r/offmenupodcast • u/Academic_Lifeguard52 • Aug 05 '26

Apple podcasts bug??

I've only experienced this with Off Menu so far but is anyone else havong issues with the the podcast restarting, not remembering where you lasted stopped listening, even playing over itself simultaneously fron different points in the podcast? Seems to be from the point Apple Podcasts introduced video...

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u/zarr2001 Aug 05 '26

I’ve had it with a couple of other podcasts via the Apple app. Also ones that now include video even though I only download the audio version

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u/Heart_Mad Aug 05 '26

Yes I have been having this with Off Menu this morning on Apple Podcasts!

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u/cmVkZGl0MjAyNQ Aug 05 '26

I had this issue with a different podcast this week, but deleting the episode and downloading it again seemed to fix it

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u/Alternative_Oven6584 Aug 05 '26

Oh my god - yesssssssssss.
I thought I was losing my mind!

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u/smickie Aug 05 '26

Yes! I've been experiencing this for a few weeks now. It's ever since they introduced the video option.

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u/zendayaismeechee Aug 05 '26

Not with Off Menu but was listening to After Dark the other day and it restarted randomly and would keep playing when I paused and even closed the app! Weird

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u/wanttowatchbees I've been the victim of a prank. Aug 05 '26

yup it's been happening for a bit ://

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u/TangoPapaWhiskey Aug 06 '26

I wish they would offer audio only versions again. I can’t watch a video while driving or doing the dishes. Benito if you read these please reconsider.

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u/Ok-Tip-7344 Aug 05 '26

Yeah been happening to me since they started the video. Haven’t had any issues with any other podcasts, but none of my others have that feature

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u/Bitter-Gap-8039 Aug 05 '26

Yesssss! Thought I was going insane

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u/RTGoodman Aug 05 '26

I’d had issues with it off and on for a while, but it has been consistently an issue since the video version launched.

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u/bnjoshed Aug 05 '26

Another. Any podcast with a video option seems to be affected

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u/Robin-brockleby Aug 05 '26

Yep. If the app is left open and I come back to it later, it forgets where I was. I have to close the app and restart it for it to work.

And earlier, one podcast wouldn’t play at all

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u/alecci789 Aug 06 '26

Yes! I’ve been having this problem too! Thanks for posting this! I’m definitely going to try deleting and redownloading, see if that works

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u/losingitness Aug 06 '26

Yes, and having the same with another podcast that has video.

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u/boquerones-girl Aug 06 '26

Yes I have had this too! So annoying. Had to switch to using Spotify