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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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  • ckier
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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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[issue][SOLVED] Spotify uses fallback icon in MPRIS notification

Operating SystemArch Linux, Gnome 46 Solutionspotify will display an appropriate icon if its `.desktop` file, as well as the `name=`, `icon=` fields of said file, all have the exact same name (e.g. `spotify`). Some distro's ship a `.desktop` file wer...

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  • Newbie
  • ...itle next to it's respective MPRIS notification (see screenshot below). Handy! However, Spotify currently shows the "fallback" or "default" icon in this context, at least on my end (with Spotify i...
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"Seeked" MPRIS signal firing inconsistently

PlanPremium DeviceA computing device of the digital varietyOperating SystemArch Linux, GNOMEClient Version1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d, from AUR My IssueI have observed that the "Seeked" signal emitted by the dbus interface is behaving inconsistently. And it ...

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  • Plan Premium   Device A computing device of the digital variety Operating System Arch Linux, GNOME Client Version 1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d, from AUR   My Issue I have observed that th...
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Solved!! Spotify not connected to DBus or MPRIS

DeviceROG Zephyrus G14Operating SystemManjaro Linux 5.8 with G14 patchSpotify Version1.1.42.622.gbd112320, AUR packageIssueSpotify does not send notifications or respond to media keys. I have checked notify-send, and it functions perfectly. When run ...

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  • ..._IS_DBUS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed Spotify does not show up in MPRIS as a media player, although I installed Clementine and that appears fine, pointing to an issue with Spotify. Running the c...
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    MPRIS
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Feature request: Show all artists in MPRIS

Hi there! I'm using Spotify's pretty good MPRIS support to display now playing information in Conky and in OBS. A minor improvement I would like is for MPRIS to export all the artists, comma-separated, as is presently displayed in the players. The al...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi there! I'm using Spotify's pretty good MPRIS support to display now playing information in Conky and in OBS. A minor improvement I would like is for MPRIS to export all the artists, comma-s...
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