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Discuss Spotify for Windows
Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic Troubleshooting: Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows ar...
Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...
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. Together, the individually customizable design of these new views provides a richer experience, m...
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...
There are albums that I've had saved in my playlists for months, if not years that are disappearing. Such albums include but are not limited to Chasing Safety's "Nomad", Halestorm's "ReAniMate 3.0: The Covers Ep", and a Soul Asylum album, of which at...
There are albums that I've had saved in my playlists for months, if not years that are disappearing. Such albums include but are not limited to Chasing Safety's "Nomad", Halestorm's "ReAniMate 3.0: T...
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When I'm trying to listen to my music it pauses every few seconds and shows a banner that says Error: cannot play song at this time or something. This is really agrivating, does anyone have a solution.
When I'm trying to listen to my music it pauses every few seconds and shows a banner that says Error: cannot play song at this time or something. This is really agrivating, does anyone have a solutio...
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For some reason, every time I try to toggle crossfade or try to set the same volume level for all songs, both of the options revert to off upon exitting spotify. How do I fix this? This is tremendously annoying. Windows 10
For some reason, every time I try to toggle crossfade or try to set the same volume level for all songs, both of the options revert to off upon exitting spotify. How do I fix this? This is trem...
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Hi, I'm trying to use Airfoil with Spotify. I'm required to set the spotify app as source, however I cannot locate it anywhere on my laptop... I'm running windows 10. When I search for spotify in explorer I can't find it anywhere... I need an .exe fi...
Hi, I'm trying to use Airfoil with Spotify. I'm required to set the spotify app as source, however I cannot locate it anywhere on my laptop... I'm running windows 10. When I search for spoti...
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What IP's and Ports have to release, for windows application to work? thank you
What IP's and Ports have to release, for windows application to work? thank you
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Llevo unas semanas en las que al reproducir cualquier lista o disco, me reproduce solo unos segundos de la cancion y me salta a la siguiente, haciendo exactamente lo mismo. He probado a cerrar la aplicacion en el ordenador y otros dispositivos y el p...
Llevo unas semanas en las que al reproducir cualquier lista o disco, me reproduce solo unos segundos de la cancion y me salta a la siguiente, haciendo exactamente lo mismo. He probado a cerrar la apl...
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My first time use .. I downloaded the songs onto my hard drive, but don't know where they landed. Help please
My first time use .. I downloaded the songs onto my hard drive, but don't know where they landed. Help please
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I recently started having the infamous flucuation issue but not over my headphones (what I normally use). I have my PC connected to my TV in my bedroom for when I feel like listening to music or watching youtube or the likes as I don't actually own c...
I recently started having the infamous flucuation issue but not over my headphones (what I normally use). I have my PC connected to my TV in my bedroom for when I feel like listening to music or watc...
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For some reason when I open spotify on my Windows 10 PC I always see this. Can not figure it out to save my life. Any help would be great.
For some reason when I open spotify on my Windows 10 PC I always see this. Can not figure it out to save my life. Any help would be great.
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Hello, I got a problem. When i click browse option (I'm not sure about the translation. In polish language is "przegladaj") - that page, thats shows you music by your mood (hop-hop, rock, party etc.) there is an information "an erorr" and "page not f...
Hello, I got a problem. When i click browse option (I'm not sure about the translation. In polish language is "przegladaj") - that page, thats shows you music by your mood (hop-hop, rock, pa...
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I noticed that the highlighting of songs when the mouse is moving over them was pretty laggy. Turns out Spotify saturates an entire core on my i5-3330 whenever I'm moving the mouse over songs faster than two per second. Surely highlighting song title...
I noticed that the highlighting of songs when the mouse is moving over them was pretty laggy. Turns out Spotify saturates an entire core on my i5-3330 whenever I'm moving the mouse over songs faster ...
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pretty much what the title says.
pretty much what the title says.
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Hi there,I've got a problem with my desktop PC and Spotify. My PC is connected to my TV because I use it as a multimedia station. So my TV is my normal screen. No problem playing music via Spotify then. But the moment I turn off the TV/Screen the mus...
Hi there, I've got a problem with my desktop PC and Spotify. My PC is connected to my TV because I use it as a multimedia station. So my TV is my normal screen. No problem playing music via Spotify ...
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When i try to use the search box, it keeps giving me a message, "Your search did not match anything in our catalogue. Please ensure all words are spelled correctly. You could also try different or similar searches." It happens no matter what I type i...
When i try to use the search box, it keeps giving me a message, "Your search did not match anything in our catalogue. Please ensure all words are spelled correctly. You could also try dif...
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One More Light - One more Light Live (Linkin Park) has wrong track on Desktop.On the mobile version it plays the normal track but on Desktop vesion it plays a different one
One More Light - One more Light Live (Linkin Park) has wrong track on Desktop. On the mobile version it plays the normal track but on Desktop vesion it plays a different one
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My local mp3 format files are not showing up in Spotify. They show up in my PC music library and in Windows Media Player, and those are both turned on as local file sources in Spotify. I tried uninstalling Spotify from all my devices, then I reinstal...
My local mp3 format files are not showing up in Spotify. They show up in my PC music library and in Windows Media Player, and those are both turned on as local file sources in Spotify. I tried uninst...
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I have the spotifyu app installed on my PC and when I try to use the media controls on my Logitec G910 Keyboard, pause/play and skip works. However, the volume control wheel does not work.
I have the spotifyu app installed on my PC and when I try to use the media controls on my Logitec G910 Keyboard, pause/play and skip works. However, the volume control wheel does not work.
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Is there any way to edit the artist list on Spotify? It's kind of annoying scrolling through loads of artist who I follow one song to get to who I want. Thanks in advance!~~
Is there any way to edit the artist list on Spotify? It's kind of annoying scrolling through loads of artist who I follow one song to get to who I want. Thanks in advance!~~
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the app for windows pc is quieter compared to the web player or my phone and it is kinda bothersome for me. is there any way to fix this?
the app for windows pc is quieter compared to the web player or my phone and it is kinda bothersome for me. is there any way to fix this?
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Since a few weeks I can't connect Spotify to my Onkyo receiver TX NR646.I have the latest firmware installed on my receiver.Spotify app does not recognize the device via WIFI.Does anybody knows what's wrong? Regards, Jan Hagen
Since a few weeks I can't connect Spotify to my Onkyo receiver TX NR646. I have the latest firmware installed on my receiver. Spotify app does not recognize the device via WIFI. Does anybody knows...
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