Episodes go silent halfway through playing.
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I have not had this problem for a while now. When I was having the problem it was never related to playback speed, I always use 1x playback speed and I don’t use the trim silence or volume boost features. I could never fix it though, even reinstalling didn’t help. I can’t clear the app cache because I have an iPhone not android phone.
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I’ve had this issue for six months. It’s not quite random. Rest is History is badly affected – one in every three or four episodes as are some podcasts on Pushkin (I subscribe to the latter).
I love the app but it’s bad enough that I am thinking of ditching it.
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Has there been any solution to this problem? I have an iPhone 16e, IOS 26.2, Apple CarPlay in a 2019 Hyundai Kona, connected by USB cable. This happens intermittently, don’t think it’s any particular podcast. I can usually clear it by shutting the app down and restarting, not a good idea while driving.
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I’ve had this issue for a while and can report that it is definitely still happening. It happens in different podcasts, often occurs when on Carplay (possibly exclusively), and is apparently unrecoverable even by restarting the app. It’s making me consider switching to a different app unfortunately.
Pocket Casts v 8.3.2.0
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I definitely see it on multiple (but not sure about all) podcasts.
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Ok I think I’ve found a fix. Not sure if this is the same as everyone else but for me I think the problem is I get stuck with an incomplete download. To fix it, I pause playback then find the episode and choose remove download. Then I download the episode again, wait for it to complete and unpause and it plays fine.
I think in some cases I haven’t been able to remove the download so I quit that app and re open. Then it removes without problems.
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Thanks. This makes sense that it would be related to an incomplete or somehow corrupted download. I think I get the issue most often when I start a non-downloaded episode streaming when I get in the car. So it makes sense that the possibly unstable network connection (and maybe a switch off Wifi) might yield an incomplete download.
It’d be great if the app could detect this incomplete download and somehow recover.
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I’m having this exact issue of podcasts going silent partially through playback. I had it happen with one particular weekly podcast consistently, but I’ve just had it happen with a completely different podcast. On iOS 26.3 played through the speaker.
It is incredibly frustrating for a piece of audio conversation to drop out to silence in mid-stream. That the problem seemed to me to start with just one show repeatedly before moving on to others could be a clue? Hope you can fix this issue quickly. -
Hi there, @np2428k5s2! Thanks for reporting this. In this case, we recommend you contact us via the app so our team can see the debug log. Go to Profile > Help & feedback > Contact Support > Get Support. Please include the following:
- Your iPhone model and iOS version (you mention iOS 26.3 in your message).
- Your Pocket Casts app version (Profile → Settings → About).
- Whether it only ever happens with downloaded or with streamed episodes, or both.
- The names of a couple of shows/episodes where this happened, and roughly where in the episode it went silent.
Also, could you tell us whether the silence also happens when you download the episode first and play it offline, or only when streaming? Thanks in advance for any other information you can provide.
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