Sound doesn't work

[NotQuiteLoona]

Describe the bug
A sound doesn't exist. The program shows that it is playing. MPRIS shows that too. Sound just doesn't play.

KDE Plasma also shows that there are no applications playing sound.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open a program.
2. Go through authentication flow.
3. Enable any music.

Expected behavior
Music would play.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Linux, CachyOS
• Terminal: Konsole
• Version: 0.38.2

Additional context
It worths saying that playback constantly jumps from one song to another, and what matters the most, the time doesn't reset - just the songs in MPRIS and app jump, while time stays the same and progresses with the same speed.

Screencast_20260510_205712.webm

[LargeModGames]

I'll take a look at it after my exam tomorrow

[LargeModGames]

@NotQuiteLoona can you try running it with SPOTATUI_STREAMING_AUDIO_BACKEND=pulseaudio?

[NotQuiteLoona]

@NotQuiteLoona can you try running it with SPOTATUI_STREAMING_AUDIO_BACKEND=pulseaudio?

It shows that:

I installed spotifyd, tried to use it with official Spotify app, and got the same problem.

Screencast_20260511_202654.webm

After trying to launch spotatui again with this environment variable, I got authorization prompt, authorized, but got the same error:

After closing it with Esc and trying to play any music, I get this another error:

It's all with spotifyd enabled. Spotifyd logs show nothing though, no errors or anything.

[LargeModGames]

so both spotatui and spotifyd dont work?

[NotQuiteLoona]

so both spotatui and spotifyd dont work?

Seemingly. Should I open an issue at spotifyd repo instead?

[LargeModGames]

Seemingly. Should I open an issue at spotifyd repo instead?

you could but i dont think they can fix it either. i honestly think it has something to do with how your KDE is setup.

I still have an exam on Friday but after that i could try help you fix the problem