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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!!Superuser Contribution [Linux] Ubuntu 17.10 artful: play local files broken / avcodec version mismatch

So 6 months are over again and like every 6 months, Ubuntu releases a new distribution version and like every 6 months, spotify cannot play local files because of avcodec version mismatches. Spotify still searches for e.g. avcodec54, while artful bri...

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  • So 6 months are over again and like every 6 months, Ubuntu releases a new distribution version and like every 6 months, spotify cannot play local files because of avcodec version mismatches.   ...
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Spotify skips all the songs right away on Ubuntu 16.04

I've just installed a fresh new Ubuntu 16.04 and then Spotify client. But when I choose some category or channel, nothing plays and all the songs start skipping so fast. I've tried a couple of solutions here and there but so far nothing helps. It is ...

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  • I've just installed a fresh new Ubuntu 16.04 and then Spotify client. But when I choose some category or channel, nothing plays and all the songs start skipping so fast. I've tried a couple of s...
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Superuser Contribution Change Download Location *Acces Denied*

Hey,quick question, my Download folder is overflowing, so I wanted to change its location to a different hard drive. When I'm trying to select it in Settings>Offline Songs Storage, I get a Permission Denied error when I'm navigating to that hard driv...

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  • Hey, quick question, my Download folder is overflowing, so I wanted to change its location to a different hard drive. When I'm trying to select it in Settings>Offline Songs Storage, I get a Permi...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Podcast Filtering on Dual Screen Desktop is Off Screen - Ubuntu

See the attached images for examples.When clicking on the "Filtered by" drop down on Ubuntu Desktop Client, the filter options show up on the second screen in a dual-screen setup.

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  • See the attached images for examples. When clicking on the "Filtered by" drop down on Ubuntu Desktop Client, the filter options show up on the second screen in a dual-screen setup.
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Superuser Contribution Snap Update?

Windows has recently got Spotify version 1.0.73. Snap package is stuck at 1.0.70...

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  • Windows has recently got Spotify version 1.0.73. Snap package is stuck at 1.0.70...  
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Superuser Contribution Desktop crash when playing new album Twin Fantasy

Hey all, I'm experiencing crashes when I try to play any song from Car Seat Headrest's new album, Twin Fantasy, except for these two: - Stop Smoking (We Love You) - Famous Prophets (Stars) The crashes are reproducible 100% of the time, and they persi...

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  • Hey all,   I'm experiencing crashes when I try to play any song from Car Seat Headrest's new album, Twin Fantasy, except for these two:  - Stop Smoking (We Love You)  - Famous Prop...
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Esta cancion no esta disponible

Por que me aparece esta cancion no esto disponible en ciertos tracks, por ejemplo some kind of monster de Metallica; el album me aparece completo pero no se reproduce el track some kind of monster

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  • Por que me aparece esta cancion no esto disponible en ciertos tracks, por ejemplo some kind of monster de Metallica; el album me aparece completo pero no se reproduce el track some kind of monster
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Unable to play with Opera on Linux

Works fine with Chrome and Chromium, but not with Opera. In Opera I get 404 errors in my console to URLs like this every time I click on the play button: https://guc-spclient.spotify.com/connect-api/v2/from/1af6fc1c980cc1599d7276c46ddc6a4e131cb559/de...

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  • Works fine with Chrome and Chromium, but not with Opera. In Opera I get 404 errors in my console to URLs like this every time I click on the play button:   https://guc-spclient.spotify.com/con...
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media keys not working on GNOME 3.24

I'm using the spotify 1.0.59.395.ge6ca9946 client on GNOME 3.24.3 but the media keys (i.e. play/pause/rev/ff/etc.) don't seem to be working. I can use the dbus signals such as:$ dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris...

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  • I'm using the spotify 1.0.59.395.ge6ca9946 client on GNOME 3.24.3 but the media keys (i.e. play/pause/rev/ff/etc.) don't seem to be working.   I can use the dbus signals such as: $ ...
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Probleme ouverture de Spotify

BonjourLorsque je lance Spotify sur mon Samsung s7, il se passe parfois plusieurs secondes voire minute pour ouvrir la page.selectionnee. On dirait que Spotify est bloque ou que l'appli "rame" . Ce n'est pas mon tel, le reste fonctionne tres bien..Je...

