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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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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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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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PlanPremiumCountrySouth Africa DeviceDell E6430Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or Issue Autoplay had disappeared some time ago on desktop and came back last week after an update (app updated to v1.0.92). On Friday last week I noticed that au...
PlanFreeCountryFinland DevicePCOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1 My Question or IssueTrying to start spotify gives me this: cannot perform readlinkat() on the mount namespace file descriptor of the init process: Permission denied. This started to happen...
Your device and operating system: GentooType of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): PremiumThe app version of Spotify you’re using: 1.0.88-r1Brief description of the issue: Spotify segfaults when I try to play anythingSteps to reproduce the iss...
PlanPremiumCountry NLDeviceThinkPad p51Operating SystemLinux Mint My Question or IssueSelect playlist radio on a playlist filled with classical music. Songs won't start and there rows in the tracklist that are just empty.
PlanFree/PremiumCountry USADeviceChromebookOperating SystemChrome OS My Question or Issue:Every time I click on any playlist or artist, the "Cant open this page" message pops up. I can use the play/skip burron, but thats about it. I've tried to clear...
PlanPremiumCountryMéxicoDevicePC i7 IntelOperating SystemLinux Mint 19 My Question or Issue My app en linux Home has gone, after works and used but now it erase, what happend
PlanFree/PremiumCountry MéxicoDevice(Samsung Galaxy Note Operating System(Android OreO) My Question or Issue Al usar el buscador y empezar a escuchar la lista de canciones de resultado(ojo no playlist), seleccionas la que quieres escuchar, se reprodu...
PlanPremium (Family) CountryNorway DeviceDesktop Operating SystemUbuntu 18.17 My Question or Issue My Spotify client on Ubuntu keeps resetting the audio settings, preventing me from listening to "extreme quality" and sound which is not "normalized". ...
PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktop PC. Operating SystemLinux - Ubuntu 18.04 My Question or Issue The official Linux client for Spotify will not let you rearrange playlists in the library, or tracks within playlists. When you drag an item, the "link"...
Sometimes i have a problem, this issue its random, now i discover a way to solve it (every time it happen), this issue doesnt load correctly spotify when it open, the spotify window start without the border (menus for max, min or resize), to solve it...
PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeDeviceHuawei Matebook X PROResolution : 3000x2000Scaling Factor: 200%Operating SystemUbuntu 18.10 (and 18.04) My Question or IssueThe Spotify interface doesn't follow the scaling factor set in the Gnome Settings (200%). Eve...
PlanPremium (Family) Country Norway DeviceGoogle Chromecast Ultra Operating SystemGoogle Home/Android 8.0/Linux Desktop (Ubuntu 16.04)/Mac/Windows 10 My Question or Issue Could you make an official statement on which bitrate Spotify uses when casting...
My Question or Issue Running Spotify on Samsung Chromebook Plus. I'm trying to make playlist folders but I don't get a "Create Folder" option when I right-click on a playlist. Any help would be appreciated...
Hello everybody,I would like to report an issue on the GNU/Linux client. PlanPremiumCountryFrance Devicea DELL workstationOperating SystemDebian 9 (Jessie) 64 bits My Question or Issue I think there's a string encoding issue, as the attached image sh...
PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceAsus FW seriesOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueOn startup, the main window displays but it is a dark blank. Starting from terminal gives the message:Attempting to run unsupported native service: /usr/sha...
PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDellOperating SystemLinux My Question or Issue The Paly Queue is driving me mad on the Linux client. I try to listen to a playlist on playlist radio, it will play the first thing on that playlist, then my Play Queue starts to...
When you are listening on a remote device, for example an Iphone, in the desktop app the volume slider is disabled, however you can move the slider with the mouse weel.
PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueSpotify's Linux client has a bug when trying to update playlist descriptions. Often the description is changed, and when you go back to it later, it's still the old description...
I'm running a Linux terminal on Chrome OS on a Chromebook using Project Crostini. It's an experimental feature and I believe it is using Debian Linux. I installed Spotify's Debian package via this link. I launched the app using the terminal and it gi...
PlanUnlimitedDeviceUbuntu 18.04Operating SystemLinux I have an older plan, Spotify Unlimited, which doesn't exist anymore. Until a few days ago I never had ads before on my desktop. Now every half an hour or so ads come blasting in my livingroom. Bas...