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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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music have changed in a spotify playlist

Hi everyone ! Last 1/4/2018, spotify have shared a playlist "70's" in which there were a lot of titles. But today, I was searching for this playlist and I was surprised to notice that the playlist already exists but all the music have been changed. T...

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  • Hi everyone !   Last 1/4/2018, spotify have shared a playlist "70's" in which there were a lot of titles. But today, I was searching for this playlist and I was surprised  to notice that ...
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puppet apt: “The following packages cannot be authenticated! spotify-client”

I am trying to install the [spotify-client][1] using their repository on Ubuntu 16.04 via puppet's [apt][2] module: include apt apt::source { 'spotify-repo': location => 'http://repository.spotify.com', release => 'stable', repos => 'non-free', key =...

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  • I am trying to install the [spotify-client][1] using their repository on Ubuntu 16.04 via puppet's [apt][2] module: include apt apt::source { 'spotify-repo': location =&gt...
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Negative follower count

This artist has a negative follower count    Alexander F.    

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  • This artist has a negative follower count    Alexander F.    
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Problema para reproducir musica "cancion no se puede reproducir"

Buenas tardes, en este momento no se que otra cosa probar, ya que eh intentado todo para arreglar este error, cuando intento reproducir sale el mensaje "no se puede reproducir esta cancion", intente desistalar el programa y reinstalarlo, cerrar sesio...

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  • Buenas tardes, en este momento no se que otra cosa probar, ya que eh intentado todo para arreglar este error, cuando intento reproducir sale el mensaje "no se puede reproducir esta cancion", intente ...
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Local files not appearing on phone, uploaded from a Linux

I uploaded several songs to Spotify on a Linux, and we initially had problems playing the songs, but we were able to play them on the computer. I tried to play the songs on my phone, but the playlist said it had nothing in it from the inside. It said...

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  • I uploaded several songs to Spotify on a Linux, and we initially had problems playing the songs, but we were able to play them on the computer. I tried to play the songs on my phone, but the playlist...
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Country problem

(first, sorry by my bad english) i'm brazilian, and was using Spotify desk in ubuntu and the app android normally. I change the System to Debian 9, and now, I can't loggin. So, I tried use in the android app, and "wasn't work too". My contry needed b...

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  • (first, sorry by my bad english)   i'm brazilian, and was using Spotify desk in ubuntu and the app android normally. I change the System to Debian 9, and now, I can't loggin. So, I tried use i...
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Unable to login with Facebook using Snap

I'm trying the new Spotify Snap on Ubuntu 18.04 but I am unable to login using Facebook. When I click the login with Facebook button I get the following dbus error. $ spotifyGtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"Error org.freedeskto...

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  • I'm trying the new Spotify Snap on Ubuntu 18.04 but I am unable to login using Facebook. When I click the login with Facebook button I get the following dbus error.   $ spotify Gtk-Message: F...
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Spotify app and web player both not working

I was (was because I'm not anymore) trying to listen to some music on Spotify in Linux Mint 18.3.Spotify app won't start, returning the error that the country does not match the one set on the profile (say what?!); Spotify web player in Chromium and ...

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  • I was (was because I'm not anymore) trying to listen to some music on Spotify in Linux Mint 18.3. Spotify app won't start, returning the error that the country does not match the one set on the prof...
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Solved!! Spotify client is creating folders in my Home

Spotify is creating folders when I run it. The names of those folders are "Desktop", "Music", "Videos", "snap"...I already have those folders, but they are in a different language (PT-BR).My guess is that Spotify (for some reason) does not use set va...

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  • Spotify is creating folders when I run it. The names of those folders are "Desktop", "Music", "Videos", "snap"... I already have those folders, but they are in a different language (PT-BR). My gues...
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One track of an album not playable

Why on earth can I not play track 1 of the shown album?It's a classical album and track 1 is an integral part of the music.

