Bug: switching to external source does not reset progress bar

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Martin K.

• September 25, 2024 19:57

App version 4.6.0 and before:

If there is a track from the library running and you switch to an external source (or a radio station), the progress bar keeps its current playing position. But if you return to the playlist and reactivate the last played track, you will not continue where you left off, but the track restarts from the beginning. So it makes no sense to keep the progress bar position when switching to an external source (or radio station), instead the progress bar should reset.

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• Official comment

  

  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • September 26, 2024 12:46

  This is not a bug. When you switch the source from streaming to an external source, the audio buffer is flushed to accommodate this. There is no mechanism to restart the song mid-track. Doing so can also damage speakers in some cases.

  Thanks for understanding
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  Bjørn Ulvik

  Hi-Res

  • September 26, 2024 13:54

  So it makes no sense to keep the progress bar position when switching to an external source (or radio station), instead the progress bar should reset.

   

  I totally agree, it makes no sense at all. The progress bar shouldn't even be there when switching to an external source.

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  Martin K.

  • September 26, 2024 20:04

  @Tony: 
  Sorry to say that, but you are wrong: if I reposition the play position while playing a track, the system is able to restart the song mid-track or at any position where I point my finger to. Please confirm: is there a risk that this action is risky and can cause damage?

  Anyway, I don't want to restart the track when switching between library tracks and external sources, and I support what Bjørn wrote: the progress bar shouldn't even be there when switching to an external source.

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