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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
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Solved!! Spotify Linux crashes when listening to particular artists

Hi, I've been having a weird problem with the spotify for linux client on Ubuntu 15.10Whenever I try to listen to any songs by the artist Fugazi, the player exits with a SIGSEV in strchr() (i.e. a segfault). Spotify client is at the latest version, t...

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  • Hi, I've been having a weird problem with the spotify for linux client on Ubuntu 15.10 Whenever I try to listen to any songs by the artist Fugazi, the player exits with a SIGSEV in strchr() (i.e. a ...
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Solved!! [issue] Can't play current track // can't write to stream, Connection terminated

Hi, Since last updates, Spotify is stopping play music after a while, displaying that message: "Can't play current track".So, I run it on CLI to check out the log (it's below attached) in order to see what's happening and, once Spotify begins to fail...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   Since last updates, Spotify is stopping play music after a while, displaying that message: "Can't play current track". So, I run it on CLI to check out the log (it's below attached) in ...
  • Crashillo
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How do I sync songs from Linux to android?

I have new(ish) spotofy on Linux (Version: 1:1.0.25.127.g58007b4c-22). Added some files to local library, and can play them in my spotify on desktop. But I would like to sync them to Android phone too, and can't find a place where I would be able to ...

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  • I have new(ish) spotofy on Linux (Version: 1:1.0.25.127.g58007b4c-22).   Added some files to local library, and can play them in my spotify on desktop. But I would like to sync them to Android...
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[Linux] Spotify 1.0.X freeze my kde desktop enviroment

Hi, Spotify 1.0.X working fine on my Linux desktop but about Spotify 1.0.10-12 (I don't remember good) I have still issues like in topic title. So, when I run spotify all works fine but when I start playing any song, desktop KDE enviroment freeze for...

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  • Hi,   Spotify 1.0.X working fine on my Linux desktop but about Spotify 1.0.10-12 (I don't remember good) I have still issues like in topic title.   So, when I run spotify all works fine...
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Spotify for Linux no longer listed as "available devices" when using "connect"

up until this morning 4/8/2016 my android devices were able to operate my Linux desktop Spotify client (1.0.25.127.g58007b4c) Now the android devices only sporatically list my Linux Desktop client and once listed they do not connect. I've a couple ti...

  • Music Fan
  • up until this morning 4/8/2016 my android devices were able to operate my Linux desktop Spotify client (1.0.25.127.g58007b4c)  Now the android devices only sporatically list my Linux Desktop cli...
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Latest Linux Desktop breaks Spotify app (Spotify version 1.0.25.127.g58007b4c)

Hi I'm not sure where to put this one but the latest Spotify version 1.0.25.127.g58007b4c breaks the linux app!!After the install on Linux Mint 17.3 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) there is nolonger any program on the bottom app bar in the GUI nor is there any sy...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi 🙂 I'm not sure where to put this one but the latest Spotify version 1.0.25.127.g58007b4c breaks the linux app!! After the install on Linux Mint 17.3 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) there is nolonger any p...
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Radio stations are completely useless

I would like to use radio stations to discover music I am not familiar with or at least do not listen to regularly. This is a complete failure. Generally my playlists tend to show up in my stations. Which is exactly pointless. Or worse, there seems t...

  • Gig Goer
  • I would like to use radio stations to discover music I am not familiar with or at least do not listen to regularly. This is a complete failure. Generally my playlists tend to show up in my stations. ...
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Album available in web client but not on other clients

I was looking for an album (Dear New Orleans by Various Artists) and found it through the web client https://play.spotify.com/album/3XHagCjSAb2cAyaWq3DLUS This album I cannot find on any of the other clients (linux, windows, android). Does anyone kno...

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  • I was looking for an album (Dear New Orleans by Various Artists)  and found it through the web client    https://play.spotify.com/album/3XHagCjSAb2cAyaWq3DLUS   This albu...
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Solved!! spotify not save any settings

I launch Spotify in Ubuntu a song I will not shut down the computer in 2-3 weeks. I restart the computer, Spotify will not start the last song I played , but the song I played for 2-3 weeks ago. it is that ubuntu / spotify not save settings,how can I...

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  • I launch Spotify in Ubuntu a song I will not shut down the computer in 2-3 weeks. I restart the computer, Spotify will not start the last song I played , but the song I played for 2-3 weeks ago. it...
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Radio

The bug appears when you're in a radio and you go to like the song you're on to improve the station. You like the song and everything seems normal until the next song when the next next song seems to have the like on it even though it shouldn't have ...

