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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...
Hi,I am exepriencing significant inconvenience when I try to run Spotify on Windows 8.1 pro: the Spotify does not see Marantz NA6005 standalone network player device. However when I run virtual Debian on the same Windows 8.1 then Spotify on Debian se...
Hi, I am exepriencing significant inconvenience when I try to run Spotify on Windows 8.1 pro: the Spotify does not see Marantz NA6005 standalone network player device. However when I run virtual Deb...
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Is it a thing now that Spotify removes our public playlists from our profile? I can't view my own playlists or others. Hope this is just temporary, and not yet another move of Spotify to decrease the level of community, for which I started using it i...
Is it a thing now that Spotify removes our public playlists from our profile? I can't view my own playlists or others. Hope this is just temporary, and not yet another move of Spotify to decrease the...
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Hello, I've been having an issue when playing songs from 1 album ONLY while using Spotify desktop for windows 7, the album is Connection by The Green Children, I found this very odd, as this doesn't happen while I listen to that same album trough Spo...
Hello, I've been having an issue when playing songs from 1 album ONLY while using Spotify desktop for windows 7, the album is Connection by The Green Children, I found this very odd, as this doe...
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The app on the iPhone or on Windows say i have 0 friends on facebook who uses spotify, but i have a friend and i saw his account on his phone and he had the same friends i have just from facebook, but I can't find them in my phone or computer. I am l...
The app on the iPhone or on Windows say i have 0 friends on facebook who uses spotify, but i have a friend and i saw his account on his phone and he had the same friends i have just from facebook, bu...
Roadie
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On both my android and on my laptop I have had instances of my songs from my playlist being started halfway through. Mostly on my android, but it has recently happened on my computer too.
On both my android and on my laptop I have had instances of my songs from my playlist being started halfway through. Mostly on my android, but it has recently happened on my computer too.
Roadie
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1. I had Equalify Pro installed on my computer and they had an updated version that is supposed to work with this new version of Spotify. Well, I installed the new Equalify and it does not work. No matter what I do.2. When I play music, I have NO aud...
1. I had Equalify Pro installed on my computer and they had an updated version that is supposed to work with this new version of Spotify. Well, I installed the new Equalify and it does not work. No m...
Roadie
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Man... This Spotify support sucks, where is the live chat? Anyhow, NO Chromecasts appear in my devices, neither in my web player or desktop player on Win10. I've tried all the regular troubleshooting steops. How in the world can I fix this and play f...
Man... This Spotify support sucks, where is the live chat? Anyhow, NO Chromecasts appear in my devices, neither in my web player or desktop player on Win10. I've tried all the regular troubl...
Newbie
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Running windows 7 and latest version of Spotify. I have checked DON'T launch Spotify at startup in my preferences. I just looked and this is still selected. Removed Spotify from my startup folder, ran selective startup and unchecked Spotify, even ran...
Running windows 7 and latest version of Spotify. I have checked DON'T launch Spotify at startup in my preferences. I just looked and this is still selected. Removed Spotify from my startu...
Roadie
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Hi spotify,I've been trying to get used to your new repeat one functionality. Where it puts it back to repeat all when you go to another song. However I like discovering new music by listening to a track over and over and then when I'm either tired o...
Hi spotify, I've been trying to get used to your new repeat one functionality. Where it puts it back to repeat all when you go to another song. However I like discovering new music by listening to...
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I have a couple of albums that are not available in the streaming library, so I am using local copies. If I add them to my sync'd folder they show up correctly, but if I close and reopen the application the track and album names dissapear. Is there a...
I have a couple of albums that are not available in the streaming library, so I am using local copies. If I add them to my sync'd folder they show up correctly, but if I close and reopen ...
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If you have several tracks queued up, and try deleting any of them or changing their order while ads are playing, all queued tracks are deleted from the queue. Adding tracks does not trigger this. Issue presents with both large quantities of queued t...
If you have several tracks queued up, and try deleting any of them or changing their order while ads are playing, all queued tracks are deleted from the queue. Adding tracks does not trigger th...
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Song is not available after I plug headphones into computer, but works fine when played on computer speakers. Anyone can suggest a solution? Thanks!
Song is not available after I plug headphones into computer, but works fine when played on computer speakers. Anyone can suggest a solution? Thanks!
Casual Listener
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I have a problem with spotify playback. I usually roam around various artists selecting songs for my playback que, these are then saved even when I close down spotify. So it often happens that I wan't to play an entire album by an artist, but after h...
I have a problem with spotify playback. I usually roam around various artists selecting songs for my playback que, these are then saved even when I close down spotify. So it often happens th...
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I'm not sure yet if this is a glitch or some strange design choice, but I have recommendations in my Discover tab that I cannot listen to in my country (United States). I was looking up one of the bands it was recommending me, Denki Groove, thought t...
I'm not sure yet if this is a glitch or some strange design choice, but I have recommendations in my Discover tab that I cannot listen to in my country (United States). I was looking up one ...
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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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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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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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'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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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.
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