I’ve started experiencing a weird issue with the Plexamp flatpak on Linux recently. Basically when I launch the app and first try to play a song, there’s no audio output and the playback seekbar will keep skipping backwards/forwards by 1 second.
The only way I can fix this is to go into the settings and change the audio device and then back to Pulseaudio, but I have to do this every time I open the app. I’ve had this happen on two different Linux desktops, one Debian 12 and the other Debian 13. No other applications besides Plexamp have any issues like this. I cleared out its data folder under ~/.var, and that fixed it exactly one time, but then after closing/reopening the app it starts doing it again.
I’m getting the same behavior with the latest AppImage too.
When I downgrade from 4.12.4 to 4.12.3 I no longer have the issue.
Can we get some acknowledgement from Plex about this issue, given that this seems to affect a large group of Linux users? I’m happy to help test any potential fixes.
Correction: I still have the issue again after a reboot so it looks like it’s not fixed yet, and 4.13.0 may have been pulled from flathub. If anyone at Plex is reading this and working on it, I’m happy to help test a potential fix before it’s released.
Can confirm. Issue still here.
I think the cache simply reset itself on the first launch after 4.13.0 upgrade.
I had the impression that it worked well more than once, but now I have the problem every time I launch it.
Besides, I have the problem on Gnome or KDE, so it’s probably related to PipeWire/PA.
@trankillity: The Flatpak image has not been updated, only the AppImage on the Plex website.
having the same issue with version 4.13. quite annoying. downgrade to 4.12.3 seems to help, but as the app always updates itself it’s not even a permanent workaround.
