Questions tagged [spotify]
Spotify is a popular subscription-based media-streaming service.
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Remove Spotify pop-up notification when a song starts
I would like to remove the bubble notifications of Spotify that are shown when a new song is being played. This is quite distracting while you are working.
I still like the integration within the ...
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Spotify keyboard controls not working
I am on Ubuntu 16.04, I cannot play, pause, go to the next or the previous song in spotify. There are many answers but most are complicated, is there a simple solution that doesn't require a command ...
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Cannot exit fullscreen on Spotify
I had Spotify running in fullscreen mode on a second monitor when I closed it and unplugged my laptop. Now Spotify starts in fullscreen mode and I am unable to exit it. Using F11 just skips the ...
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How to scale up the UI of Spotify for 4K displays
The Spotify client installed from the snap store is barely usable on HiDPI displays and there seem to be no built-in options to scale the UI. Is there a workaround to scale it?
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How to get the native version of Spotify running?
A while ago Spotify (the streaming music service) came out with a preview for Linux of their client.
So what should I do?
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No sound output from Spotify on 18.04
This is a similar problem to this post but I was unable to add to the comments since I am new to StackExchange. I tried the answer posted by Vishesh but it didn't solve the issue for me; when I run ...
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Ubuntu fails to complete package install using Snap
When I try to install an application I can not and it tells me:
Cannot install "spotify": snap "spotify" has "install-snap" change in progress.
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Multimedia keys do not work with Spotify
Even though Spotify shows up in the indicator-sound just fine (Controlling it works from there) using multimedia keys on your keyboard does nothing.
When I open up Rhythmbox they're able to control ...
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How to make Spotify the default music player?
"Spotify for linux" doesn't show up in default applications menu for Music (system info section in system settings).
Therefore, it also doesn't come in Dash and music media keys don't work as well.
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Can't find or run spotify after `snap install spotify`
I am using Ubuntu 16.04, running this command succeeded:
sudo snap install spotify
And running it again indicates Spotify is installed. However, running:
spotify
Gives command not found! Searching ...
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libudev.so.1 not found when trying to run spotify
I am trying to run Spotify on Ubuntu 12.04. It used to work some time ago, when I tried to start it today, I got the following error:
spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: ...
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Missing tray icon indicator in recent Spotify versions?
I installed the latest Spotify version 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc51. I noticed that version => 1.0 no longer seem to show a tray icon indicator, and thus their windows cannot be minimised.
Is there a way ...
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Are there commands to control the Spotify for Linux preview? (e.g. Pause)?
I am trying to be able to play, pause, chose next track or previous track from command line, but unfortunately no one seems to know how to do this (I have goggled repeatedly). I need it to be a ...
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How to install Rhythmbox Spotify plugin?
Is there an easy way to install the Spotify plugin for Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04?
I can only find links to recompile Rhythmbox completely and the instructions aren't very clear.
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Spotify has stopped working on the latest Ubuntu today, 15.04 [closed]
I installed the latest Ubuntu today, 15.04. Spotify has stopped working. How can it be made to work again?
The Unity bar flashes green 4 or 5 times and then stops flashing. There are no error ...
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How do you install spotify for clementine 1.2
As the title says, I know that there one time was a download button to install spotify but i dont have it. Is there something else you have to do for 1.2?
I downloaded it from www.clementine-player....
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Duplicate (Spotify) Icon in launcher
I have installed spotify on Ubuntu 13.04 and have locked the icon on the launcher. But when I exit the program fully or even restart and use that icon to open spotify, a new icon is created or a ...
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Spotify Quicklist for Unity
How can I add a Unity "quicklist" for Spotify (installed from their website), so that when I right-click on the icon on my dock, I get: "Next, Previous, Stop, Play" and so on?
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Installing Spotify [duplicate]
Hi everyone I'm attempting to install spotify, I've been running linux for less than 24 hours so please cut me some slack if this seems trivial. Here is a link to the webpage https://www.spotify.com/...
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Where can I find a Spotify .deb package?
It appears to me that Spotify have released a Linux client... however every attempt I've made to get it from the repositries have failed. It would really help me if someone could provide a .deb ...
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How to disable Spotify indicator in the top panel?
The Spotify indicator icon clashes with the native Unity theme, and is redundant, since it is already listed in the Sound indicator menu. Is there a way to remove or disable the Spotify indicator? Or ...
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How to get the name of the music currently playing in spotify?
I'm trying to find a way to display the music that's currently playing in the terminal and show on my vim statusline, I imagine there some temp file with the current song name, anyone knows where can ...
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Error message when entering iptables command (table does not exist)
I have been trying to install Spotify, but when logging in I get a message saying I have an error 101. This appears to be related to either my proxy settings or to my firewall. Following instructions ...
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How to fix fuzzy spotify icon in the icon tray?
I installed a Spotify client today on my recent Ubuntu 14.04 installation and I realized that the icon in the tray is very distorted:
Is there any way to fix this in Ubuntu 14.04? Any help would be ...
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Play/Pause not working spotify
I run Ubuntu 16.04 dual booted with macOS Mojave on a 2013 macbook pro. Up until a week or so ago, the play/pause/skip keys worked perfectly with Spotify. Now they aren't responsive at all. I recently ...
