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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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Latency, Lag

I no longer have my premium and it seems the whole program changes... it now is lower graphics resolution (i expected a drop in audio quality but grahics intraface?) and the ad bar streaming across the bottom causes it to take about 3 seconds to regi...

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  • I no longer have my premium and it seems the whole program changes... it now is lower graphics resolution (i expected a drop in audio quality but grahics intraface?) and the ad bar streaming across t...
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Installing without root access

Hi, I've almost managed to install Spotify without having root access to the computer I am currently on (Ubuntu 10.04 x86). What I mean by this is that I have extracted the contents of the .deb-file, and manged to get the correct PATH and LD_LIBRARY_...

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  • Hi,   I've almost managed to install Spotify without having root access to the computer I am currently on (Ubuntu 10.04 x86). What I mean by this is that I have extracted the contents of the ....
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Solved!! How do you sort your Song or Artist list alphabetically?

How do you sort your Song or Artist list alphabetically? Is there a way to print out your song titles? Is there a way to save a song, artist, and CD title to a Firefox bookmark?

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  • How do you sort your Song or Artist list alphabetically?   Is there a way to print out your song titles?   Is there a way to save a song, artist, and CD title to a Firefox bookmark? &n...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution WM_CLASS window property on Linux

Device:LinuxOperating System Version: Debian Stretch (testing)Spotify Version: 1.0.17.75.g8f111100Description: Imposible to match Spotify window when it is created using WM_CLASS propety. WM_CLASS property is not set early enough at startup.To reprod...

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  • Device: Linux Operating System Version:  Debian Stretch  (testing) Spotify Version:  1.0.17.75.g8f111100 Description:  Imposible to match Spotify window when it is created ...
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Shearch feautuere doesn' t work in ofline mode

If I try to shearch any song that I is ofline available on spotfy it can' t find it. but it can play it if i find it in a play list.On my phone I am able to shearch though all my downloaded songs. What I have tried:Re-installing spotify.Deleteting ch...

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  • If I try to shearch any song that I is ofline available on spotfy it can' t find it. but it can play it if i find it in a play list. On my phone I am able to shearch though all my downloaded songs. ...
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[Linux] System sleeps even in playback.

Device: Laptop Siragon NB300 running Debian Stretch 9.1 x64Account type: PremiumApp info: Spotify version 1.0.49.125.g72ee7853Issue: When I'm not using my laptop but playing music, system inhibit sleep mode.Steps:1. My PC sleep time is 15 min.2. I'm ...

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  • Device: Laptop Siragon NB300 running Debian Stretch 9.1 x64 Account type: Premium App info: Spotify version 1.0.49.125.g72ee7853 Issue: When I'm not using my laptop but playing musi...
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unable to install spotify on ubuntu 16.04 xenial xerus

whenever i try to enter the command "sudo apt-get update" i get the message as "E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 55 in source list /etc/apt/sources.listE: The list of sources could not be read."i have started using ubuntu a couple of weeks back an...

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  • whenever i try to enter the command "sudo apt-get update "     i get the message as "E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 55 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list E: The list of sources ...
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Premium Accounts

Hallo Community,kann mir wer sagen warum nur die Studenten das Premium-Konto für den vergünstigten Preis bekommen?Ich bin Berufschüler und verdiene genauso wenig wie Studenten. Ich hätte gerne eine vernünftige Erklärung!!Und evtl die Möglichkeit als ...

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  • Hallo Community, kann mir wer sagen warum nur die Studenten das Premium-Konto für den vergünstigten Preis bekommen? Ich bin Berufschüler und verdiene genauso wenig wie Studenten. Ich hätte gerne ei...
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[Linux] Different sample rate and resolution between Alsa and PulseAudio audio driver

Spotify Premium and Arch Linux user here. Spotify v1.0.59.395. Outputdevice: AudioQuest DragonFly v1.5 DAC. It supports the four sample rates 44100, 48000, 88200 and 96000 Hz. If PulseAudio is running when Spotify is started, it automatically switche...

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  • Spotify Premium and Arch Linux user here. Spotify v1.0.59.395. Outputdevice: AudioQuest DragonFly v1.5 DAC. It supports the four sample rates 44100, 48000, 88200 and 96000 Hz.   If P...
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Spotify Local Files won't play - Linux

I am aware there are a lot of thread already on this matter but after searching through them i could not find a fix, lots are also outdated. In Windows i can play local files fine, but in Ubuntu & KDE Neon i get the error message "This song is not av...

