Talk:Spotify

Alternatives

I just added two alternatives, clementine and mopidy. the latter one I did not try miself, but it is packaged in the official repos (community) and it is advertised prominently on the product's homepage. Since there is no mopidy wiki article, I am not sure how much this info helps.. but maybe there is one in the future, then it could entail a section about spotify support.

Anyway, it would be great if someone stumbles upon another alternative, then add it. Thanks! --Hintze (talk) 08:23, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Official Windows client through Wine

Currently running `wine SpotifyClient.exe` generates the following error message:

"Please install Spotify using a normal account Instead of an Administrator account."

The terminal displays the following:

fixme:module:load_library unsupported flag(s) used (flags: 0x00000800)
... (repeated)
fixme:ntdll:NtQueryInformationToken QueryInformationToken( ..., TokenElevationType, ...) semi-stub
fixme:module:load_library unsupported flag(s) used (flags: 0x00000800)

—This unsigned comment is by Ronalde (talk) 16:37, 26 May 2017‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

Global media hotkeys

Shouldn't this be put in Xmodmap or similar pages? Since things mentioned here not only working on Spotify.

—This unsigned comment is by Esbeye (talk) 23:52, 18 October 2017‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

Save to / Remove from your Liked Songs global hotkey

It was the only global hotkey I really missed, so I wrote a small bash script that programmatically clicks on the right place in Spotify app. I don't want to add it to the wiki since this solution is pretty ugly, it may not work in certain WM / DE (mine is Openbox), so use with care; I can suggest line-by-line debugging before use. Hope this helps someone Yaeuge (talk) 12:40, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Interface Scaling

I noticed that it's possible to scale Spotify interface by pressing ctrl and + to increase it, or ctrl and - to decrease it.

I'm not sure of how much (I would say 10% each time) but the scaling appears to be permanent. It's more intuitive and simple than the steps Spotify#HiDPI Mode section suggests.

KbpG28 (talk) 19:54, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Spotify authentication api

There is a recent addition about clients using librespot not working. I can confirm that ncspot WORKS 14.08.2024 at 22:24, so this information seems to be incorrect.

—This unsigned comment is by Mkkot (talk) 20:24, 14 August 2024‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

I think I worded it badly, if you've already logged in - it will continue to work until the token is expired.

https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot/issues/1500 Dlussky (talk) 06:53, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Wrong FFMPEG version for local file playback?

The latest version of Spotify fails to play local files with ffmpeg4.4 (as stated in the page), but works with ffmpeg3.4^AUR.

I'm not sure if that's a thing only broken in my machine or if it would work for everyone, so I didn't want to edit it out of the blue (and also because I don't have much experience with wiki editing)

Kuylar (talk) 16:19, 9 May 2025 (UTC)!

Then the dependency of the spotify^AUR package should be fixed. Feel free to discuss on the AUR. — Lahwaacz (talk) 09:57, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

Spotube is Currently out of service.

As mentioned in the official page the project is facing some legal issues. The situation may change in future. For more info visit https://spotube.krtirtho.dev/ Akio074 (talk) 15:19, 2 July 2025 (UTC)