# Audio files stop playing after a few trials in online study

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/audio-files-stop-playing-after-a-few-trials-in-online-study/40384>\
**Category:** Online experiments\
**Tags:** sound, online, pavlovia\
**Created:** [June 11, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/audio-files-stop-playing-after-a-few-trials-in-online-study/40384 "2024-06-11T10:14:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Calvin\_Engstrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/calvin_engstrom/32/39887_2.png) [@Calvin\_Engstrom](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Calvin_Engstrom)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/audio-files-stop-playing-after-a-few-trials-in-online-study/40384/2 "2026-01-29T20:52:36Z")

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Hi there,

It seems like I am encountering a very similar issue (see [this thread](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/audio-files-stop-working-partway-through-experiment-in-pavlovia/46479/2)). It also occurs about 1/3 of the times that participants run the experiment. Were you ever able to fix this?

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