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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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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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Whenever I'm listening on the webpage, and an ad plays, it just pauses, it won't play. Even if I press the play button, it says the length of the ad is zero. And if I double tap a song to play that instead, nothing happens. So everytime I get an ad, ...
Whenever I'm listening on the webpage, and an ad plays, it just pauses, it won't play. Even if I press the play button, it says the length of the ad is zero. And if I double tap a song to play that i...
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Spotify displays the error: "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I have properly set a local files source within settings. This worked previously until a few days ago (I cannot say specifically...
Spotify displays the error: "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I have properly set a local files source within settings. This worke...
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Thank you to the developers for making this happen! I run cross-platform madness everywhere in my life, but I LOVE Linux! Seriously thank you for this effort!
Thank you to the developers for making this happen! I run cross-platform madness everywhere in my life, but I LOVE Linux! Seriously thank you for this effort!
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
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PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceTesla Operating SystemFirmware 2024.44.25.2 My Question or IssueSo on previous versions of the Spotify App Shuffle was in the Recents and Favorites panel, but that changed a couple revisions back for the music apps. There is n...
Plan Free Country USA Device Tesla Operating System Firmware 2024.44.25.2 My Question or Issue So on previous versions of the Spotify App Shuffle was in the Recents and Favorit...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: CHOperating System: Arch Linux The systray icon does not appear in sway with the eww bar. While minimize to tray does work correctly, there is no icon.This is due to spotify using the xembed protocol which has been superseeded b...
Plan: Premium Country: CH Operating System: Arch Linux The systray icon does not appear in sway with the eww bar. While minimize to tray does work correctly, there is no icon. This is due...
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Since release of the update that brought video banners, where queue usually is, the music gets randomly paused, any unpause will get paused immediately, until the video banner has been closed.
Since release of the update that brought video banners, where queue usually is, the music gets randomly paused, any unpause will get paused immediately, until the video banner has been closed.
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The last update of the Spotify snap package fails to install with the following error message:error: cannot perform the following tasks:- Run configure hook of "spotify" snap if present (run hook "configure": /snap/spotify/81/snap/command-chain/hooks...
The last update of the Spotify snap package fails to install with the following error message: error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Run configure hook of "spotify" snap if present (run ho...
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceAny pcOperating SystemLinux : Ubuntu and ArchLinux My Question or IssueI've noticed a strange CPU consumption from spotify, it's constantly using 20% of my cpu triggering my loud fans even without any music being played....
Plan Premium Country France Device Any pc Operating System Linux : Ubuntu and ArchLinux My Question or Issue I've noticed a strange CPU consumption from spotify, it's constantly usin...
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https://community.spotify.com/t5/FAQs/Listening-History-on-Desktop/ta-p/1213407 steps show me only one song in current queue
https://community.spotify.com/t5/FAQs/Listening-History-on-Desktop/ta-p/1213407 steps show me only one song in current queue
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Hi! The spotify binary frequently dumps core on my Gentoo Linux laptop (x86_64, glibc-2.40, kernel 6.1.119). It seems to only affect some child process, as Spotify itself (main window) keeps running and playing music. Spotify binary (1.2.48, see http...
Hi! The spotify binary frequently dumps core on my Gentoo Linux laptop (x86_64, glibc-2.40, kernel 6.1.119). It seems to only affect some child process, as Spotify itself (main wind...
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PlanFreeCountryCZDeviceNotebookOperating SystemLinux Mint My Question or IssueI have issue with playing music and seeing playlists and my liked songs like been banned or dont have authorization. I cant even see songs at album or playlist. I tried rei...
Plan Free Country CZ Device Notebook Operating System Linux Mint My Question or Issue I have issue with playing music and seeing playlists and my liked songs like been banned...
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I just installed the Spotify desktop app from snap on Ubuntu 23.10 and was listening to music. I paused playback so I could join some work meetings. During the meetings, suddenly a commercial started blasting out of my desktop speakers and it was aud...
I just installed the Spotify desktop app from snap on Ubuntu 23.10 and was listening to music. I paused playback so I could join some work meetings. During the meetings, suddenly a commercial starte...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
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My Chromebook (laptop) has Linux installed, since last week, the homepage isn't showing. I can use the queue, I can search stuff up, and it works on my other devices. But I can't access the homepages, nor the playlists as-is, and the Chromebook and S...
My Chromebook (laptop) has Linux installed, since last week, the homepage isn't showing. I can use the queue, I can search stuff up, and it works on my other devices. But I can't access the homepages...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryDEDeviceDell XPS 15"Operating SystemUbuntu 24.10 My Question or IssueThe snap package from the Ubuntu snap somehow seems to be starting with the mobile UI. There's only a fullscreen mode and everything is *huge*, like zooming i...
Plan Free/Premium Country DE Device Dell XPS 15" Operating System Ubuntu 24.10 My Question or Issue The snap package from the Ubuntu snap somehow seems to be starting with the mobile...
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The Ubuntu snap store just updated my Spotify version to 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f and the application won't open. Terminal states this error:ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (failed to map segment from shared ...
The Ubuntu snap store just updated my Spotify version to 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f and the application won't open. Terminal states this error: ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD ca...
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Plan PremiumCountry Brazil Device Non-apple PCOperating System Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS My Question or IssueI simply cannot join any Jams on Linux, at all. Whenever I click on a Spotify Jam link, my browser (chrome) gets opened, which then instructs me to ...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Non-apple PC Operating System Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS My Question or Issue I simply cannot join any Jams on Linux, at all. Whenever I click on ...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: United States of America Device: PC with RX 6800, Ryzen 7 3700x, and 64GBs of RAMOperating System: Arch Linux My Question or IssueFor some reason clicking seems either super delayed or broken in Spotify, I am not sure what cause...
Plan: Premium Country: United States of America Device: PC with RX 6800, Ryzen 7 3700x, and 64GBs of RAM Operating System: Arch Linux My Question or Issue For some...
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PlanPremium StudentCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemLinux Mint 22 Cinnamon My Question or IssueI'll keep it short: I have an issue with playback speed. If i try to change the playback speed for podcasts to my favorite (3.5x), it stays...
Plan Premium Student Country Germany Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon My Question or Issue I'll keep it short: I have an issue with playback speed. If i t...
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