@jonas Thank you so much, Jonas! The update went smoothly, and the tag fetcher is working!

Spotify Premium playback fails with track is not available — additional confirmation on openSUSE Leap 16.0

Hi everyone,

I can confirm the same playback issue on a different Linux distribution. I have performed several checks to distinguish an authentication problem from a Spotify audio playback problem.

System environment:

OS: openSUSE Leap 16.0 (x86_64) Strawberry: 1.2.30 (native RPM) GStreamer: 1.26.7 gst-plugin-spotify: 0.15.4, compiled from the official source librespot: 0.8.0 Audio server: PipeWire 1.4.6 with PulseAudio compatibility Spotify subscription: Premium

Verification results:

Spotify authentication in Strawberry: PASS. Spotify catalogue access and synchronization: PASS. Spotify tracks played in the official Spotify application: PASS. The same tracks played through Strawberry: FAIL. GStreamer successfully detects and loads the locally compiled gst-plugin-spotify 0.15.4.

The recurring error is:

Resource not found. audio/spotify/src/spotifyaudiosrc/imp.rs(279): GstSpotifyAudioSrc::create(): track is not available

I also reviewed the source code of the installed plugin. The GStreamer element reports this error after receiving PlayerEvent::Unavailable from the librespot playback layer, which is subsequently propagated as gst::ResourceError::NotFound.

This suggests that authentication and catalogue access are functioning, while the audio retrieval path is failing. The evidence does not yet identify the underlying cause within librespot or Spotify.

Questions for the developers and community:

Is this now considered a known regression in the librespot 0.8 playback implementation or the GStreamer Spotify plugin? Has anyone identified a reproducible fix or a version combination that restores playback? Would additional sanitized GStreamer/librespot debug logs help identify the underlying failure? Is there an existing upstream issue where affected users should contribute their evidence?

For now, I have chosen to use Strawberry for my local music library and the official Spotify application for streaming.

Thank you for maintaining Strawberry and for any guidance on investigating this issue.

@rat120

Open a terminal and run gst-inspect-1.0 spotify

I can't find that Linux Mint (which is basically Ubuntu) has gst-plugins-rs or GStreamer Spotify Plugin at all, I checked http://packages.linuxmint.com/ and https://packages.ubuntu.com/

The Android client for the Strawberrt network remote has been accepted into the Google Play store under "Strawberry Music Player Remote"

The following is from the Android app help screen. Setting up the remote:

list itemIn Strawberry, go to Tools → Settings → Remote and enable "Use Remote Network Client".

list itemNote the Player IP Address shown there - enter this in the client to connect (it cannot be changed).

list itemNote the Remote Port - this can be changed if needed.

list itemClick Apply or OK at the bottom of the settings screen for changes to take effect.

If you're using a firewall, you may need to allow local connections for the selected port.

Playlist token (optional):

list itemPlaylist changes - adding, removing, or creating a playlist - can be protected with a token, so only clients that know it can modify your playlists. This guards against unwanted changes from other devices on your network.

list itemEnabled in Strawberry's Remote settings by setting a Remote Token - leave that field empty to disable the protection entirely.

list itemIf a token is set, the client asks for it when you connect. Enter it to enable playlist changes, or choose Bypass to continue read-only (you can still view and play, but not add, remove, or create playlists).

list itemAn incorrect token can be retried - after too many incorrect attempts, the server disconnects the client as a safeguard.

list itemTurning the token requirement on or off on the player takes effect immediately for clients already connected, prompting for the token if it becomes required.

For the best view of the song list, enable auto-rotate on your device so the screen can switch to landscape and show more columns.

Song list:

list itemDouble-tap a song to play it.

list itemLong-press a song for options - add the currently playing song to another playlist, or remove a song from this playlist.

As Jonas is too busy to review my code I've been keeping my fork in sync with the Strawberry releases. If you'd like to try the remote you can install the latest deb release from my github fork

Any issues let me know.

I've found an option I could change to make it easier to understand, now the options look like this:
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Anyone who has purchased a single version, I'm happy to give a reduced price for subscription, or a few months free. Anyone who has a problem with the price, I can offer discounts. Send me a private message on Patreon instead of complaining in a public forum.

@jonas
Thank you, I did as you said and scrobbling with ListenBrainz is working again.

@jonas Yes, I do! Thank you!

@bunny
The API key has been rotated, so any release before 1.2.29 will no longer work with last.fm, unfortunately Fedora has still not upgraded. You can download and manually install the release from here in the meantime:
https://files.strawberrymusicplayer.org/strawberry-1.2.31-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm

@FuzzyBottom
Very strange, not sure what to think.

@jasmint I have exactly the same issue. It used to work fine until a couple of days ago when it was updated to version 1.2.30 (flatpack version is always late as it seems).

So apparently I just need to wait for the next update ?

@KirstyA
1.2.31 is released now, contains stability fixes for ASIO on Windows.

@sami1099
Only a few presets works, this is an underlying issue with projectM and EGL, not specific to Strawberry.