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Keyboard play/stop/next/prev buttons does not work with Spotify
I'm running the Spotify Linux Beta. My keyboard is a Logitech Illuminated something wired keyboard.
My keyboard hotkeys work with Banshee, but not with Spotify, even though controlling Spotify via ...
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How to run Spotify in background?
Like other music players (e.g. Rhythmbox) I want to run Spotify(Spotify version 1.0.49.125.g72ee7853) in background.
But when I close the spotify window, it terminates the program. I have gone through ...
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How to make Spotify Web player work in Chromium?
My question is related to a similar question about Spotify Web Player. It appears the Spotify Web Player will not work in Chromium according to this thread. For privacy purposes, I prefer to use ...
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Spotify snap broken with Nvidia driver 396.24.02
Upgraded my Nvidia driver just now from 396.24.0 to 396.24.02, rebooted, and Spotify no longer works. It opens a window but never draws anything but a black screen.
cxf@PC:~$ snap run spotify
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No Spotify notifications
How do I disable Spotify notifications?
Remove spotify pop-up notification when a song starts doesn't work, as there's nothing called "notification" in the ~/.config/spotify/Users/[Spotify user name]-...
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Spotify plugin has disappeared in the Clementine Music Player on Ubuntu 13.04
I have a premium Spotify account and wish to use this account via the Clementine Music Player 1.1.1. program. But when I go to the Configure Spotify tab in that program, the plugin is stated as not ...
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Spotify Native crashing on start
Since an update about 8 weeks ago, Spotify native will no longer start. Below is the terminal output:
tom@blacknight:~$ spotify
17:31:59.810 I [breakpad.cpp:36] Registered Breakpad for product: ...
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Is there a Spotify repository that works for 12.04?
The Spotify repository (deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free) doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.04 (download failed). Does anyone have a solution to install Spotify on Ubuntu 12.04?
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How to get latest spotify update
According to the some news outlets, we have a Spotify update (as well as the one for Windows and MacOS) related to the app itself writing tons of data to the drive:
https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/11/...
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Windows play/pause keys on Xubuntu Spotify
I have tried to find out how to set my media keys to work with Spotify on Xubuntu 14.04. I tried setting spotify as my default music player. I thought this would be a simple task, but I can't figure ...
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How to install libavcodec54 in ubuntu vivid?
Apparently spotify needs libavcodec54 (or 53 or 52) to play local mp3 files. Unfortunately - it doesn't work with libavcodec56 which is in Vivid.
I tried symlinking libavcodec56 under name of *54, ...
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What domains do I need to whitelist to allow Spotify ads to work?
I am using pi-hole to block advertising on my local network.
However, this breaks Spotify (installed via Snap), since the ads are blocked and streaming stops.
What URLs should I whitelist in order ...
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Issues with CuteSpotify in Ubuntu Phone
I have recently bought an Ubuntu Phone (I am one of the few lucky ones with a BQ 4.5 Ubuntu editon) and I am finding some issues when using Spotify's unoficial client, Cutespotify.
First of all, ...
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How can I get Spotify to play M4A files?
Spotify on Ubuntu 11.10 can only play mp3, does Spotify on Ubuntu support M4A, if so how can I enable this?
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how to save songs from spotify on pc
it's first time I'm using spotify and I installed spotify for linux on my ubuntu.
I can listen to musics but I don't know how to download them on my PC or does it save songs on pc in a feature folder?
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I followed instructions to install Spotify on Ubuntu 13.04 and nothing happened
I ran the following
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spotify-client-qt
There was no feedback of any kind. Just ...
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How to install Spotify Gnome?
I want to have media key support in Spotify, and searching around saw a program called "Spotify Gnome" recommended. But, when I go to the site linked to, I can't figure out where to go to download a ....
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How to Add a Monochrome Spotify Indicator Icon?
Spotify's green colored "tray" icon looks out of place on Ubuntu's Unity bar, next to the other monochrome icons. In addition to the color, the size of the icon is a bit too large. How can an ...
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How to install latest Spotify testing version?
The stable Spotify client on Linux has not been updated for a while.
Is there a way to install the latest (testing) version which includes some new features ?
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Update error message [duplicate]
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The ...
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Media buttons on keyboard with spotify
I've added spotify preview as my defualt music program, by doing this.
As doug suggested, simply add this line to your >~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list file in two places, like so:
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Why do I get unmet dependencies installing spotify on 12.10?
I followed the instructions to install spotify as on various forums & sites, pretty much the same steps everywhere. But when I get to the install spotify line, this is what happens:
The following ...
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System keeps freezes when spotify is open on 22.10
When I open spotify after a few minutes using it my entire system freezes. How can I fix this problem?
amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: [mmhub0] retry page fault (src_id:0 ring:0 vmid:1 pasid:32776, for ...
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missing notification popups from Spotify in Ubuntu 22.04
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04. Before the upgrade, Spotify would send a notification whenever it started playing a track, causing a notification popup to appear just under the clock. ...
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Black window when launching Spotify
So the client was working without any problems. Next day, I turn on my computer this error :
[1014/192432.737169:ERROR:buffer_manager.cc(488)] [.DisplayCompositor]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_OPERATION : ...
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