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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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  • sleeksorrow
  • Roadie
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...
  • appetterson
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...

  • Roadie
  • 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...
  • luismartin
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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...
  • MulderCulkin
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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 ...

  • Newbie
  • 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...

  • Roadie
  • 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...
  • jeniksadlo
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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 ...
  • jooon
  • Spotify
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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?

  • Newbie
  • 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?
  • Dreadlord
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My friends cannot see my activity although i'm not in a private session

I can see what they are listening to but they can't see my activity.I'm not in a private session, and i use pc and smartphone both. [I'm sorry for the bad english 'cause is not my first language]

  • Newbie
  • I can see what they are listening to but they can't see my activity. I'm not in a private session, and i use pc and smartphone both.   [I'm sorry for the bad english 'cause is not my first la...
  • user-removed
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Solved!! How to make offline the Music section (Plussed Music/Albuns)

Hi pals,On phone I can make the 'Music' section offline for listen my plussed songs, but on pc (Linux) I don't have the Download button I have tried to make a playlist with her, but I will have to add song by song, because don't have the ability to '...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi pals, On phone I can make the 'Music' section offline for listen my plussed songs, but on pc (Linux) I don't have the Download button 😞 I have tried to make a playlist with her, but I will have...
  • VinyLimaZ
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Artist display

Hello Spotify community, Could someone please add the possibility to view artists tab in a list instead of this column/row display. Just make it like in the mobile app or offer to change the display format of the Artist page. To listen to music on my...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello Spotify community,    Could someone please add the possibility to view artists tab in a list instead of this column/row display. Just make it like in the mobile app or offer to chan...
  • davebebo
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How do I browse ONLY the albums I have saved from a certain year, for example, browse JUST 2016?

Hello, At the end of every year, I make a list of my Top 25 favorite albums. I am about to do this, but this is the first year I have switched to Spotify and I cannot find the way to just browse ONLY the albums that I have saved from 2016. I do know ...

  • Roadie
  • Hello,   At the end of every year, I make a list of my Top 25 favorite albums. I am about to do this, but this is the first year I have switched to Spotify and I cannot find the way to just br...
  • nsmith1
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Prevent trolling in colaborative playlist

Hi! As far as I understand, anyone who follows a collaborative playlist has all the permissions on the playlist. So how can I prevent a random user following my list erasing all the content?

  • Regular
  • Hi! As far as I understand, anyone who follows a collaborative playlist has all the permissions on the playlist. So how can I prevent a random user following my list erasing all the content?
  • Alberto_CB
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It's 2015, why is there a 10,000 song limit? Are there plans to change this?

Just wondering if there was any plans to remove the 10k song limit so I can migrate to Rdio now instead of later. It's 2015, why on earth is this even an issue? I've been a premium member for 3 weeks and I've already at 800 tracks so I'll be at 10k i...

  • Casual Listener
  • Just wondering if there was any plans to remove the 10k song limit so I can migrate to Rdio now instead of later. It's 2015, why on earth is this even an issue?     I've been a premi...
  • Amus-i-c
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Allowed number of instances on Ubuntu (Linux)

As someone who knows a little bit about computer science, I believe the issue is that multiple instances of spotify are allowed. Maybe this is intended in Linux but it came to my attention since it is not allowed in other platforms (i.e. Mac OS X). H...

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  • As someone who knows a little bit about computer science, I believe the issue is that multiple instances of spotify are allowed. Maybe this is intended in Linux but it came to my attention since it i...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Se cierra después de algunas canciones - Linux Debian -jessie

Cordial saludo.Usando Spotify en Debian Jessie de 64 bits apenas termina de repodrucir algunas canciones de una playlist, este se cierra automaticamente.Esta es la playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/alejosanchezlop/playlist/7GrXLq6JDn05f17jtizR0...

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  • Cordial saludo. Usando Spotify en Debian Jessie de 64 bits apenas termina de repodrucir algunas canciones   de una playlist, este se cierra automaticamente. Esta es la playlist (https://open.s...
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Superuser Contribution Unplayable music in suggestions

I live in the Netherlands and I like to listen to Enka music from Japan. Because of my listening experience I get suggestions for albums that are completely greyed out. Can Spotify please update their algorithm so I won't be dissappointed when I sele...

  • Music Fan
  • I live in the Netherlands and I like to listen to Enka music from Japan. Because of my listening experience I get suggestions for albums that are completely greyed out. Can Spotify please update thei...
  • Kee_Spees
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