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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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Desktop: 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. Together, the individually customizable design of these new views provides a richer experience, m...

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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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[Troubleshooting] Windows

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...

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Playlist Radio adding Songs to playlist have any reflection to what songs play?

I am listening to a playlist radio I created, I was wondering that if add any songs to the playlist, would those addtions to included into the active playlist, or would i have to delete the playlist radio and restart it for the addtions to be include...

  • Regular
  • I am listening to a playlist radio I created, I was wondering that if add any songs to the playlist, would those addtions to included into the active playlist, or would i have to delete the playlist ...
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Solved!! Sound card fail.

Hey.have a problem whit spotify after upgrade from W8 to W8.1, cant play musick form spotify. I only get a error whit "there is a problem whit you sound card. Spotify can't play music. Have try'd to reinstal spotify twice. My acc. works on other comp...

  • Newbie
  • Hey. have a problem whit spotify after upgrade from W8 to W8.1, cant play musick form spotify. I only get a error whit "there is a problem whit you sound card. Spotify can't play music. Have t...
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Glitch,Hack?

So,Im listening tospotify on my PC to the StaredPlaylist. I have about 100 songs and like 7 hours of listening and one moment I go on the Internet and when Im about to go to change the song i have 500 songs and 30 hours of listening?!?!Im really conf...

  • Casual Listener
  • So,Im listening tospotify on my PC to the StaredPlaylist. I have about 100 songs and like 7 hours of listening and one moment I go on the Internet and when Im about to  go to change th...
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Problem with updating Spotify

I can't update Spotify deskopt application. Everytime I'm trying to update it (by restarting Spotify) it displays a error "Spotify Installer has stopped working". Re-installing Spotify doesn't result. Any tips for fixing it?

  • Casual Listener
  • I can't update Spotify deskopt application. Everytime I'm trying to update it (by restarting Spotify) it displays a error "Spotify Installer has stopped working". Re-installing Spotify doesn't result...
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Sound Card Problems

Alright,,Every so often i get the messege, there is a problem with your sound card.This is annoying ; i have a up to date sound card and window updates. I have reinstalled it but the problem will come back after a day or two.This to me suggests a pro...

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  • Alright,, Every so often i get the messege, there is a problem with your sound card. This is annoying ;   i have a up to date sound card and window updates. I have reinstalled it but...
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Offline play

When setting a list to offline play, do we need to set the same list as offline on the desktop version/web player? I have two mobile devices I use to sync songs to. One android phone and one ipod. I also use spotify on two different computers (deskto...

  • Music Fan
  • When setting a list to offline play, do we need to set the same list as offline on the desktop version/web player? I have two mobile devices I use to sync songs to. One android phone and one ipod. ...
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Spotify lags when streaming files

Since yesterday I notice that Spotify on a Windows machine (2 different systems) mutes during playback of streaming content. The progressbar continues and after a short period 2- 10 seconds the music continues on the point of the progressbar. Making ...

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  • Since yesterday I notice that Spotify on a Windows machine (2 different systems) mutes during playback of streaming content. The progressbar continues and after a short period 2- 10 seconds the music...
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Bug - can no longer drag albums to playlists

Just noticed this today. You used to be able to drag an album or EP name to a playlist to move all the songs at once. You can still highligt all songs with SHIFT and drag, but when you try using album title you get a circle with a diagonal line. Can ...

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  • Just noticed this today.   You used to be able to drag an album or EP name to a playlist to move all the songs at once.   You can still highligt all songs with SHIFT and drag, but w...
  • Carina
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Suspicious updates in my Activity feed

Hi all, So I started using Spotfiy about a month ago and ever since I've been following a fair few artists, however there's some strange stuff constantly being put on my activity feed from a couple of them. Example 1: http://puu.sh/digT3/07b2352765.p...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all,   So I started using Spotfiy about a month ago and ever since I've been following a fair few artists, however there's some strange stuff constantly being put on my activity feed from...
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COUNTRY CHANGE

Hi, i've got an Spotify account in Spain but I moved to Argentina and now it doesn't work. I can log in but it says that I've got no conexion and there is a message that says I have to change the country in my profile. The thing is that when I go to ...

