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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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  • MattSuda
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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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Solved!! Spotify connect client Raspberry pi Libspotify Application Key

I'm building a Spotify connect client Raspberry pi.As I understand I need a Libspotify Application Key.But this form i giberish to me. ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTCh7QABD3Kbgl1kEZK5mN7XuRokl09x2tN5zoPG1-E92eDA/viewform?c=0&w=1 )Is t...

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  • I'm building a  Spotify connect client Raspberry pi. As I understand I need a Libspotify Application Key. But this form i giberish to me. ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
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Superuser Contribution [BUG] Same Song 'Cabron' Always Queued on Login

Hi there, Whenever I log into the Spotify Web Player, the song 'Cabron' by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is always queued for playing in the right panel of the interface (see attached image below). I don't know why it's always there on startup, but I'd p...

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  • Hi there,   Whenever I log into the Spotify Web Player, the song 'Cabron' by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is always queued for playing in the right panel of the interface (see attached image belo...
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Changing the "See All" positioning on browse

I don't know if anyone else does this, but when I click on a genre and skim down the "playlists" section, my natural action when I want to see more, is to click the "See All" at the bottom of that section, which is actually linked to the next "artist...

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  • I don't know if anyone else does this, but when I click on a genre and skim down the "playlists" section, my natural action when I want to see more, is to click the "See All" at the bottom of that se...
  • MartinStoichkov
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

Hello guys , When I put a song to play at Local Files the music does not run, does anyone know what can it be ?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello guys , When I put a song to play at Local Files the music does not run, does anyone know what can it be ?
  • viper23
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Bug with forward/back buttons

Hey - there is a little bug with the forward and back buttons on Linux. They are not side by side, but one on each other instead. I let you check the image in attachement to see it in context. It's on the last version 1.0.43.125 but it existed since ...

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  • Hey - there is a little bug with the forward and back buttons on Linux. They are not side by side, but one on each other instead. I let you check the image in attachement to see it in context. It's o...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How do I switch to offline mode with no File menu?

I am in a rural area and bandwidth is limited till midnight, therefore I have to use Spotify in offline mode, but the new desktop has no file menu to switch over to offline mode. I deleted the PPA so have not upgraded on one of my desktops, but ran i...

  • Casual Listener
  • I am in a rural area and bandwidth is limited till midnight, therefore I have to use Spotify in offline mode, but the new desktop has no file menu to switch over to offline mode.  I deleted the ...
  • jooon
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[Linux] Play numbers not showing

All numbers on any artist show <1000. E.g:yup  

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  • All numbers on any artist show <1000. E.g: yup    
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Superuser Contribution Linux Mint (Cinnamon) drop down menu not appearing

The drop down menu is not displaying on my system.I have attached a (censored) image of my spotify client. Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon Spotify version 1.0.47.13.gd8e05b1f

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  • The drop down menu is not displaying on my system. I have attached a (censored) image of my spotify client.   Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon   Spotify version 1.0.47.13.gd8e05b1f   &n...
  • jooon
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Linux - social-feed - Failed to load application

I installed the last linux version on my Ubuntu 14.04 OS (64 bit), everything is working fine. The only thing is that the social feed part doesn't work at all. I got a grey page with "Failed to load application social-feed:Not Installed:Application i...

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  • I installed the last linux version on my Ubuntu 14.04 OS (64 bit), everything is working fine.   The only thing is that the social feed part doesn't work at all. I got a grey page with "Failed...
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Spotify connect problems - Linux to Linux

Spotify connect doesn't work between two Linux machines on my home network. Everthing is fine on both when connecting to Android phones or Windows machines. The connect system works as it should. The linux machines don't detect each other and will qu...

