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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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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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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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Spotify Arch Linux Segmentation Fault

First please fix this forum posting system so I don't need to retype all I typed once again if an error occures.Force scaling didn't work don't suggest then.aur-archlinux/spotify 1.0.80.480-1

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  • First please fix this forum posting system so I don't need to retype all I typed once again if an error occures. Force scaling didn't work don't suggest then. aur-archlinux/spotify 1.0.80.480-1
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Issue with Updating Profile Pic Within The App

When I try to update my profile pic within the app, it won't let me pic another directory other than "/home/"my_user_name"/Music". If I try to choose something from my pictures folder, it just tells me that the directory doesn't exist. Build Info:Fed...

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  • When I try to update my profile pic within the app, it won't let me pic another directory other than "/home/"my_user_name"/Music". If I try to choose something from my pictures folder, it just tells ...
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Friends list does not appear

Hi!I don't see my friends activity. I've tried reinstall spotify client but it doesn't work. I still see "Hmm, the Friend Feed failed to load". I've got the same problem on Windows too.

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  • Hi! I don't see my friends activity. I've tried reinstall spotify client but it doesn't work. I still see "Hmm, the Friend Feed failed to load". I've got the same problem on Windows too.
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Desaparece audio

Comienzo a escuchar una canción y a mitad desaparece el audio, sigue conectado via web, hay otros sonidos, descartado conexión y hardware.Esto no pasa en dispositivos MóvilesPlanFree/PremiumCountry ArgentinaDevicePC DesktopOperating SystemLinux 18 My...

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  • Comienzo a escuchar una canción y a mitad desaparece el audio, sigue conectado via web, hay otros sonidos, descartado conexión y hardware. Esto no pasa en dispositivos Móviles Plan Free/Premium C...
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Ubuntu gets frozen when I run spotify

PlanPremiumCountry SpainDeviceDesktop -Aspire-M7811 Intel® Core™ i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz × 4 Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic beaver My Question or Issue Hello to all members! I wish to thank you all for your great effort! Im very happy to be abl...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Spain Device Desktop -Aspire-M7811 Intel® Core™ i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz × 4  Operating System Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic beaver   My Question or Issue  H...
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[Discussion][ALL Platforms] The New UI concept

Hi everyone, The new UI is really clean but it still feels exactly the same. I was checking Behance as I usually do and came across this concept by Gabrielle Nguyen:https://www.behance.net/gallery/56534635/Spotify-UI-Redesign-Concept It was nice and ...

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  • Hi everyone,   The new UI is really clean but it still feels exactly the same.  I was checking Behance as I usually do and came across this concept by  Gabrielle Nguyen: https://w...
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Thanks for letting your developers support linux!

And also thanks to the people who put together the packages for the various distros. I installed on a Manjaro machine out of the AUR repository and it was much easier than tying my shoe. It works good so far no issues.

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  • And also thanks to the people who put together the packages for the various distros. I installed on a Manjaro machine out of the AUR repository and it was much easier than tying my shoe. It works goo...
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How to limit the cache size for the snap-installed client?

Operating System: Linux Any place to specify storage.size option other than in:~/snap/spotify//.config/spotify/Users/-user/prefshuh? Doesn't look like a reliable way to do that.

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  • Operating System: Linux   Any place to specify storage.size option other than in: ~/snap/spotify/<NUMBER>/.config/spotify/Users/<USERNAME>-user/prefs huh? Doesn't look like a rel...
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activity problem

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Moving my local music library on startup

PlanPremiumDeviceLenovo Y510p laptopOperating SystemUbuntu 16.04.4Versionsnap installed: 1.0.80.474.gef6b503e-7 (16) 170MB My Question or IssueI installed the spotify client as a Snap. To be able to use local files which are located on a different pa...

