Bug 483048

Summary: Cannot seek playback at all, UI elements move but playback unaffected
Product: [Applications] audiotube Reporter: 9epmsrwde
Component: generalAssignee: Jonah Brüchert <jbb>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: mobile.harvey, nikolay_anzarov
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 23.08.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: Video showing behaviour when trying to skip forwards or backwards in a song

Description 9epmsrwde 2024-03-09 22:44:15 UTC 
Created attachment 166838 [details]
Video showing behaviour when trying to skip forwards or backwards in a song

SUMMARY
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Clicking anywhere on the seek bar or dragging the play head causes movement in the UI elements, but does not affect playback at all. Most of the time the seek bar simply flickers, sometimes it gracefully slides back to the current time position.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. play any song
2. open the Maximised Player
3. try to seek forwards or backwards in time

OBSERVED RESULT
Playback of music unaffected. Most of the time the seek bar simply flickers, sometimes it gracefully slides back to the current time position. Audio doesn't even stutter.

EXPECTED RESULT
Playback jumps to the selected position in the song.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro 6.7.7-1
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.10
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
23.08.5 is the latest version available via Manjaro stable or testing at the time of writing. Check package status here: https://packages.manjaro.org/?query=audiotube
Comment 1 Nick 2024-03-16 15:15:58 UTC 
I can confirm the same behavior on Neon running the 24.02.0 Audiotube from Flathub. I get the same result when trying to seek through Adele's Hello.

Not sure if this is expected behavior or not so marking this as confirmed hoping a dev can confirm if this is a bug or not.

Thanks
Nick
Comment 2 Nikoichu 2025-06-02 08:46:48 UTC 
I have very similar problem on Nobara Linux 42, KDE Plasma 6.3.5, Wayland

When I click on the seekbar, or press left/right keys, it restarts the song from the beginning.
Is any fix for this planned?
Comment 3 Jonah Brüchert 2025-06-02 16:21:08 UTC 
This is known, but as far as I can see the code on the AudioTube side is completely correct, and gstreamer is at fault here.
Unfortunately the ffmpeg backend does not work with YouTube, so there is little I can do at this time.