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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...
When opening spotify to the "Browse" screen I get a constant 30%-40% CPU usage that quickly drains the laptop battery. If I navigate to another screen such as "Your Daily Mix", the high CPU usage goes away. Operating System: Windows 10 (64-bit)System...
When opening spotify to the "Browse" screen I get a constant 30%-40% CPU usage that quickly drains the laptop battery. If I navigate to another screen such as "Your Daily Mix", the high...
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Hello, I'm a premium member running Spotify on windows 10, and I have great internet speed and connection. At times, spotify randomly has to buffer and then when it plays it will probably play for ten more seconds and then stops and says "can't play ...
Hello, I'm a premium member running Spotify on windows 10, and I have great internet speed and connection. At times, spotify randomly has to buffer and then when it plays it will probably play ...
Casual Listener
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I've downloaded and paid for live recordings from concerts I've been too. When I import them to Spotify, the song titles and album names are changed. Why? This doesn't happen to every song, just some.
I've downloaded and paid for live recordings from concerts I've been too. When I import them to Spotify, the song titles and album names are changed. Why? This doesn't happen to every song, just some.
Casual Listener
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basic information request to display track duration in an album track list
basic information request to display track duration in an album track list
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Hi everyone !I discoverd few time ago the Daily Mix, this amazing thing. I discoverd it on my laptop, and since, sometime i can play it, and some time it totally disappear from the menu !Why that ? It would me super great to have it all the time !Tha...
Hi everyone ! I discoverd few time ago the Daily Mix, this amazing thing. I discoverd it on my laptop, and since, sometime i can play it, and some time it totally disappear from the menu ! Why that...
Casual Listener
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I have a Gemini G2V and for the past few months I have used it no problem as an audio through/audio interface for my computer while I'm not DJ'ing. Spotify used to work fine with this but now it doesn't seem to want to play at all when my controller ...
I have a Gemini G2V and for the past few months I have used it no problem as an audio through/audio interface for my computer while I'm not DJ'ing. Spotify used to work fine with this but now it does...
Casual Listener
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I mean artists that have never showed up in the Daily Mix, so I can't click the heart button for them. And I don't mean artists that I have accidentially 'disliked' in the playlist. I have clicked add to library on a majority of said artists albums, ...
I mean artists that have never showed up in the Daily Mix, so I can't click the heart button for them. And I don't mean artists that I have accidentially 'disliked' in the playlist. I have clic...
Roadie
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'Morning.Yesterday i linked a folder for the local files. it worked well but today i started a spotify song (not a local file) and started a local file instead of the spotify song, on the screen i can see the title and the cover of spotify song but i...
'Morning. Yesterday i linked a folder for the local files. it worked well but today i started a spotify song (not a local file) and started a local file instead of the spotify song, on the scre...
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The files show up on the local files screen and it shows all the information for them, but when I try to play one I get "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I also cannot add any music to it either. I...
The files show up on the local files screen and it shows all the information for them, but when I try to play one I get "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can impo...
Casual Listener
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I have a spotify premium account and the player routinely cannot play ANY songs. I will restart the application a number of times, but it will just do the same thing over and over and it happens almost every day. This is unacceptable when I am paying...
I have a spotify premium account and the player routinely cannot play ANY songs. I will restart the application a number of times, but it will just do the same thing over and over and it happen...
Casual Listener
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very annoiing , i use the premium app at the store and every 3 or 4 songs the app freezes. When i skip 10 seconds it start again.a solution would be nice , this isn't working for me certainly because it's a paying app.
very annoiing , i use the premium app at the store and every 3 or 4 songs the app freezes. When i skip 10 seconds it start again. a solution would be nice , this isn't working for me certa...
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The Daily Mixes are great, however mine don't seem to change.I understand that they're supposed to change over time, with your listening habits. But mine are the same songs, in the same order, every day. Artists that I have set to exclude are not exc...
The Daily Mixes are great, however mine don't seem to change. I understand that they're supposed to change over time, with your listening habits. But mine are the same songs, in the same order, ev...
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I used to have a Deezer account, but then my phone plan provided me with Spotify Premium, so I obviously switched. In Deezer there is a feature called Flow, which just plays music endlessly based on your preferences. Now I do know that there are Dail...
I used to have a Deezer account, but then my phone plan provided me with Spotify Premium, so I obviously switched. In Deezer there is a feature called Flow, which just plays music endlessly based on ...
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When using the PC client (Win 10) I am getting a strage crash every now and then: About one second of the music is being played repeatedly until I close _and_ restart the client. I tried to reinstall the client and turned hardware acceleration off. O...
When using the PC client (Win 10) I am getting a strage crash every now and then: About one second of the music is being played repeatedly until I close _and_ restart the client. I tried to reinstall...
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Já notei na playlist com mix infinito, fica tocando de tempos em tempos a mesma musica ou o artista mesmo você colocando que não quer ouvir. Isso acontece com frenquencia e está se tornando chato.
Já notei na playlist com mix infinito, fica tocando de tempos em tempos a mesma musica ou o artista mesmo você colocando que não quer ouvir. Isso acontece com frenquencia e está se tornando chato.
Spotify Star
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First, something was wrong with my Spotify on my computer (Windows 10) everytime I would try to open it so I uninstalled it and tried reinstalling it and now an ERROR CODE 17 is popping up eveytime I try to reinstall it. I have tried to right click a...
First, something was wrong with my Spotify on my computer (Windows 10) everytime I would try to open it so I uninstalled it and tried reinstalling it and now an ERROR CODE 17 is popping up eveytime I...
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I stay in hotels frequently. I love the connect to a device feature. However at the hotel when i connected to network I now have access to someones PS4. Which will apparently wake up and start playing? Hilarious but Im guessing that means someone can...
I stay in hotels frequently. I love the connect to a device feature. However at the hotel when i connected to network I now have access to someones PS4. Which will apparently wake up and start playin...
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The application for the PC, displays double the number of songs in a playlist.
The application for the PC, displays double the number of songs in a playlist.
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I'm having trouble with spotify. This has never happened to me before, but I can't seem to log in on my laptop. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, turning off my firewall, etc. Nothing has worked. Also I have no clue as to where I can find my ...
I'm having trouble with spotify. This has never happened to me before, but I can't seem to log in on my laptop. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, turning off my firewall, etc. Nothing has wor...
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I want to do searches for and in only my own playlists. Is that possible? How can I do that?
I want to do searches for and in only my own playlists. Is that possible? How can I do that?
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