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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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Spotify App On iPhone 4s

Hello!I'm on the latest iOS on an iphone4s.You really ought to have a feedback form on the app.Anyway, that's not my problem. During playback, when I swipe to delete emails on Googles Inbox app it pauses playback on Spotify. That's it!Thanks!M

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  • Hello! I'm on the latest iOS on an iphone4s. You really ought to have a feedback form on the app. Anyway, that's not my problem. During playback, when I swipe to delete emails on Googles Inbox app...
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Solved!! Spotify linux won't display Browse or Radio on Ubuntu 14.04

Your device and operating system: Ubuntu 14.04, Dell T3500, Intel core i7, nvidia Quadro 600Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): PremiumThe app version of Spotify you’re using: Linux desktopBrief description of the issue: App no longer d...

  • Casual Listener
  • Your device and operating system: Ubuntu 14.04, Dell T3500, Intel core i7, nvidia Quadro 600 Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): Premium The app version of Spotify you’re using: Linux...
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Solved!! How to configure wine for Spotiamb's Shoutcast server

I'm unable to use the shoutcast server built into Spotiamb under Ubuntu. Local playback works fine thanks to this post: http://spotiamb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=12 But when I enable the shoutcast server, I get the well known pop-up "There was a pro...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm unable to use the shoutcast server built into Spotiamb under Ubuntu.    Local playback works fine thanks to this post: http://spotiamb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=12   But when ...
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Diacritic keys acting weird on 1.0.19.106.gb8a7150f from ubuntu testing ppa

My locale is pt-BR, which features some letters with diacritics (glyphs that can be added to other glyphs, like the ^ in â). The expected behavior of the diacritic keys is: - the user press the diacritic key, let's say ^ - nothing changes visually - ...

  • Newbie
  • My locale is pt-BR, which features some letters with diacritics (glyphs that can be added to other glyphs, like the ^ in â).   The expected behavior of the diacritic keys is:    - ...
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Messages not sent

Hello everyone. I am not sure since when, but the private messages I'm sending via Desktop App (both for Linux and Windows) are not getting to the recipient, or not always. I have tested it with at least two people, and they are not getting what I se...

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  • Hello everyone.   I am not sure since when, but the private messages I'm sending via Desktop App (both for Linux and Windows) are not getting to the recipient, or not always.    I ...
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Solved!! App finder infinite spinner on Ubuntu 14.04

Hi everyone!I have some problem with app finder.When a click on it, page is opening, but appears infinite scroll and no app is loaded I've tried to launch spotify by terminal, and when a clicked on "app finder" link got some errors in terminal:[AppMa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi everyone! I have some problem with app finder. When a click on it, page is opening, but appears infinite scroll and no app is loaded  I've tried to launch spotify by terminal, and when a c...
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[Bug Report] Spotify Linux Desktop App Doesn't Recognize E-mail When Logging In

Hi there, I had some trouble logging into the Desktop App for Linux. I kept on getting the error that my username or password is incorrect.After some struggling, and resetting my password on spotify.com, I tried to log in to the client using my usern...

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  • Hi there,   I had some trouble logging into the Desktop App for Linux. I kept on getting the error that my username or password is incorrect. After some struggling, and resetting my password ...
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Solved!! sacial feed

hawe ubuntu but after the last uppdate of spotify so will social fedd not working what can i do to fix thath??

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  •  hawe ubuntu but after the last uppdate of spotify so will social fedd not working what can i do to fix thath??
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Solved!! [Linux-Ubuntu] Can't log in to any player (web/desktop)

Hello!I can't successfully log into any player. It's fine for the forums and the main page. The web player: When I click sign in with Facebook, I get an empty pop-up and that's as far as I can get. The desktop app: I had to install the additional lib...

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  • Hello! I can't successfully log into any player. It's fine for the forums and the main page.   The web player: When I click sign in with Facebook, I get an empty pop-up and that's as far as I...
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Facebook sharing, Linux

So is there an actual solution to this problem? Ive seen half a dozen different topics about the same issue dating back to 2013.Signing out of facebook/spotify [including signing out of all: desktop, web, mobile] doesnt work.The page where you link F...

