Track seekbar sometimes stop to work

[whinette karmina]

Hi,

I often encounter this issue. On a new track, the seekbar isn't
searchable (can't clic anywhere).

It appears randomly but only happens with remote libraries (through
BubbleUPnP server).

The more I skip track, the more often it appears.

Either skipping tracks from "Now playing" or "Playlist" makes that happen.

The button to load previous/next track works
Doing so, reloading the track from 0 doesn't makes the bug disappear for
the current track.
Skipping to next then coming back works.

I've attached two screen capture for reference, when the bug happens the
seekbar is displayed as on track 1, and when it works as expected as on
track 10

[Bubblesoft]

Hi,

In the case a track plays and is not seekable (first screenshot), if you stop it (long-press Play/Pause button) and play it again, does it become seekable ?

[whinette karmina]

Hi,

Yes, it become seekable.

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[Bubblesoft]

Sorry for the delay but only looked into it now.

If you play a track that is not yet cached (to storage), it will not be seekable (for technical reasons).

When you play such non cached track for the first time, the Now Playing tab displays 'Caching', then 'Cached' when the track is cached,

but the original (non-cached, non-seekable) stream is still played.

Ability to seek is only possible when playing the cached version, which requires to stop playback and play it again.

Long story short: seek is not available only the first time a track is played. If it is fully cached (may not be if you abort playback before), it is seekable.