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  • I am aware there are a lot of thread already on this matter but after searching through them i could not find a fix, lots are also outdated.   In Windows i can play local files fine, but in Ub...
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Spotify for linux doesn' launch

I'm using Linux Mint 18.2 and I installed spotify, everything seem to be ok but after two weeks I can't launch the app I click the icon but nothing happen. I get this code when I type spotify %U spotify: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib...

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  • I'm using Linux Mint 18.2 and I installed spotify, everything seem to be ok but after two weeks I can't launch the app I click the icon but nothing happen. I get this code when I type spotify %U&nbsp...
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Solved!! ALL SONGS PLAY TOO FAST

All of my songs in my playlists and radio stations play too fast, as if I am fast forwarding them. Sounds like its skipping but its just playing super fast, the count is going faster than real time. Help! It sucks buttholes!

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  • All of my songs in my playlists and radio stations play too fast, as if  I am fast forwarding them. Sounds like its skipping but its just playing super fast, the count is going faster than real ...
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Solved!! App disappears from programs list

Hey! Debian / Gnome here. After installing Spotify, evething looks like it should be, but after reboot Spotify disappears from applications list. I can still start it from command line and everything works fine, but nothing in applications list, thou...

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  • Hey!   Debian / Gnome here.   After installing Spotify, evething looks like it should be, but after reboot Spotify disappears from applications list. I can still start it from command l...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Delay when changing volume

Your device and operating system:Ubuntu 16.04 (PulseAudio, default settings, no flat volume). The settings occur on both an Alienware 17 and an XPS 13 Developer Edition, along with a few other Linux systems. It seems to be hardware agnostic.Sound car...

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  • Your device and operating system: Ubuntu 16.04 (PulseAudio, default settings, no flat volume). The settings occur on both an Alienware 17 and an XPS 13 Developer Edition, along with a few other Linu...
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Spotify Linux Hi-DPI Supprt

Hey, I just switched to a 24 inch 4K monitor and switched my Linux scaling to Hi-DPI. After reboot Spotify is still tiny while other apps seem to be scaling just fine. Is it just me or does Spotify Linux not support scaling? Regards,Brian

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  • Hey,   I just switched to a 24 inch 4K monitor and switched my Linux scaling to Hi-DPI. After reboot Spotify is still tiny while other apps seem to be scaling just fine. Is it just me or ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashing Elementary (loki) wingpanel

Everything was working perfectly until some days ago, but now every time I open the spotify app the wingpanel crashes. I'm not sure if it was an update on spotify itself or something within Elementary. Syslog shows this:Nov 1 12:49:15 saitama kernel:...

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  • Everything was working perfectly until some days ago, but now every time I open the spotify app the wingpanel crashes. I'm not sure if it was an update on spotify itself or something within Elementar...
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How to delete all the tracks from the Next Songs section.

This is a simple workaround in the Spotify Desktop app to remove all the songs that are currently listed in the Next Tracks section of the playlist window. It's a feature users have asked for over the past year and there's still no official way to do...

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  • This is a simple workaround in the Spotify Desktop app to remove all the songs that are currently listed in the Next Tracks section of the playlist window.  It's a feature users have asked ...
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Superuser Contribution Can't switch input methods

I have been a fan of Spotify Linux client so far. But there is just one thing that needs to be fixed. In the client I cannot switch input methods as a result I can't input Chinese characters for searching music. I'm using FCITX for Chinese input. Hop...

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  • I have been a fan of Spotify Linux client so far. But there is just one thing that needs to be fixed. In the client I cannot switch input methods as a result I can't input Chinese characters for sear...
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starred playlist is gone?

I'm unable to find my starred playlist on my phone and on the desktop app it's empty. I had a huge list of guilty pleasures there. I tried to check the web application but that seems to have gotten replaced with something horrible. Where is it? How d...

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  • I'm unable to find my starred playlist on my phone and on the desktop app it's empty. I had a huge list of guilty pleasures there. I tried to check the web application but that seems to have&nbs...
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Spotify client on Debian issues

I have spent the last day trying to get Spotify to work properly in Debian Jessie. I have used the information on the Debian wiki which is the same as that on the Spotify site for installing in Linux: https://www.spotify.com/uk/download/linux/ I have...

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  • I have spent the last day trying to get Spotify to work properly in Debian Jessie. I have used the information on the Debian wiki which is the same as that on the Spotify site for installing in Linux...
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