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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...
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...
I just installed Spotify via snap on Fedora 24 and am getting an error both as my user or as root. Any help would be appreciated. root@d2r0p00cg-fedora24:[~]: spotify --show-console --log-file=/home/r0p00cg/Desktop/ 06:20:46.356 I [core_handler.cpp:6...
Hello Spotify, I am a gamer, and have bought tons of different video game OSTs, and I have made playlists of 333 songs just out of music from these. And I can only listen to them on my phone, or the PC where the files are stored. This is a massive in...
OS: Debian StretchVersion: 1:1.0.64.407.g9bd02c2d-26 Updated spotify yesterday but was sad to see that when trying to change music from the console I'm greeted by an error: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.mpris.MediaPlay...
For some reason, the snap package 1.0.72.117.g6bd7cc73-35 doesn't work on Ubuntu 18.04. It fails with: ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (failed to map segment from shared object): ignored. execl failed: No...
My discover weekly playlist has developed a rather nauseus taste for auto tune RnB music which I never ever listen to. For a very long time now, I've been very much enjoying what discover weekly conjures up for me, it's always a great eclectic mix of...
Over the last few weeks I've had an intermitten issue in which Spotify will attempt to play an ad and the ad never plays leaving Spotify essentially bricked. Attempting to change songs displays the "The selected song will be played after the ad" but ...
I'm trying to play a local file with Spotify Desktop on Linux and when I try to play it it says: "This track is unavailable, if you have the file on your computer you can import it."
How can I disable the spotify widget that gets shown with anoying album art on my lock screen. Alternately, what command can I use to run Spotify in a sandbox mode, so that it does not hijack my volume button, and lock screen?
I’ve been trying to listen to music but I can’t bechase this stupid condom ad is literally the only ad that plays. I’ve been suggested to change my age on my profile to under 18, but the website will not let me. I have to stop using Spotify because i...
Hello everyone. I'm facing a tough (for me at least) problem. I had some problem with my spotify client (I could access the music in my playlists, but not use the search field) so I decided to remove it and reinstall. Installation seems to have worke...
The Linux client doesn't appear to support the same set of keyboard shortcuts as the others. In particular, I'm missing the "go forward/back" shortcut to scrub ahead or behind in a track. (Would love to use a global shortcut to do this outside the ap...
Hi, Ubuntu 16.04. When I search for Spotify, I get two installed versions. One is the 'fixed DPI' version, which I'm logged in to; another is an 'unfixed DPI' version, which I am not logged into. While this doesn't appear to have any ill effects, is ...
Does anyone know how to fix this and get Spotify installed? All help is very appreciated!Below is the installation proccess with the result of each command given.
@jooonLatest candidate snap on ubuntu 17.10.1Still drop down window menus (settings and sort by) will not work. I have to use the keyboard, arrow keys to select and hit return.
I have a very weird problem. Linux Mint 18.3, no audio problems with anything apart from Spotify. Asus laptop, Threadripper CPU. For some reason Spotify audio occasionally cuts out. The track is still playing, I can see the progress bar moving, but I...
I know this issue has been present in previous versions but none of the fixes work. Tried:- installing restricted extras and necessary codecs- clearing settings- reinstalling Streaming works fine, playing local files with other players also works fin...
I'm using the Linux Spotify desktop client. As of today, I'm behind a proxy that effectively performs a MITM by replacing the SSL cert. Not sure if this is the reason, but Spotify stopped working.Web player doesn't work because WebSocket handshake ti...
Running OpenSuse if that matters, and am no expert by any means. Just not a fan of windows or mac. Recently installed Spotify and signed up for premium for the 320kbps bitrate, only to find roughly half of an artists albums will not play. I can click...
Hello, I have version 0.9.4.183.g644e24e0 using Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit (planning to reinstall to 64-bit for a couple of months...) and I got used to it that I cannot use Discover (it's just blank white) but lately I noticed that if I write anything in t...
I am having this issue from day one. Currently I am running Arch Linux with Spotify 1.0.72.117-1. When I listen to music from "This Computer - Spotify Connect" the quality is extremely low. The sound is muffled, the volume is low and the high frequen...