Server Version: 1.42.2.10156 Player Version: Plexamp 4.12.4 (headless Linux ARM64) Running Plexamp headless on a few Raspberry Pi 5s (Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm and Debian Bookworm). Intermittently hit this issue where playback gets stuck looping at the very start of a track - goes to 00:01, jumps ba…

did you try to downgrade to 4.12.3?

Tried the password reset procedure and no change, still happens intermittently. The interesting thing is the first Q&A in that doc describes exactly my symptom (flips back without playing) and my workaround (re-select audio device). So this seems like a known audio init issue rather than account-re…

might help to post logs from headless after the issue occurs and does it matter whether you’re controlling from browser vs from plexamp mobile or desktop app ?

Control method doesn’t seem to matter. I control via mobile app, mac or web. Same issue happens regardless. Got logs. Nothing during the stuck/bouncing state – No entries – But when I toggle the audio device (which fixes it), this appears: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1000:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to op…

i think that’s what shows when the audio device isn’t available (disappears, another app is using it, etc) there should be more in plexamp logs at ~/.cache/Plexamp/log … the ALSA error is from system logs

Found the logs! In ~/.cache/Plexamp/log/Plexamp.1.log I can see it stuck at 89ms for about 94 seconds while reporting “state playing”: Dec 14, 2025 18:50:05.638 [Javascript] INFO - PlayQueue: Sending timeline in state playing time 89 token true. Dec 14, 2025 18:50:21.244 [Javascript] INFO - PlayQu…

interesting … don’t think i’ve seen or heard of this issue before … perhaps full logs might show some additional detail or context are these recent / new installs, or are they previously good installs that are now misbehaving ?

Mix of both actually. The bedroom Pi was a fresh install of 4.12.4 last week - worked great at first, then started doing this a day or two later. The dark living room Pi has been running longer and does the same thing intermittently. plexamp-dec14.log (3.8 MB)

it’s possible the audio devices are switching index after a reboot … if you only need the audio HAT, you can edit the /boot/firmware/config.txt file to keep other on board audio devices from showing up … for example, comment out this line # dtparam=audio=on and modify this line (add ,noaudio to t…

I have experienced this as well. What I noticed was when it happens to me the server dashboard shows the song playing as normal. But plexamp shows what you describe. If i stop from the server side using the dashboard to stop playback. It unsticks plexamp. I havent had it happen in awhile next t…

Plexamp headless - playback stuck bouncing at 00:01 forever

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PouleY December 22, 2025, 8:52am 12

Hey,

Still not fixed after months.

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Plexamp headless - playback stuck bouncing at 00:01 forever

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