBus, for instance dbus-send --print-reply --session --type=method_call --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2....
Hi: I am using spotify1.0.17.75.g8f111100 on Arch Linux. Whenever I try to play an album via DBus, for instance dbus-send --print-reply --session --type=method_call --dest=org.mpri...
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Hi there, Just notice that the current spotify app version is not compatible with libgcrypt20.In http://askubuntu.com/questions/613081/spotify-has-stopped-working-on-the-latest-ubuntu-today-15-04 you find a quick solution, but I think that a new spot...
Hi there, Just notice that the current spotify app version is not compatible with libgcrypt20. In http://askubuntu.com/questions/613081/spotify-has-stopped-working-on-the-latest-ubuntu-toda...
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I'm trying to log in to Spotify Linux using Facebook, but I'm seeing the "Spotify desktop client communication failed" error. This is the URL that fails to load is https://login.spotilocal.com:4371/, which does correctly resolve to 127.0.0.1. I'm run...
I'm trying to log in to Spotify Linux using Facebook, but I'm seeing the "Spotify desktop client communication failed" error. This is the URL that fails to load is https://login.spotilo...
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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 - ...
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Hoping I'm not alone with this but I'm getting a whited-out screen when running the desktop client. I recently tweaked my theme but it appears that Spotify is not resetting back. Intel® Core™ i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz × 4 PC (8GB RAM using the inbuilt In...
Hoping I'm not alone with this but I'm getting a whited-out screen when running the desktop client. I recently tweaked my theme but it appears that Spotify is not resetting back. Intel® Core...
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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, 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...
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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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...
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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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...
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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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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