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  • Bonjour Lorsque je lance Spotify sur mon Samsung s7, il se passe parfois plusieurs secondes voire minute pour ouvrir la page.selectionnee.  On dirait que Spotify est bloque ou que l'appli "ram...
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Grey launcher, no Spotify icon on ubuntu 14.04

Hi!! With the two last Spotify versions, when I use the default Ubuntu icon theme there isn't the default Spotify icon on my Unity launcher, instead, there is a grey icon. But, if I change to another icon theme then is correctly shown: Please, could ...

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  • Hi!!   With the two last Spotify versions, when I use the default Ubuntu icon theme there isn't the default Spotify icon on my Unity launcher, instead, there is a grey icon.   ...
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Songs skip instantaneously

I am unable to play any song on the desktop. Whenever I try to it tells me in the client that it was unable to find the file, instantly skips to the next song in the playlist, tells me it was unable to find the file and skips to the next song and kee...

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  • I am unable to play any song on the desktop. Whenever I try to it tells me in the client that it was unable to find the file, instantly skips to the next song in the playlist, tells me it was unable ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Settings don't open on Linux

1. Device: Lenovo X1 Carbon running Debian Jessie2. Spotify Premium Account.3. Spotify version 1:1.0.38.171.g5e1cd7b2-224. When I click the arrow in the upper-right hand corner and click Settings, nothing happens.5. Steps to reproduce:1. Click the ar...

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  • 1. Device: Lenovo X1 Carbon running Debian Jessie 2. Spotify Premium Account. 3. Spotify version 1:1.0.38.171.g5e1cd7b2-22 4. When I click the arrow in the upper-right hand corner and cl...
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MPRIS support, again and again

Why do you still have MPRIS into your client ? It never worked correctly and you don't care anymore. Do you think all Linux users are free accounts ? Missing features are sad but we can understand, you do if you have time. But broken features (essent...

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  • Why do you still have MPRIS into your client ? It never worked correctly and you don't care anymore. Do you think all Linux users are free accounts ?   Missing features are sad but we can...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Stuck in Full Screen

Hello, A while ago, Spotify decided that it should be in Full-Screen (taskbar not visible anymore) and I cannot figure out how to undo this. I tried F11 and Alt-Enter, but nothing seems to work. Can anyone help me with this annoyance please? Thank yo...

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  • Hello,   A while ago, Spotify decided that it should be in Full-Screen (taskbar not visible anymore) and I cannot figure out how to undo this. I tried F11 and Alt-Enter, but nothing seems to...
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Move downloaded songs from device to SD card

Hi! Despite clearing the cache, re-downloading spotify and clicking the option of storing downloaded songs to the SD card on the app, songs are still being downloaded to the internal storage of the phone. It is starting to take a-lot of space on my p...

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  • Hi!   Despite clearing the cache, re-downloading spotify and clicking the option of storing downloaded songs to the SD card on the app, songs are still being downloaded to the internal storage...
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Solved!! Any way to identify / remove duplicate tracks to save space?

Many songs are identically listed in multiple albums, singles, and even variations of the same album. These are not flagged as duplicates. For example, if I have 2 identical songs: MCS - Everything is Alright (from CTTM)andMCS - Everything is Alright...

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  • Many songs are identically listed in multiple albums, singles, and even variations of the same album. These are not flagged as duplicates. For example, if I have 2 identical songs:   MCS - Eve...
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Solved!! Can't play local files on Linux

1. Device: PC (AMD athlon X4 860k, 16GB ddr3 RAM, 1TB hdd, GTX960).2. Spotify free account3. Spotify version: 1.0.**bleep**.336.g7edcc5754. I have some local mp3 files that I wan't play in Spotify, but if I click on the play button I get this message...

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  • 1. Device: PC (AMD athlon X4 860k, 16GB ddr3 RAM, 1TB hdd, GTX960). 2. Spotify free account 3. Spotify version: 1.0.**bleep**.336.g7edcc575 4. I have some local mp3 files that I wan't play in Spot...
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