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  • The bug appears when you're in a radio and you go to like the song you're on to improve the station. You like the song and everything seems normal until the next song when the next next song seems to...
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Solved!! [Linux] why is spotify for linux so bad

Hi , i am a user of Linux Mint and i use spotify....but it is so buggy, like no bugs ever has been fixed.And it is missing an icon in the tray So my question is:Why is not spotify for linux as "good" as it is on windows and OSx?And is there anyone th...

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  • Hi , i am a user of Linux Mint and i use spotify.... but it is so buggy, like no bugs ever has been fixed. And it is missing an icon in the tray 😕   So my question is: Why is not spotify f...
  • osornios
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[Linux] After update, spotify is using a ridiculous amount of resources

I am using version 1.0.25.127.g58007b4cAfter an update, the Linux spotify client started to use 60% of my CPU on two processes, here's a screenshot Bigger picture What can I do to reduce the stupid amount of CPU usage?

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  • I am using version 1.0.25.127.g58007b4c After an update, the Linux spotify client started to use 60% of my CPU on two processes, here's a screenshot   Bigger picture   What can I d...
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Where are .deb PGP signatures available?

At the Linux download page, the user is instructed to add a PGP key to their keyring in order to verify package signatures. How are these signatures distributed? I'm not using Ubuntu or Debian, so I install Spotify by downloading the .deb package fro...

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  • At the Linux download page, the user is instructed to add a PGP key to their keyring in order to verify package signatures. How are these signatures distributed? I'm not using Ubuntu or Debian, so I ...
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Linux repository signing key

APT since version 1.2.7 don't trust SHA1 keys anymore and will print warnings for Release files signed with signatures using SHA1 as the digest algorithm. Since the Spotify repository uses SHA1 key (BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886) APT will ...

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  • APT since version 1.2.7 don't trust SHA1 keys anymore and will print warnings for Release files signed with signatures using SHA1 as the digest algorithm.   Since the Spotify re...
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Disconnect from Facebook

I made an {premium} account via email(on an iPhone) but I just connect it through email but I want to disconnect it but I would prefer it to be easy and not have a chance of defeating music, thank you!

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  • I made an {premium} account via email(on an iPhone) but I just connect it through email but I want to disconnect it but I would prefer it to be easy and not have a chance of defeating music, thank yo...
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Solved!! Friends feed

My spotify application (Windows and Ubuntu) don't show my friends activity, and that's one of the most importants things of the spotify, i'm a premium member and want it back soon as possible... (Only show "Recent played", yeah.. iknow what i've play...

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  • My spotify application (Windows and Ubuntu) don't show my friends activity, and that's one of the most importants things of the spotify, i'm a premium member and want it back soon as possible... (Onl...
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Solved!! play.spotify.com tells me spotify hasn't started yet, when using firefox

When i visit play.spotify.com using firefox, i cannot login and the page tells me, spotify hasn't started yet in my country (which isn't true for germany and shouldn't matter as i do not want to sign up for a new account, but use an existing one). Wh...

  • Casual Listener
  • When i visit play.spotify.com using firefox, i cannot login and the page tells me, spotify hasn't started yet in my country (which isn't true for germany and shouldn't matter as i do not want to sign...
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Solved!! How to completely remove spotify in linux?

apt-get purge doesn't completely remove spotify, when I reinstall I'm still logged in with my libraries immediately loaded.

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  • apt-get purge doesn't completely remove spotify, when I reinstall I'm still logged in with my libraries immediately loaded.
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Recoved downloaded files from discover playlist

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to get the list of downloaded files (or offline files), because I love the Discover Weekly feature, however I don't always have the time to put them in my songs, so I activated the offline mode for them, think...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,  I was wondering if it is possible to get the list of downloaded files (or offline files), because I love the Discover Weekly feature, however I don't always have the time to put them ...
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'Your Music' not playing.

For ten days the only music that will play is the Spotify 'Discover Weekly'. My playlists will load at first, but not play. Once the Spotify lisy is playng they won't even load. Is it just me?

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  • For ten days the only music that will play is the Spotify 'Discover Weekly'. My playlists will load at first, but not play. Once the Spotify lisy is playng they won't even load.   Is it just m...
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