[Ubuntu 15.04] Local files don't play

[lFpSl]

Hello guys , When I put a song to play at Local Files the music does not run, does anyone know what can it be ?

[Dreadlord]

Hello @lFpSl,

Can you try running spotify from terminal and double click the local file and copy/paste what comes up in the terminal?

[lFpSl]

This:

[Dreadlord]

Hello @lFpSl,

I was able to reproduce the issue.

I will get back to you as soon as I solve it. : )

[lFpSl]

Ok, thanks guy 😄

[Dreadlord · Accepted solution]

Hey,

I would suggest you to update to latest version 1.0.13.

( There is issue playing local files on 0.9.x, I guess its due ffmpeg being removed from official repository )

Edit 1. As I thought, ffmpeg is missing, so you have to install it manually. Follow this guide, if you wish to run older version of Spotify.

For 64-bit Ubuntu

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/Spotify/ffmpeg/libavcodec.so.53 -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavcodec.so.53

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/Spotify/ffmpeg/libavformat.so.53 -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.53

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/Spotify/ffmpeg/libavutil.so.51 -O /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavutil.so.51

sudo ldconfig

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

For 32-bit Ubuntu

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/spotify/ffmpeg/32-bit/libavcodec.so.53 -O /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libavcodec.so.53

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/spotify/ffmpeg/32-bit/libavformat.so.53 -O /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.53

sudo wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8593574/spotify/ffmpeg/32-bit/libavutil.so.51 -O /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libavutil.so.51

sudo ldconfig

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Source.

[lFpSl]

It's Working

Thank you so much guy :DDDD

[Dreadlord]

I am glad I could solve this for you!Enjoy the music ! : ) ♫

[winniexy]

Hey,

thanks for your hint how to fix this issue.

However the new version 1.0.17.75 takes ages to open local files, and keeps segfaulting while playing local files - even after deleting .config/spotify and .share/spotify

Adding manually the libav*.53 results in a much more smooth running player compared to 1.0.17.75.

Can I help you to debug this issue?

[Dreadlord]

Hey @winniexy,

Segfaulting is known issue and they are working on a fix.

Unfortunately, Linux client is not officially supported, so no ETA on fix.

[winniexy]

Okay, is there a mailinglist/channel/something else where news concerning the linux client are posted in order to stay informed.

[Dreadlord]

Hey @winniexy,

If there are any news they are posted here in the Help-Desktop forums. 🙂

[winniexy]

I'm using now the 1.0.19.106 version and it's working mostly.

Currently there are at least for me no more crashes, searching/displaying local music is still much(!) slower than with 0.9.17 however it works without crashing currently.

The most annoying thing is, that spotify is now all the time maximized and can't be minimized or put only on half of the desktop. It would be cool to get a window back to move it around if needed. 🙂

Thanks for you work on a linux client!

[winniexy]

However, after 20 minutes playing spotify is consuming one complete cpu (out of 4) and consuming 50% ram (out of 8GB) and counting... there seems to be a quite heavy leak.

After 30 minutes is the complete system no longer usable due to extensive swapping.

[viper23]

I'm using Debian and after the installation of these libraries still won't work for local files.

Spotify version is 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 files are stored on local EXT4 drive.

[jooon]

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@viper23 wrote:

I'm using Debian and after the installation of these libraries still won't work for local files.

Spotify version is 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 files are stored on local EXT4 drive. 

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You might have better luck with these instructions:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Local-files-don-t-play/m-p/1505507...

[viper23]

I did that but still won't play my local tracks...