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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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  • sleeksorrow
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Pubkey Error

Hello I am getting pub key errors, pls help if you can.OS: Debian 9.4 Error:W: GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EFDC8610341D941...

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  • Hello I am getting pub key errors, pls help if you can. OS: Debian 9.4   Error: W: GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verifi...
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Solved!! My top Recommendations are makes no sense at all!!!

My top Recommendations in spotify, recommends Thailand music for me. It makes no sense based on what i listen, i normally listen rock, raggae, hip hop, and some eletronic music. Please someone help me!!!

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  • My top Recommendations in spotify, recommends Thailand music for me. It makes no sense based on what i listen, i normally listen rock, raggae, hip hop, and some eletronic music. Please someone help m...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local files don't play

Hello Yesterday I was a free user but I decided today to suscibre to premium because Spotify is the only music service with a linux client. Mys OS is Xubuntu 16.10 and the Spotify client has been installed yesterday, I dont find the way to find the v...

  • Visitor
  • Hello Yesterday I was a free user but I decided today to suscibre to premium because Spotify is the only music service with a linux client. Mys OS is Xubuntu 16.10 and the Spotify client has been ins...
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Can't store offline songs on removable media with snap

Hi everybody,I'm using Spotify version (installed with Snap) : 1.0.72.117.g6bd7cc73-35 (6) on Fedora 27 KDE. I can't store offline songs on an external mounted partition. In spotify, the mount point (/mnt/my-drive) isn't displayed. It's a problem as ...

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  • Hi everybody, I'm using Spotify version (installed with Snap) : 1.0.72.117.g6bd7cc73-35 (6) on Fedora 27 KDE.   I can't store offline songs on an external mounted partition. In spotify, the m...
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How to use Spotify on Raspberry Pi?

There is no linux version of Spotify on ARM. Then I use Spotify web player, but why it doesn't support on Firefox ESR? I can run it on Firefox in Ubuntu and Windows 10. The same browser, just different OS, but I can't run it in Raspberry Pi. OK, then...

  • Casual Listener
  • There is no linux version of Spotify on ARM. Then I use Spotify web player, but why it doesn't support on Firefox ESR? I can run it on Firefox in Ubuntu and Windows 10. The same browser, just differe...
  • fln
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Offline problem, error N° 4

Hi, I'm using Manjaro OS, since last week, my Spotify client can't connect, for some reason it doesn't detect my Internet connection, but in my Windows pc I have no problems at all. What can I do? I tried, reintalling the client, trying with the Prox...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I'm using Manjaro OS, since last week, my Spotify client can't connect, for some reason it doesn't detect my Internet connection, but in my Windows pc I have no problems at all. What can I do? I ...
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Solved!! Average response times.

Hi, could someone tell me what is the average response time for posted questions in the Help section, thanks.

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  • Hi, could someone tell me what is the average response time for posted questions in the Help section, thanks.
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Superuser Contribution Ubuntu 18.04LTS Issue Thread

The spotify-client install is built against libcurl3, and it's not available for 18.04LTS (and presumably never will be), so while we continue to upvote the please-rebuild-spotify-client-using-libcurl4 thread and wait, we have been relying on the sna...

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  • The spotify-client install is built against libcurl3, and it's not available for 18.04LTS (and presumably never will be), so while we continue to upvote the please-rebuild-spotify-client-using-libcur...
  • ezgz
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How to download on Linux Mint?

Hi, just installed Linux Mint 17.3 and can not understand how to download Spotify on it? Pls help! Thx!

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  • Hi, just installed Linux Mint 17.3 and can not understand how to download Spotify on it?   Pls help!   Thx!
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Spotify app reboots Linux mint 18.2 every few minutes.

Hi all,I do have the Spotify 1.0.64.407 app on my Linux Mint 18.2 Xfce 64 bit environment.It is a great app. However it reboots my 10 year old Sony Vaio laptop every few minutes.I had exactly the same issue while using the Chrome browser. In Chrome I...

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  • Hi all, I do have the Spotify 1.0.64.407 app on my Linux Mint 18.2 Xfce 64 bit environment. It is a great app. However it reboots my 10 year old Sony Vaio laptop every few minutes. I had exactly t...
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Spotify Won't Launch - ERROR:sandbox_linux

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...

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  • 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-conso...
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Download offline tracks or make the Music library more video game OST friendly

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...

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  •  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, o...
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DBUS No Longer working

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...

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  • OS: Debian Stretch Version: 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 ...
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Snap crashing with libgtk3-nocsd cannot be preloaded

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...

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  • 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 t...
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Superuser Contribution Discover weekly has gone bad, have I been hacked?

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...

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  • 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 weekl...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Ubuntu 16.04: Ads do not play, Spotify is stuck.

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 ...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 "...
  • fantasticcc
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Local File Don't Play on Linux Desktop

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."

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  • 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."
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Disable Spotify widget on lockscreen

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?

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 hijac...
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Trojan Condom ad issue is back.

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...

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  • 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...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Problem running client after reinstall

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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 ...
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