[Bug]: YTM playing music video (audio/video) instead of the studio track
Author: blinkCodesCreated Nov 11, 2025Updated Sep 13, 2026
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Preflight Checklist
- I use the latest version of Pear Desktop (Application).
- I have searched the issue tracker for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.
- I understand that pear-devs/pear-desktop has NO affiliation with Google or YouTube
Pear Desktop (Application) Version
3.11.0.0
Checklists
- I use the portable version of the Pear Desktop Application.
- I can reproduce this issue in the official version of (WEB) YTM.
What operating system are you using?
Windows
Operating System Version
Windows 11 25H2
What CPU architecture are you using?
x64
Last Known Working Pear Desktop (Application) version
No response
Reproduction steps
- Play any track from an album that has tracks having a music video.
- Player defaults to playing the music video.
- Using video toggle plugin, turns off the video, however the audio being played is just from the MV instead of the studio version.
Expected Behavior
Play studio version of a track instead of the music video.
Actual Behavior
Plays music video or just the audio form the MV if using video toggle plugin, instead of the studio recorded track.
Enabled plugins
- Ad blocker
- Album color theme
- Ambient Mode
- Compact Sidebar
- Discord Rich Presence
- Exponential Volume
- In-App Menu
- Navigation
- Performance Improvement
- Precise Volume
- Scrobbler
- Synced Lyrics
- Taskbar Media Control
- Video Toggle (enabled)
Additional Information
No response
Source: pear-devs/pear-desktop