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Re: Audio cuts off when clicking on desktop

dummy@example.com (RedGreen925) — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:02:09 +0000

Listening to audio files in VLC, if I click on the desktop AT ALL, an icon or empty space, the sound gets turned off.
WTF is happening?

Not that it going to do you much good but just tested it here as I had never seen that before and I know why, it does not happen on my install. I am using the KDE in Excalibur for my desktop.

Audio cuts off when clicking on desktop

dummy@example.com (Micronaut) — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:08:12 +0000

Listening to audio files in VLC, if I click on the desktop AT ALL, an icon or empty space, the sound gets turned off. I can look at the player and see the audio is still being played. And VLC itself doesn't show the sound as being muted. Nor does the sound control of the toolbar. But the sound is OFF. I cannot fix it without completely closing VLC and starting it again.

WTF is happening?