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Koda

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Registered: 2025-12-30

Posts: 9

Spotify can see but can't play local files anymore

Hello, I can't tell after which update the problem appeared, but now I have this problem. The last time I tried to play local files was 2 or 3 weeks ago, and it worked correctly.

Can anyone help? I don't know what information I can give to help you, but here's what I can think of

$ pacman -Q pipewire spotify                                                                               
pipewire 1:1.6.9-1
spotify 1:1.2.96.518-2

Note that the spotify package is the one from the AUR.

The problem is that spotify can't play the music files it could play before. I haven't changed the folder in any way except to add new files. the files are in the mp3 format.

Also, I use Caelestia (main repo), a Hyprland rice, and it's how I downloaded spotify (it's part of the complete installation process), if that means anything, but it doesn't work even on Plasma, so I doubt that's the problem.

Normal songs from spotify work correctly, only local files are affected.