some local files stop autoplaying

31zpjvjopb6tl5e6tef4 · 2025-06-21

hello, i have some interesting issue i have shared with a couple other users and has happened right out of the blue with no change of mine.

sometimes when playing some tagged local files in any playlist and any order, right before some of them, the track shows up as if it were playing (the progress bar staying at zero) but doesnt actually play.

there are probably hundreds of my songs thhat this happens to and i dont really want to wipe the metadata of them and retag them because itd take a really long time for it to not even help.

any ideas or advice apreciated, issue still ongoing, im on family plan - issue going on ONLY on pc (on mobile everything works fine) - windows 10 and i have already tried deleting and reinstalling spotify from scratch, deleting cache, reloading files, changing directory of files (theyre in disk D).

thank you!

Amay · 2025-06-21

Hey @31zpjvjopb6tl5e6tef4, welcome to the Spotify Community! 🎵

This seems like autoplay or cross-fade is doing what it is supposed to. Could you try turning off both options in settings and see if that makes any difference?

Do correct me if I misunderstood the issue. 🙂

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Yordan · 2025-06-22

Hi folks!

Jumping in to let you know that there's another thread about local files being stuck at 0:00 here, which sounds similar to what you're experiencing, @31zpjvjopb6tl5e6tef4. Our tech folks are currently looking into this and we'll keep everyone posted in there as soon as we have any updates.

Cheers 🤘

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31zpjvjopb6tl5e6tef4 · 2025-06-22

tried that in the past aswell and it did nothing...

31zpjvjopb6tl5e6tef4 · 2025-06-22

hello, if you are willing to, in the case that this is solved sooner or later, can you announce to me the solution please?

AlejaR · 2025-06-22

Hey there @31zpjvjopb6tl5e6tef4,

Thanks for the reply.

In this case, we'd suggest you subscribe to the thread mentioned by @Yordan above. You can subscribe by clicking on its three-dot menu> Subscribe. That way, you'll get notified as soon as any news about this issue is posted there.

We'll be around!

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