Created attachment 188641 [details] Demo SUMMARY Media player loses album art after turning track on YouTube Music (shows ~1 second and then switches to stub). STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Start track list on YouTube Music. 2. Open Media Player applet. 3. Switch to next track. OBSERVED RESULT Media player widget shows album art but but quickly switches to the stub. EXPECTED RESULT Media player shows album art. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0 Qt Version: 6.10.1 Kernel Version: 6.18.5-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland
Can confirm this, but it only happens with Youtube music. Maybe problem with the plasma integration addon? What browser were you using? For me it happens with librewolf. Operating System: KDE Linux 2026-01-18 KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0 Qt Version: 6.10.1 Kernel Version: 6.18.5-zen1-1-zen (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15,5 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600
(In reply to Akseli Lahtinen from comment #1) > Can confirm this, but it only happens with Youtube music. Maybe problem with > the plasma integration addon? > > What browser were you using? For me it happens with librewolf. > > Operating System: KDE Linux 2026-01-18 > KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.80 > KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0 > Qt Version: 6.10.1 > Kernel Version: 6.18.5-zen1-1-zen (64-bit) > Graphics Platform: Wayland > Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor > Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15,5 GiB usable) > Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600 I'm using Firefox. There are some observations of what happens when track is toggled: > playerctl -F metadata > plasma-browser-integration kde:pid 1749 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:artUrl file:///tmp/plasma-browser-integration_artwork_yvdmtk.jpg > plasma-browser-integration mpris:length 248000000 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:trackid '/org/kde/plasma/browser_integration/1337' > plasma-browser-integration xesam:album Бодун > plasma-browser-integration xesam:artist Аукцыон > plasma-browser-integration xesam:title День победы > plasma-browser-integration xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=z40a0EOaN7s&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > firefox mpris:trackid '/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2/firefox' > firefox xesam:title День победы | YouTube Music > firefox xesam:album > firefox xesam:artist > firefox xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=z40a0EOaN7s&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > firefox mpris:trackid '/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2/firefox' > firefox xesam:title YouTube Music > firefox xesam:album > firefox xesam:artist > firefox xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tmHbRNCwSa8&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > plasma-browser-integration kde:pid 1749 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:length 248000000 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:trackid '/org/kde/plasma/browser_integration/1337' > plasma-browser-integration xesam:artist Аукцыон > plasma-browser-integration xesam:title Дорога > plasma-browser-integration xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=z40a0EOaN7s&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > firefox mpris:trackid '/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2/firefox' > firefox xesam:title YouTube Music > firefox xesam:album > firefox xesam:artist > firefox xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tmHbRNCwSa8&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > firefox mpris:length 198000000 > plasma-browser-integration kde:pid 1749 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:artUrl file:///tmp/plasma-browser-integration_artwork_sUtibk.jpg > plasma-browser-integration mpris:length 198000000 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:trackid '/org/kde/plasma/browser_integration/1337' > plasma-browser-integration xesam:artist Аукцыон > plasma-browser-integration xesam:title Дорога > plasma-browser-integration xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tmHbRNCwSa8&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > firefox mpris:trackid '/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2/firefox' > firefox xesam:title Дорога | YouTube Music > firefox xesam:album > firefox xesam:artist > firefox xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tmHbRNCwSa8&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > firefox mpris:length 198000000 > plasma-browser-integration kde:pid 1749 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:length 198000000 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:trackid '/org/kde/plasma/browser_integration/1337' > plasma-browser-integration xesam:album Птица > plasma-browser-integration xesam:artist Аукцыон > plasma-browser-integration xesam:title Дорога > plasma-browser-integration xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tmHbRNCwSa8&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg ``` As you can see, xesam:url remains the same, but mpris:artUrl disappears, and along with it the album art image on the widget is lost. Looked at "firefox" entries in log I remembered one issue with media controls duplicate in KDE Connect (https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/li9d64/tip_fix_firefox_duplicate_media_player_controls/) and decided to set `media.hardwaremediakeys.enabled` configuration option to 'False'. After this the situation changed a little: > playerctl -F metadata > plasma-browser-integration kde:pid 263104 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:length 198000000 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:trackid '/org/kde/plasma/browser_integration/1337' > plasma-browser-integration xesam:album Птица > plasma-browser-integration xesam:artist Аукцыон > plasma-browser-integration xesam:title Дорога > plasma-browser-integration xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tmHbRNCwSa8&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > plasma-browser-integration kde:pid 263104 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:length 198000000 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:trackid '/org/kde/plasma/browser_integration/1337' > plasma-browser-integration xesam:artist Аукцыон > plasma-browser-integration xesam:title День победы > plasma-browser-integration xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tmHbRNCwSa8&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > plasma-browser-integration kde:pid 263104 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:artUrl file:///tmp/plasma-browser-integration_artwork_EVqjvF.jpg > plasma-browser-integration mpris:length 248000000 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:trackid '/org/kde/plasma/browser_integration/1337' > plasma-browser-integration xesam:artist Аукцыон > plasma-browser-integration xesam:title День победы > plasma-browser-integration xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=z40a0EOaN7s&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > plasma-browser-integration kde:pid 263104 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:length 248000000 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:trackid '/org/kde/plasma/browser_integration/1337' > plasma-browser-integration xesam:album Бодун > plasma-browser-integration xesam:artist Аукцыон > plasma-browser-integration xesam:title День победы > plasma-browser-integration xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=z40a0EOaN7s&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg > plasma-browser-integration kde:pid 263104 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:artUrl file:///tmp/plasma-browser-integration_artwork_arJmxK.jpg > plasma-browser-integration mpris:length 248000000 > plasma-browser-integration mpris:trackid '/org/kde/plasma/browser_integration/1337' > plasma-browser-integration xesam:album Бодун > plasma-browser-integration xesam:artist Аукцыон > plasma-browser-integration xesam:title День победы > plasma-browser-integration xesam:url https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=z40a0EOaN7s&list=RDEM0862eoObfg3DjHQ48x19Cg The action I done to recover mpris:artUrl and get album art visible again (permanently for this track) is pause/resume after toggle. So perhaps the problem is a little more complex, and perhaps specific to certain applications.