Plexamp has been randomly changing playback speed on my Android phone. Not really sure how to change it back other than clearing the app’s cache/data and logging in again. Looks like at least one other individual has the same issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/plexamp/comments/v9xdhs/playback_speed/

The playback speed doesn’t change randomly that we’ve heard of before; it might be an Android audio system issue, battery save issue, or something else entirely, but it’s very likely to be Plexamp changing the speed randomly, especially if it’s showing 1.0x. You haven’t provided any details (logs, …

Android 13, Samsung Galaxy S22+ Happened today around about 1-2 hours ago, phone died, plugged it into a charger, and started it back up. Playback speed was off for several songs. Battery percentage was probably under 10%. Now it seems to be working fine, with battery around 50% but battery save…

There’s no evidence in here that Plexamp ever thinks it’s playing at a rate other than 100%.

Thanks for taking a look. Next time it happens, I’ll pay more attention to see if I can provide more detailed repro steps.

Just happened again, just before 18:30 local time. Battery saver mode was off, battery was at 88%. Connected to a JBL Charge 5 Bluetooth speaker. I disabled Bluetooth, playback resumed to normal. Playback stayed normal when I re-enabled Bluetooth and reconnected to the speaker. Logs:. https://driv…

The only thing I see happening during that time period is a bunch of route switching, which is as you describe. Feb 04, 2023 18:04:16.677 [Javascript] INFO - Audio Route: Local route changed to Phone (Phone) Feb 04, 2023 18:06:57.959 [Javascript] INFO - Audio Route: Local route changed to JBL Charg…

[image] elan: We’re not “in the loop” with audio as it gets switched around, so this seems like an Android/speaker issue and nothing to do with the app. I’d agree with you, except this issue seems to be limited to Plexamp. I’ve used several other music players and have only experienced the i…

I believe you, the other thing you might want to try is switching the audio interface from OpenSL to AAudio or vice versa. We use the audio at a fairly low level, which might have an effect of behavior.

Plexamp Android Playback Speed Changing randomly

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elan February 4, 2023, 5:07am 4

Plexamp logs.

We don’t recommend battery saver mode on for the app, if that’s what you mean.

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Plexamp Android Playback Speed Changing randomly

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