topic Re: Spotify Won't Play for More than 3 Seconds in Desktop (Windows)

Spotify Won't Play for More than 3 Seconds

Salrith — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 05:24:40 GMT

Hi, I'm having a recurring problem.

I use the program Voicemeeter to manage my computer's audio. Yesterday, Spotify began refusing to resume playback so long as I have Voicemeeter open.

I press the play button, Spotify plays for a few moments, then pauses.
This happens even if I play Spotify elsewhere (e.g., on my Android phone, or on another computer), so long as I have Spotify and Voicemeeter open on my desktop.

For clarity, I have been using Voicemeeter and Spotify together (relatively) without issue for years at this point.

I believe that Spotify thinks I am trying to stream/pirate audio when I have Voicemeeter open, and is pausing itself. Does anyone know why this has happened now?

Re: Spotify Won't Play for More than 3 Seconds

CryticalAce — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:38:47 GMT

Hey @Salrith,

That's frustrating!

Could you confirm if Voicemeeter input is set as the default device in Windows? If not, follow the steps below to see if that fixes the issue!

Right-click on the volume icon in your tray and click on "Sound Settings".
Then scroll down to Advanced and click on "More sound settings".
Go to the recording tab, right-click on your Voicemeeter input device, and set it as the default device.
Restart Spotify

Let me know if this helps!

Cheers,

CryticalAce

Re: Spotify Won't Play for More than 3 Seconds

Salrith — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:24:02 GMT

Hello, and thank you for the suggestion!

Unfortunately, after doing this, it didn't help...

However, in case anybody else ever runs into this issue -- I have since discovered that this also causes Youtube to stop playing after a few seconds, in the exact same manner. This leads me to believe that it's a new issue with Voicemeeter -- or at least, if it is some sort of anti-piracy feature that's auto-pausing playback because it detects Voicemeeter as a recording device, then it might be something I need to seek help from Voicemeeter from.

Re: Spotify Won't Play for More than 3 Seconds

Salrith — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 01:10:47 GMT

If anyone ever comes here looking for the solution and finds this post, what worked for me after much troubleshooting: my Bluetooth speaker being connected to my computer apparently counts as some kind of streaming and causes pausing. If you have a problem like this, look to see if you have any Bluetooth connections you can terminate!