Unable to play music Ubuntu 20.04

[jaddoueik1]

Hello I tried to connect web player and the desktop player doesn't even load and I am unable to play from the extension

Steps to reproduce:
Choose any song

Expected behavior:
play the song

output:
nothing changes in the player.

Spotify non premium account

[xavluiz]

Hi @jaddoueik1. Thank you for the issue update. I apologize, but the plugin will not be able to play tracks for non-mac OS systems due to Spotify's API premium account requirement. We're able to get around this restriction on mac systems by using AppleScript to perform playback controls. I'm currently looking to see if there's another way to do this for Ubuntu, thank you.

[ayushmanchhabra]

I found that on Ubuntu 20.04 if I keep the Spotify desktop application or the web player open before opening Visual Studio Code, I can play songs using the extension. Sometimes it may take a few seconds for the song to play but it plays nonetheless.

[ghost]

@xavluiz PlayerCTL can be used for controlling Spotify Playback on Linux. But this is another app that needs to be installed to do so.