In this tutorial, we will show you how to listen to the local music files stored on your device using Spotify. The app already boasts a plethora of songs that are spread across varied genres and from various singers. But in rare instances, there might be cases where you couldn’t find your preferred tracks. Well, there could be quite a few reasons for the same. But rather than dwelling on that, let’s discuss overcoming this issue.
Thankfully, a helpful feature allows you to add your favorite local tracks to Spotify. However, these songs aren’t uploaded to the cloud; instead, they sync across other devices connected to the same network using the same account. Nonetheless, accessing your local music files through Spotify remains convenient. With that in mind, here are the instructions to complete this task.
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How to Listen Local Music Files Stored On Your Device In Spotify
Before we begin with the instructions step, there are a few requirements that need to be met from your end. Make sure to go through all the below-mentioned points.
Prerequisites
- First and foremost, you should be having a Premium Spotify account, the ad-supported version doesn’t support this feature.
- Both your mobile device and PC should be connected to the same network.
- Likewise, you should be logged into the same account across both these devices.
- Furthermore, iPhone users need to make sure that the Spotify app has access to their local network.
- Now if we talk about the supported file types, then you could add MP3, M4P (that doesn’t contain video), and MP4 (if QuickTime is installed on your PC) to this list.
- Then there are some files protected in a restricted format. For those, you will need to install QuickTime on your PC so that Spotify is able to play these tracks.
- Furthermore, as of now, the iTunes lossless format (M4A) isn’t supported.
So keeping these prerequisites in mind, let’s begin with the guide to play local music files stored on your device using Spotify.