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  • Hi, i've got an Spotify account in Spain but I moved to Argentina and now it doesn't work. I can log in but it says that I've got no conexion and there is a message that says I have to change the cou...
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Search for apps - how to find Emerge?

Does this exist on the desktop player anywhere? If so, how do I find it? http://spotifyemerge.com/ This leads me to a broader question - why is there no "search for app" function??

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  • Does this exist on the desktop player anywhere? If so, how do I find it? http://spotifyemerge.com/ This leads me to a broader question - why is there no "search for app" function??
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The radio change automaticly and music stop.

When I listen a radio, an other, always the same, start and cut the lecture. I try to uninstall, I try to delete the radio but even that, she start again and stop the music.

  • Casual Listener
  • When I listen a radio, an other, always the same, start and cut the lecture. I try to uninstall, I try to delete the radio but even that, she start again and stop the music.
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Playlist radio station

There is a option when you right click on a playlist to make it a radio station... every time you try to do so i get an error message stting: Sorry, This Radio Station cannot be started. PLease try something else... Why have the option is it doesn't ...

  • Casual Listener
  • There is a option when you right click on a playlist to make it a radio station... every time you try to do so i get an error message stting: Sorry, This Radio Station cannot be started. PLease try s...
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I see this during syncing.. What is it?

While I was syncing with my phone. I see the third playlist to the right of "Starred". Has no name, and when I hover and click on the "Go to Playlist" overlay, nothing happens. It can be checked and unchecked though. How do I get rid of it?

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  • While I was syncing with my phone. I see the third playlist to the right of "Starred". Has no name, and when I hover and click on the "Go to Playlist" overlay, nothing happens. It can be checked and ...
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Sound Card Glitch

I have found a Glitch with spotify! if you unplug whatever audio meathod you are using to listen to music, while playing music, it induces a Sound card glitch. It will loop the second that induced the glitch repedatly after you resume the music. As o...

  • Regular
  • I have found a Glitch with spotify!   if you unplug whatever audio meathod you are using to listen to music, while playing music, it induces a Sound card glitch.   It will loop the ...
  • Carina
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Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 has resulted in jumpy, stuttery audio

Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 has resulted in jumpy, stuttery audio when doing almost anything else on my PC I've tried adjusting my sound card/audio settings, but the problem still continues; I've also tried disabling hardware acceleration,...

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  • Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 has resulted in jumpy, stuttery audio when doing almost anything else on my PC   I've tried adjusting my sound card/audio settings, but the problem sti...
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Spotify "ghosts" when Spotify is not minimized and another app appears in front.

I can't report this in the bug section, but if you leave the Spotify window open, and then layer anything else above the spotify window, a ghost outline of the spotify window clearly appears. If you minimize Spotify before then it's not an issue, but...

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  • I can't report this in the bug section, but if you leave the Spotify window open, and then layer anything else above the spotify window, a ghost outline of the spotify window clearly appears. &nbsp...
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Spotify starts playing automatically again when Windows playback device changes on Windows 8.1

Hi all, I am using the Windows Desktop version on my private Laptop running on Windows 8.1. I am connecting my laptop to a different playback device (such as Bose Bluetooth speaker). When I pause the playing of songs in Spotify it always happens that...

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  • Hi all,   I am using the Windows Desktop version on my private Laptop running on Windows 8.1. I am connecting my laptop to a different playback device (such as Bose Bluetooth speaker). When ...
  • Peter__
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searching

How come when i search for a song it does not show all of the tracks? For example I search for "Close To You" and the version from Al Martino is nowhaere to be found. CAN SOMEONE SEARCH "Close to you" and then sort the results by artist and tell me i...

  • Roadie
  • How come when i search for a song it does not show all of the tracks?  For example I search for "Close To You" and the version from Al Martino is nowhaere to be found.  CAN SOMEONE SEARCH "...
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[Title Update] Opening the Android App randomly kills playback on PC

I know I'm not losing my connection to the internet, but on 2 pcs now I'll get a couple of songs in, and then 1/2 way throught the 3rd or 4th song in, playback stops, and the active playing song changes to the same song (on both pcs) in one of my ran...

  • Music Fan
  • I know I'm not losing my connection to the internet, but on 2 pcs now I'll get a couple of songs in, and then 1/2 way throught the 3rd or 4th song in, playback stops, and the active playing song chan...
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