I pondered that exact thing and checked it,
Only if I play something from a folder alone ..... and it's so intermitent that I can sort it out in terms of actual trouble shooting.
It just started happening with 3.10 and beyond. I didn't realize it was so bad until some heavy listening the last couple days .... and using a second player today..... and yes with completely different files.
It's all coming off different sd cards and not internal, memory is that a symptom?
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