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  • Plan Premium Device Lenovo Y510p laptop Operating System Ubuntu 16.04.4 Version snap installed:   1.0.80.474.gef6b503e-7 (16) 170MB   My Question or Issue I installed the spo...
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Is it possible for Spotify to use adoptable storage

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceMoto G4 2016Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or Issue My phone internal storage is almost full, but I have 32 GB SD card which has been converted to Adoptable storage. Will Spotify auto use this adopted storage when ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  UK Device Moto G4 2016 Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue  My phone internal storage is almost full, but I have 32 GB SD card w...
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Solved!! Problemas de Descarga/Download problems

Cuando trato de bajar un playlist cualquiera que sea o un disco me dice error de descarga se ha detenido la descarga por que ya no queda espacio libre, borre aplicaciones hice mas espacio tengo la SdCard libre con 8 Gb y sigue diciendome lo mismo, ya...

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  • Cuando trato de bajar un playlist cualquiera que sea o un disco me dice error de descarga se ha detenido la descarga por que ya no queda espacio libre, borre aplicaciones hice mas espacio tengo la Sd...
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Spotify keeps pulseaudio input sink on pause

It seems to be acceptable to remove the pulseaudio input sink when pausing playback, at least after some delay. I tried looking at the pulseaudio documentation but couldn't find what's the official policy, if the sink should be removed or just corked...

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  • It seems to be acceptable to remove the pulseaudio input sink when pausing playback, at least after some delay.   I tried looking at the pulseaudio documentation but couldn't find what's the o...
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Adless Spotify With Webplayer SDK

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Turkey Operating SystemWindows 10 While Playing With Spotify Webplayer SDK realize something and that is the Webplayer SDK removes ads and even makes musics seekable and actually I liked it. First I decide to use it, but after...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Turkey   Operating System Windows 10   While Playing With Spotify Webplayer SDK realize something and that is the Webplayer SDK removes ads and eve...
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Cannot open spotify after update installation

Dear Spotify Developer,I installed update of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but since then whenever i tried to open Spotify, the app seems not working. I tried Alt+F2 but it redirect me into this page instead. I really hope this problem can be fix.P.S.: I attache...

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  • Dear Spotify Developer, I installed update of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but since then whenever i tried to open Spotify, the app seems not working. I tried Alt+F2 but it redirect me into this page instead. ...
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Thank you for Spotify on Linux

I just want to thank the team at Spotify for giving us a supported linux Desktop Client

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Solved!! Spotify started to consume 100% of one CPU constantly

My issue:1. Your device and operating system:Alienware 15 R3, Kubuntu 17.10 x642. Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium):Premium3. The app version of Spotify you’re using:1.0.77.338.g758ebd784. Brief description of the issue:Starting today,...

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  • My issue: 1. Your device and operating system: Alienware 15 R3, Kubuntu 17.10 x64 2. Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): Premium 3. The app version of Spotify you’re using: 1....
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Solved!! Spotify mutes when terminal issues a bip

DeviceASUS PRO BU401LGOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04Cinnamon 3.6.7-8ubuntu1 My Question or Issue Since I upgraded from 17.04 to 18.04 (fresh install actually), Spotify mutes (and pauses) itself, more or less randomly. This is actually almost systematic...

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  •   Device ASUS PRO BU401LG Operating System Ubuntu 18.04 Cinnamon 3.6.7-8ubuntu1   My Question or Issue   Since I upgraded from 17.04 to 18.04 (fresh install actually), Spotify...
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Spotify shuts down if WiFi is OFF and Wired is ON

If WiFi is turned OFF and Wired is turned ON, orIf WiFi is turned ON and Wired is turned OFF:Spotify turns off immediately after I turn it on.I turned on Spotify by using a terminal and the result is:Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gail" Gtk-Mess...

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  • If WiFi is turned OFF and Wired is turned ON, or If WiFi is turned ON and Wired is turned OFF: Spotify turns off immediately after I turn it on. I turned on Spotify by using a terminal and the res...
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My Spotify profile has disappeared from search

My Question or Issue My Spotify account is working fine on my app. However for the last two days friends who could always find me on search can no longer find my profile. I looked myself up and I’m not there. This is a new problem. I’m linked through...

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  •     My Question or Issue  My Spotify account is working fine on my app. However for the last two days friends who could always find me on search can no longer find my profile. I loo...
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