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  • Why on earth can I not play track 1 of the shown album? It's a classical album and track 1 is an integral part of the music.
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unable to download music on lubuntu

hello to the community, i have one question. i search for the function to save my playlist on spotify (lubuntu) but i can't find this option like in android to download the music and play it offline. can someone help me? best regards

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  • hello to the community,   i have one question. i search for the function to save my playlist on spotify (lubuntu) but i can't find this option like in android to download the music and play it...
  • gedobbles
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Shortcut for settings

Hi there!My problem is that I can not access th settings page via the menu.When I press the button nothing happens. Sometimes it works after several tries.[Edit] I found out that I can access it by pressing the Enter-key when highlighted by mouse or ...

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  • Hi there! My problem is that I can not access th settings page via the menu. When I press the button nothing happens. Sometimes it works after several tries. [Edit] I found out that I can access i...
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Add StartupWMClass to spotify_spotify.desktop file in the snap package

This property allows the window manager to keep only one icon for all the windows opened by the application. Since snap actually runs itself, which in turn runs spotify, then users end up with two icons in the Dock, which is quite annoying. It is a v...

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  •   This property allows the window manager to keep only one icon for all the windows opened by the application. Since snap actually runs itself, which in turn runs spotify, then users end up wit...
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Incorrect DBus Name

Edit: Never Mind, I Stand corrected, nothing to see here. Would delete this if I could?

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  • Edit: Never Mind, I Stand corrected, nothing to see here. Would delete this if I could?
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DBus OpenUri no longer works with artists

Until somewhat recently when I used the OpenUri command from DBus I was able to open an artist Uri(i.e. spotify:artist:2ye2Wgw4gimLv2eAKyk1NB) and it started playing. This still works for album/playlist/title just not for artist. I tried different ve...

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  • Until somewhat recently when I used the OpenUri command from DBus I was able to open an artist Uri(i.e. spotify:artist:2ye2Wgw4gimLv2eAKyk1NB) and it started playing. This still works for album/playl...
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Dekstop file

Good morning,I was unable to file a bug report due to the complicated procedure you have for this Anyway, in the Ubuntu version of Spotify, you have to add the following stringStartupWMClass=spotifyAt the end of the file "/var/lib/snapd/desktop/appli...

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  • Good morning, I was unable to file a bug report due to the complicated procedure you have for this   Anyway, in the Ubuntu version of Spotify, you have to add the following string StartupWMC...
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Superuser Contribution Advanced Settings Not Saving After Update

Hi, After updating to the Linux desktop client that was released mid December 2017, various advanced settings such as crossfade and volume normalization are defaulting to a disabled state. If I enable them, and then set their preferences, they work.....

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  • Hi,   After updating to the Linux desktop client that was released mid December 2017, various advanced settings such as crossfade and volume normalization are defaulting to a disabled state.&n...
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Superuser Contribution Problems - mouse and local music

Ubuntu 17.10 here. I installed Spotify 1.0.70 (snap). Everything works as expected except: a) clicking on local files button under preferences is ineffective (you can’t choose local files) b) clicking on drop down windows (the ones to choose how you ...

  • Roadie
  • Ubuntu 17.10 here. I installed Spotify 1.0.70 (snap). Everything works as expected except: a) clicking on local files button under  preferences is ineffective (you can’t choose local files) b) c...
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Premium only working on one device

I had a galaxy s4 and an iPad when I bought spotify premium and it worked fine on both until I got a new phone. I now have the note 5 and spotify premium is only working on my ipad. It's the correct account because my Playlist is there, but no matter...

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  • I had a galaxy s4 and an iPad when I bought spotify premium and it worked fine on both until I got a new phone. I now have the note 5 and spotify premium is only working on my ipad. It's the correct ...
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Connect between two laptops in LAN doesn't work anymore

Spotify Connect used to work with the two laptops I have in my LAN. Now the instances don't see each other. Running the web player on one of the device is a workaround, but I would like to avoid that since gapless playback doesn't appear to work.

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  • Spotify Connect used to work with the two laptops I have in my LAN. Now the instances don't see each other. Running the web player on one of the device is a workaround, but I would like to ...
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