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Spotify on Linux is a joke?

dasdoing

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I have been strugling with this for some months now, and though it was a problem with my install. now that I tried the snap install that create totaly fresh folders and have the same problem I realized that the Linux app is totaly "broken".


can anybody change loudness normalization setting?
my settings will have no effect whatsover.it is fixed at meassured -11 LUFS, which coresponds to the "loud" setting. this means even paying I am only able to get music in limited dynamic range.
speaking of quality: the quality setting doesn't seam to have any effect, too.
there is no change in the "prefs" file whatsover.
we are probably restricted to the "normal" quality setting even PAYING for higher quality.

I suggest you guys to open the prefs file in ~/.config/spotify and look for any changes in it when you change those settings.
Also who ever knows how to, meassure the loudness level of the output. one tool which does this is http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/ebumeter-doc/quickguide.html
 

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Works for me. Debian Testing, package spotify-client 1:1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60.
Noticeable difference when switching normalization off or changing it to "Quiet" preset.

Changes in ~/.config/spotify/Users/danadam_-user/prefs:
quality "Very High" to "High":
Code:
-audio.sync_bitrate_enumeration=4
+audio.sync_bitrate_enumeration=3
-audio.play_bitrate_enumeration=4
+audio.play_bitrate_enumeration=3
normalization on to off:
Code:
+audio.normalize_v2=false
level "Normal" to "Quiet":
Code:
+audio.loudness.environment=0
level "Normal" to "Loud":
Code:
+audio.loudness.environment=2
 
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Ralph_Cramden

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I just checked, changed to "loud" and high quality, seems to work fine in the prefs file on my ChromeBox. There's another prefs file deeper down, under Users/{userid}

audio.sync_bitrate_enumeration=4
audio.loudness.environment=2
 
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Works for me. Debian Testing, package spotify-client 1:1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60.
Noticeable difference when switching normalization off or changing it to "Quiet" preset.

Changes in ~/.config/spotify/Users/danadam_-user/prefs:
quality "Very High" to "High":
Code:
-audio.sync_bitrate_enumeration=4
+audio.sync_bitrate_enumeration=3
-audio.play_bitrate_enumeration=4
+audio.play_bitrate_enumeration=3
normalization on to off:
Code:
+audio.normalize_v2=false
level "Normal" to "Quiet":
Code:
+audio.loudness.environment=0

thanks. finaly I know what is suposed to happen.
I don't know when I was using the version you are using (I am on 1:1.1.67), it used to work for me, too. maybe this is a future problem for you
 

Ralph_Cramden

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when I add those to my prefs file and open the APP it will just delete them :-(

what is your version?
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sudo apt list | grep spotify

libspotify-dev/stable,now 12.1.51-1 amd64 [installed]
libspotify12/stable,now 12.1.51-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
spotify-client-0.9.17/stable 0.9.17.8.gd06432d.31-1 amd64
spotify-client-gnome-support/stable 1:0.9.17.1.g9b85d43.7-1 all
spotify-client-qt/stable 1:0.9.17.1.g9b85d43.7-1 all
spotify-client/stable,now 1:1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60 amd64 [installed]
 

2M2B

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Not to sound like a smart ass have you tried installing Windows 10 as second OS to avoid nightmares like this?.
 
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