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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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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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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...
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...
Hello, i`m using Spotify 0.9.17.8 for awhile on openSUSE 13.2 without problems. But now want to try to use spotify 1.0.xx (beta) but have some problems. For older version (0.9.17.8) I could easily set kwin window rules (maximized, open in desktop X, ...
hi, the windows & mac clients were updated to support spotify connect... wondering when the linux client will follow? cheers, chris
I am a contributor to https://github.com/eonpatapon/gnome-shell-extensions-mediaplayer Which is an MPRIS extension for the GNOME desktop.Your MPRIS Implementation is severely broken in the Linux client. It returns unchanging static values for many of...
I can't play music on Linux Spotify Desktop now, it just says unable to play this song, and it is the same which song it is.. Web player is working but not the desktop application.
When I type sudo spotify in a terminal, it comes up just fine and works. When I just type spotify, I get an error code:6 message and the followin output:spotify[0411/220925:ERROR:nss_util.cc(94)] Failed to create /home/rvand516/.pki/nssdb directory.[...
Hi, The search hasn't been working for a while now. I'm using version 0.9.4.183 on Linux. It's quite old, but the dark user interface on later versions is terrible.
After double-clicking on any song from the album 'The King of Limbs' from Radiohead, my Spotify player crashes. I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS running Spotify version 1.0.28.89.gf959d4ce Anyone experiencing the same behavior? Anyone with a solution? I tried...
I'm running spotify-client for Fedora 23 (via Negativo17 RPM repo). Package: spotify-client-1.0.19.106.gb8a7150f-1.fc23.x86_64.rpm A recent update of the client has caused window borders to be removed i.e. there is no close buttons at the top-right. ...
I get this message "Oooops, something went wrong with the playback. Reload" and can't play anything on:- Fedora 25 / Chromium 56.0.2924.87- Fedora 25 / Firefox 50.1.0I can only do it on Windows with these browsers, but Windows is not my favorite OS. ...
What happened to the ease of moving from one device to the other? I see an update where this is "easier" for the desktop application, however if I shut down my laptop, jump in my car, open the Spotify app, I expect to see the song I was jsut playing ...
Hi there, After a while I got the message in topic. I use Ubuntu and Firefox 50.1.0.Hitting the F5 button solves (sometimes) the problem for about a song of 3.Any sollutions to the problem?Thanks in advance,Best regards,
I've been a spotify subscriber for 5 years and want to thank Spotify for giving me a linux client. Other providers like don't always offer solutions for linux users so I'm very happy that you do, and this is one of the reasons I've remained a paying ...
What's new in this version (1.0.7): On Windows, the corner X button can close or minimise Spotify. Choose in your Settings. Making a collaborative playlist in 1280x800 resolution? Excellent. Now you can see who's added songs in the User column. Creat...
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hello,I have tried multiple times now to run the command required to download spotify on my raspberry pi. however the error failed to fetch data keeps coming up. any tips for a linux noob?
Hey guys I've installed spotify with the arch-linux AUR package, I'm guessing it's either the official one (looks pretty official) or it links to the apt one. Anyway, when I press on the change Location next to the cache, nothing happens. I'd like to...
Tool does not allow their music on Spotify, so I ripped my CDs and tried to import them into the desktop application. When I did this however, I noticed that the desktop app is attempting to perform track matching based on the ID3 tag, which for some...
Hi Spotify Community,I use the Spotify client for Linux, which is working great by now, thanks for that! A feature, I would like to be improved, would be to open Spotify URIs from a Browser or a chat client so that they can be opened with xdg-open.Cu...
Hi,on my two Antergos (Arch Linux) Machines, i cannot see spotify in my taskbar/window list. However, it's visible in Alt-Tab-List. 1.) Issue is occuring on my ThinkPad X220 and my desktop computer (AMD FX4300, 16GB DDR3 RAM, 4TB HDD), both using Ant...
Wow, just wow. Again, what can I say. I've been a Spotify member since 2011 and a premium member since 2012. The whole removal of the inbox messaging functionality was a slap in the face. Especially since there was no proper warning. I had a solid 6 ...