Shadow 1 Feb, 2023 @ 7:34pm
Steam Client Forcibly Closing (Crashing) When Using Media Player.
Steam Is Now Constantly Crashing When I Attempt To Play Music Using Steam's Own Media Player, Is Anyone Having This Issue?
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DetectiveYellNow 2 Feb, 2023 @ 5:06pm 
Originally posted by Shadow:
Steam Is Now Constantly Crashing When I Attempt To Play Music Using Steam's Own Media Player, Is Anyone Having This Issue?

Yeah don't use the music player, something clearly broke in the steam app. So wait for a fix.
Last edited by DetectiveYellNow; 2 Feb, 2023 @ 5:07pm
blkbutterfly 2 Feb, 2023 @ 6:52pm 
Yeah, me too!

It was crashing on Sam Smith "Unholy".
I thought Steam was also protesting :steammocking:
Qbert ⭐ 2 Feb, 2023 @ 7:27pm 
This may sound dumb but, you have permissions to the music folder?
Are you using FLAC or MP3?
Shadow 2 Feb, 2023 @ 7:55pm 
im using some wav music too, and yes, there is permission to it, was working fine days ago before this new update
blkbutterfly 2 Feb, 2023 @ 8:11pm 
Originally posted by Xenophobe:
the music player doesn't exist in the new big picture, they may be preparing to remove it from desktop/large mode too ... like they did with the movie player.

But why?!

I'm sure at least 75%+ of players listen to their own music rather than game soundtracks, right?

Movie player yes.
Music player no.
DetectiveYellNow 3 Feb, 2023 @ 2:55am 
Originally posted by blkbutterfly:
Originally posted by Xenophobe:
the music player doesn't exist in the new big picture, they may be preparing to remove it from desktop/large mode too ... like they did with the movie player.

But why?!

I'm sure at least 75%+ of players listen to their own music rather than game soundtracks, right?

Movie player yes.
Music player no.

Depends but at the same time it's their program subjected to change at any moment.
Shadow 3 Feb, 2023 @ 4:36am 
Originally posted by Xenophobe:
the music player doesn't exist in the new big picture, they may be preparing to remove it from desktop/large mode too ... like they did with the movie player.

they doing that would be a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tbh, will be pulling a youtube one
blkbutterfly 3 Feb, 2023 @ 5:04am 
I have opened a ticket with Steam Support. So at least they know.
DetectiveYellNow 3 Feb, 2023 @ 2:11pm 
Originally posted by blkbutterfly:
I have opened a ticket with Steam Support. So at least they know.
Welp hope they say something
blkbutterfly 3 Feb, 2023 @ 3:18pm 
Originally posted by DetectiveYellNow:
Originally posted by blkbutterfly:
I have opened a ticket with Steam Support. So at least they know.
Welp hope they say something

You know what, please everyone file tickets with Steam Support.
The more reports the better the chance they will fix this.

I suspect that many gamers listen to their music on Spotify or whatever app so may be it's just a few of us who use the Steam MP.

(I'm pretty old school. I still use iTunes and get my music as downloads rather than stream).
Shadow 3 Feb, 2023 @ 6:32pm 
Originally posted by blkbutterfly:
Originally posted by DetectiveYellNow:
Welp hope they say something

You know what, please everyone file tickets with Steam Support.
The more reports the better the chance they will fix this.

I suspect that many gamers listen to their music on Spotify or whatever app so may be it's just a few of us who use the Steam MP.

(I'm pretty old school. I still use iTunes and get my music as downloads rather than stream).

i cant pretty much say a lot cause my head fells like a broken glass, i barelly remember how i used to do stuff in the past, where to download musics, app's used etc.
Krazi Shadowbear 8 Feb, 2023 @ 4:54pm 
Same happened to me yesterday. I was just trying to casually play some music with Steam's Music Player (as always), but it just kept crashing.

I would press Steam, and it would just "restart" Steam as it were booting up after a new update, with the game ads and everything.

I tried to rescan the albums and checked the music folder itself to make sure the songs were not corrupted or something, but it's was all perfectly fine except for Steam's Music Player...

I did find out today that MP3 audio files have an easier time being played through the Steam Music Player, but at least one of them crashed while I tried it.

This is really annoying because I like using the built-in music player for playing my music in-game, so seeing it at risk of being removed is going to be disappointing. I don't want to have to press the Windows key every time I wanna change the song manually on VLC Player or whatever.

(Also, my music folder is a mix of MP3s, M4As, WAVs, and OGGs, if anyone's curious. The music player crashes on all of them except a very small few. And even then, the sound "clicks" and glitches a bit, making it seem like it's struggling to play the music.)
Last edited by Krazi Shadowbear; 8 Feb, 2023 @ 4:57pm
blkbutterfly 9 Feb, 2023 @ 3:27am 
Originally posted by Krazi Shadowbear:
Same happened to me yesterday. I was just trying to casually play some music with Steam's Music Player (as always), but it just kept crashing.

I would press Steam, and it would just "restart" Steam as it were booting up after a new update, with the game ads and everything.

I tried to rescan the albums and checked the music folder itself to make sure the songs were not corrupted or something, but it's was all perfectly fine except for Steam's Music Player...

I did find out today that MP3 audio files have an easier time being played through the Steam Music Player, but at least one of them crashed while I tried it.

This is really annoying because I like using the built-in music player for playing my music in-game, so seeing it at risk of being removed is going to be disappointing. I don't want to have to press the Windows key every time I wanna change the song manually on VLC Player or whatever.

(Also, my music folder is a mix of MP3s, M4As, WAVs, and OGGs, if anyone's curious. The music player crashes on all of them except a very small few. And even then, the sound "clicks" and glitches a bit, making it seem like it's struggling to play the music.)

File a report with Steam Support.

The more info they have the easier it will be to isolate and recreate the problem.

My ticket is still on-going.
But Steam have still not been able to reproduce the crashes.
blkbutterfly 9 Feb, 2023 @ 4:37am 
Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:
Steam's embedded music player functions normally here. No issues detected.

If you cannot figure it out, try running the Steam installer or setup again. Re-install or repair Steam. (But don't uninstall it, lest you lose your data.)

I did all these things, as it was advised by Steam Support when I opened my ticket.

1. Reinstall Steam
2. SSD check.
3. Memory test.

All ran no problems. Still music player crash.

Yes, as a workaround just use your music player app for music instead of Steam.
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