Troubleshooting - songify-rocks/Songify GitHub Wiki

Troubleshooting Songify

Songify is not working

  • Ensure you have the latest version of Songify installed.
  • If Songify won’t start at all, try deleting the entire folder located at: %localappdata%/Songify.Rocks

Songify is not showing song info

  • Verify that your Spotify account is linked to Songify.
  • You can check this in the Settings window or in the bottom-left corner of the main window.

Songify is not showing the song cover

  • Ensure you have enabled the option to download album covers in the settings.

Song requests are not working

  • Song requests require Spotify Premium.
  • Make sure you have followed these setup steps:
  1. Set up Spotify.
  2. Set up Twitch.
  3. Set up song requests.

High CPU usage when grabbing info from Chrome

  • Songify uses extra CPU resources when grabbing tab titles from Chrome. This is necessary to extract song info.
  • To reduce CPU usage, try increasing the Chrome fetch rate in the settings window.

Error: INVALID CLIENT: Failed to get client when linking Spotify

  • This error means that the Client ID and Client Secret were not entered correctly.
  • Double-check that you’ve copied and pasted the values into the correct fields.
  • If the issue persists, try creating a new app on the Spotify Developer Dashboard.

Error: INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI when linking Spotify

  • This error indicates that the Redirect URI was not added to your Spotify app.
  • Go to the Spotify Developer Dashboard and add the following Redirect URI: 
    http://localhost:4002/auth
  • Important: After adding the Redirect URI, make sure to click ADD and then SAVE.