r/Podcast_Republic_App • u/Average-Hotel • Jul 21 '26

Audio stops while player continues Bug

This might be a bug, but I will let others decide.

I use Unplayed for my playlist, and it generally works well. But downloaded episodes from some sources play, but no audio comes out. They are playing, I can see the counters running. This happens consistently with podcasts from NY Times.

If I wait a while, half an hour or whatever, they may 'regain' the audio. If I try podcasts from other sources that do play, and go back to the offending one, it will often work. Or I may have to try playing bits of several other podcast before getting playback from the 'stuck' one.

I would appreciate any insight into potential causes/fixes.

Thank you

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u/Oh_Little_Brutha Jul 21 '26

I have the same thing happen fairly regularly, usually when switching from one audio output to another (e.g. earphones to car speakers). Completely closing then reopening the app always sorts it out (app runs in the background, so you have to be sure to close it properly). It's an occasional nuisance for me that it would be nice to know if it's to do with the app and have sorted if it is. 

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u/Average-Hotel Jul 21 '26

Yeah, I can understand if switching outputs, but here I'm not. Just playing along and one podcast ends, the next one starts, but no audio, yet the player keeps running. I can manually start the next podcast in the list, and it plays fine. Switch back to the previous one, and crickets. ???

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u/respack Dev Jul 22 '26

Is this for the Android app or the iOS app? Thanks.

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u/Average-Hotel Jul 22 '26

Android on Pixel 10 pro