  • Casual Listener
  • So is there an actual solution to this problem? Ive seen half a dozen different topics about the same issue dating back to 2013. Signing out of facebook/spotify [including signing out of all: desk...
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Linux client with i3wm causes flashes

So I'm using Ubuntu 15.10, running on a 27" monitor at 2560x1440 and when I open spotify I get a blinking white/black area of the application. Rendering makes it impossible to use the application. Sometimes when I click away and/or on various selecti...

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  • So I'm using Ubuntu 15.10, running on a 27" monitor at 2560x1440 and when I open spotify I get a blinking white/black area of the application. Rendering makes it impossible to use the application. So...
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Tour Dates appearing and then vanishing from artist page

Device: N/A Operating System Version:N/A Spotify Version:1.0.20.101.ge6957e14 Description: I have a problem that I have tried to bring to the attention of the devs multiple times via email to no avail. Nobody will acknowledge this issue. A matter of ...

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  • Device: N/A   Operating System Version: N/A   Spotify Version: 1.0.20.101.ge6957e14   Description:  I have a problem that I have tried to bring to the attention of the de...
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Same music on multiple device

Hello, I have multiple device connected on the same premium account, I understand that I can't play different music on at the same time on these device. I also know how to select from one device on wich device to listen. What I would like to do is to...

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  • Hello,   I have multiple device connected on the same premium account, I understand that I can't play different music on at the same time on these device. I also know how to select from one de...
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Solved!! Spotify app and Ubuntu 15.04

After upgrade to Ubuntu 15.04 I can't start spotify app. I get this error message:$ spotifyspotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

  • Casual Listener
  • After upgrade to Ubuntu 15.04 I can't start spotify app. I get this error message: $ spotify spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such ...
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Solved!! ivyishere is no longer working

ivyishere.org is a useful service that allows you to build up a spotify playlist from a comma-delimited Artist,Title and is therefore what I use to create playlists of selected songs when I don't want to search for them one at a time. This service ob...

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  • ivyishere.org is a useful service that allows you to build up a spotify playlist from a comma-delimited Artist,Title and is therefore what I use to create playlists of selected songs when I don't wan...
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Why does shuffle add random music to my song queue?!?!

So after listening to an album/playlist a couple of times, I like listening to it in shuffle mode (where the songs are randomized, I don't care if it's actual shuffle or randomizer). However I have noticed that using this adds some random songs (whic...

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  • So after listening to an album/playlist a couple of times, I like listening to it in shuffle mode (where the songs are randomized, I don't care if it's actual shuffle or randomizer).   However...
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Discover weekly not updated evenly in all apps

I drove my way to work today with Spotify mobile app, and the playlist Discover weekly was already updated on Android (4.5.0.809 BETA).However the Linux Desktop version (1:1.0.16.104.g3b776c9e still was showing the old one. After turning it off and o...

  • Casual Listener
  • I drove my way to work today with Spotify mobile app, and the playlist Discover weekly was already updated on Android (4.5.0.809 BETA). However the Linux Desktop version (1:1.0.16.104.g3b776c9e stil...
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Solved!! Web Player Firefox Linux one song connection lost

Hi, even when I listen to a song with the web player, I lose my connection to Spotify.But unfortunately I have no more information other than this text.See the screen shot in the Attachment.Can someone help me here somebody?I use the web player, sinc...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, even when I listen to a song with the web player, I lose my connection to Spotify. But unfortunately I have no more information other than this text. See the screen shot in the Attachment. Can...
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Solved!! New Versions of Spotify for Linux?

Good day folks. I recently installed Spotify for Linux based on the instructions posted, fixed the libgcrypt issue, and Spotify runs pretty much just fine. This is my first time running Spotify for Linux and I couldn't help but notice that the UI in ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Good day folks. I recently installed Spotify for Linux based on the instructions posted, fixed the libgcrypt issue, and Spotify runs pretty much just fine.   This is my first time running Spot...
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Spotify Beta on Linux Mint doesn't show media details and control

In the old version of Spotify, I used to have my current music information on this menu above the screen, but now, since I've update to version 1.0.19.106.gb8a7150f, it isn't workin anymore, I also can't control the player over there, which I always ...

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  • In the old version of Spotify, I used to have my current music information on this menu above the screen, but now, since I've update to version 1.0.19.106.gb8a7150f, it isn't workin anymore, I also c...
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