Local Files Will not Sync to iPhone and Gets Error.....

[brig]

Description

I load local files to my spotify playlist, so that I can play them in the car when listening to spotify on my iPhone 6. When I go to play the song on the computer through spotify it works fine from "local files" but when I log onto my iPhone I do not see the files anywhere. It does not sync or play, even when I add the song to a private offline playlist. I also cannot get the local files to play from my computer on my phone. When I select to play sound from my phone not the computer speaker it shows up on my phone with an error "Song not Synced. If you own the song, you can sync it from your computer. I have tried multiple ways and still to no avail. Can someone help me?

A more detailed description, using numbered steps

1. Added the source of the local folder for local files on my computer spotify; logged out and logged back in

2. Went to spotify on my phone and downloaded recent update and signed into spotify.

3. Tried playing the song from local files, it was not listed.

4. Tried playing song from a private offline playlist; would list but it was greyed out and said I was not synced.

5. Tried rejoining my wi-fi on both computer and phone; connected fine.

6. Tried playing local file from spotify on computer; plays fine.

7. Tried playing local file on computer but project it to play on iphone speaker; same error message as before.

What I expected to happen

My files to load to "local files"; they are in the right format mp4. Then I wanted to be able to add it to playlists and play it from my phone.

What actually happened

Local files do not show up on my Spotify on my phone. It says an error message about not syncing right and the songs put into any of the private offline lists are greyed out.

My iPad/iPhone model

iPhone 6

Device’s Operating System

8.4

Is your device jailbroken?

No

Approximately how many playlists do you have?

Fewer then 15

My mobile Spotify version

3.6.0.923

My desktop Spotify version (if applicable)

1.0.10.107

My provider and country

Verizon

[56kane]

So what is the deal now with Spotify and local files?

There are some artists that are not on Spotify and that's why I use local files. With a premium subscription Spotify should not be taking away any options. In fact they should be working to add even more. Why should I continue to pay 10 bucks a month if I can't access all my music?

And I spent over 3 hours trying to figure out why it suddenly stopped syncing.

Have they removed this feature and are they planning to bring it back soon?