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  • Spotify connect doesn't work between two Linux machines on my home network.   Everthing is fine on both when connecting to Android phones or Windows machines. The connect system works as it sh...
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The core node you are trying to access was not found

Hey, I get the following message when I want to check my notifications: The core node you are trying to access was not found, it may have been deleted. Please refresh your original page and try the operation again. I use chromium version 56.0.2924.87

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  • Hey, I get the following message when I want to check my notifications: The core node you are trying to access was not found, it may have been deleted. Please refresh your original page and try the o...
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Repository configuration management: installed unconditionally in postinst, not removed in prerm

Hi,The Linux Spotify .deb packages install an APT key in their postinst script (using a simple 'cp'.) This is slightly problematic for a couple of reasons:1. The APT key isn't removed again in the prerm script, so will be left behind indefinitely aft...

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  • Hi, The Linux Spotify .deb packages install an APT key in their postinst script (using a simple 'cp'.)  This is slightly problematic for a couple of reasons: 1. The APT key isn't remo...
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Superuser Contribution Top-right menu items are non-responsive

Arch Linux, 64 ("Linux koume 4.7.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 30 19:28:42 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux").Free Spotify account.Spotify desktop client version 1.0.38.171.g5e1cd7b2.Description:Clicking on the top-right "down arrow" opens up a menu with...

  • Casual Listener
  • Arch Linux, 64 ("Linux koume 4.7.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 30 19:28:42 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux"). Free Spotify account. Spotify desktop client version 1.0.38.171.g5e1cd7b2. Description: ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes when playing local files (linux)

Hi! I'm a regular user of Spotify, and I have recently quit using Windows (I hope forever!) to only use Linux. I see there's at last a desktop app for Linux! This is a start! Anyway, I use lots of local music, because it's not available in Spotify ye...

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  • Hi! I'm a regular user of Spotify, and I have recently quit using Windows (I hope forever!) to only use Linux. I see there's at last a desktop app for Linux! This is a start!    Anyw...
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Good alternative to Spotify?

I have been using premium since 2010, on Android, Windows and iOS. One thing that really bothers me is the issues with the 'shuffle' feature. It simply does not shuffle, and repeats certain songs far too often.This has been a long running complaint f...

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  • I have been using premium since 2010, on Android, Windows and iOS. One thing that really bothers me is the issues with the 'shuffle' feature. It simply does not shuffle, and repeats certain songs far...
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Shuffle plays only first musics

Shuffle only play the first 100 or so musics of any lists, wether I am in "my songs" or on a random playlist. It will only play the first songs in whichever way I decided to sort it. For example, if I play a 2000 songs playlist sorted by name, It'll ...

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  • Shuffle only play the first 100 or so musics of any lists, wether I am in "my songs" or on a random playlist. It will only play the first songs in whichever way I decided to sort it.   For exa...
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How to differentiate between SINGLES and ALBUMS without clicking?

One of my biggest frustrations with Spotify is how to quickly differentiate between a SINGLE and an ALBUM. This is especially true with "New Releases". Is there a trick to quickly identify which is a single and which is an album? If not, would it mak...

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  • One of my biggest frustrations with Spotify is how to quickly differentiate between a SINGLE and an ALBUM. This is especially true with "New Releases". Is there a trick to quickly identify which is a...
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Broken images Ubuntu 16.04

Hi there,I've installed Spotify on Ubuntu 16.04 on my notebook. But there's one problem - all images (album covers, artists, friends .. ) are broken and the only picture I can see is the album cover of currently playing song. Everything else is fine ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi there, I've installed Spotify on Ubuntu 16.04 on my notebook. But there's one problem - all images (album covers, artists, friends .. ) are broken and the only picture I can see is the album cove...
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Superuser Contribution Segfault on Desktop (Linux) when playing Podcast on Android

So, I found an interesting fault.If I play a podcast (only tried with Institutet from P3) and try and start Spotify it dies whery quickly right after I see available Spotify Connect devices poping up on my phone. If I pause the podcast the desktop cl...

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  • So, I found an interesting fault. If I play a podcast (only tried with Institutet from P3) and try and start Spotify it dies whery quickly right after I see available Spotify Connect devices poping ...
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Add spotify on Linux

I have tried to install Spotify on my Linux desktop and it seems that the 'Archive' is unable to open the downloaded file.What should i do?

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  • I have tried to install Spotify on my Linux desktop and it seems that the 'Archive' is unable to open the downloaded file.What should i do?
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