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Songs are skipping on Spotify

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#1,258 opened on Nov 20, 2020

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Description

Describe the bug Songs are skipping on Spotify. Advertisements play just fine. Sometimes a song seems to play fine but stops at the ninth second of playback.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install Widevine as per the FAQ
  2. Go to 'open.spotify.com'
  3. Log in
  4. Try to play a song
  5. "Hear" the bug

Expected behavior The song should play just fine.

Environment (please complete the following information):

  • OS/Platform and version: Windows 10 20H2
  • ungoogled-chromium version: 86.0.4240.183

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Research direction
Investigate the media playback pipeline in ungoogled chromium, focusing on Widevine integration and the 9 second playback stop.
Tech stack
cpppython
Domain
web devaudio video rtc
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3
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1-2 days
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Clear
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