Offline tracks sync from Spotify instead of Local files

[olken2000]

I have an offline playlist on my ipod touch that contains all songs that I have available in local files. But Spotify is syncing a bunch of them from the Spotify library instead of from my local computer files and then counting them against my offline song limit. When I look at these songs on my desktop Spotify app, it indicates that they are indeed local files.

How do I force my ipod to sync them from the local files instead of the Spotify library?

[olken2000]

I tried removing the tracks that weren't syncing from my playlist and then re-adding them directly from my local files list. They either still downloaded from Spotify (green arrow) or gave me the dreaded red exclaimation point.

[tommyhinshaw]

Spotify these days is a royal MESS!

First, the devices don't show up in the Devices list.

Second, even though you can still sync files, by creating a playlist and going to your device and click "Available Online", it suddenly doesn't work for local files. It seems to me that this is a fairly new glitch, since it seems like it was working a week or so ago.

It's kind of odd (to me) that even though the devices don't show up in the Devices list, they're still connected.

What I want, and I know it's expecting a lot, is for SPOTIFY to fix this problem. Everything worked fine, let's say 2 months ago. Something has happened in the meantime and it's my opinion that it's not something that ALL of us did wrong.

[dpeck411]

this is aggravating me as well, makes me wonder why i pay for music instead of downloading it for free and having the correct tags and album art