Questions tagged [spotify]
Spotify is a streaming music service focused on music discovery through social interaction. It is not web based; streaming via Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android operating systems but has a one-click method for initiating playback via web links.
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Creating Spotify keyboard shortcuts
I'm on Windows 10 64 bit, Using spotify desktop free version. Is there a way to create keyboard Spotify shortcuts to pause/play and skip tracks, while outside Spotify? I don't want to keep opening it. ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut for "Save to Your Library" in Spotify's desktop app?
Save to Your Library is a great way to save favorite songs and play them back as a playlist later. It's also cool to make Your Library > Songs available offline on mobile. Then you're never without ...
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Spotify, Youtube, Shockwave Flash, and other programs not working
When I open spotify it will continuously load or if it stops i cannot play a song, also on Youtube i can click on a video from the homepage but the video will not load and i cannot click on anything. ...
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Any Spotify tweaks with keyboard shortcut to 'star' tracks?
I'm a premium subscriber of Spotify and an obsessive productivity geek.
One thing that really annoys me is that there isn't a keyboard shortcut to 'star' a track (I.e add a track to favourites). I ...
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Hide Spotify from Windows 7 Task Bar
When Spotify is running, it shows a little icon in the activity field. On most operative systems, closing the Spotify window minimizes the player to the activity window, freeing up space in the task ...
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How do I get my Logitech media buttons to control Spotify
I have a Logitech diNovo keyboard which includes media buttons for play/pause, stop, next, previous. I would like to let those buttons control Spotify. I've tried to add Spotify to the players.ini ...
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Prioritize Spotify when pressing media keys
I have media keys on my laptop's numpad (play/pause, stop, previous, next) and so far, even if the Spotify app was not focused, those keys would trigger an action in it. But for some reason, now they'...
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Why is the Spotify cache so large?
On my Mac, I have noticed that Spotify uses quite a large cache (/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client). In my case, it is roughly 4GB.
However, that's really puzzling because while it's true that I ...
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Get the media buttons on my bluetooth headset working with Spotify on OS X
I just bought a Parrot Zik, which is a pair of bluetooth headphones with volume control, play/pause and next-prev buttons. (Or gestures, as they come with the Zik).
The phones work beautifully with ...
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Put spotify in the system tray instead of taskbar
Currently, spotify puts an icon both in the taskbar:
And the notification tray:
Normally I would just use something like Send2Tray, but I don't want two icons in the taskbar. Is there a way to put ...
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How can I block internet access to Spotify's Windows 10 app (on the Windows Store)?
I want to block Spotify from having internet access. It is the app for Windows 10 downloaded from the Windows Store. The reason for blocking internet access is so that I can listen to music offline on ...
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Is ffmpeg usable with audio loudness normalization?
I need to convert some CD mastered audio to be sent to Spotify.
Spotify does not prefer CD mastered but it has some loudness suggestions:
( https://artists.spotify.com/en/help/article/loudness-...
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Universal shortcuts for music players
Does anyone know if I could create universal short-cuts to perform certain actions? I used to have a keyboard with keys for play, pause, skip... that worked in any music player, but my new keyboard ...
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Which ports must be open on the server to use the Spotty plugin (Spotify Connect) of a logitechmediaserver (lms)
In another topic (Which ports must be open on the server to use Logitech Media Server (LMS) for Squeezebox?) it was discussed which ports to open for a logitechmediaserver. But when I want to use it ...
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