Cannot turn off sound for specific app in audio widget because it does not appear in the list

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I have been using flashcard app Anki to review some cards that each has audio file, automatically played when card is opened. Since I was listening something else in the background I wanted to turn off the audio for Anki, but couldn’t do it because it is not shown among the applications.

Apparently, each file in Anki is played externally through mpv player. So when I open flashcard with audio file attached, it starts mpv process to play audio and then closes process when audio is finished (all files are just few seconds long). During this mpv process shortly appears in widget

Is there any way to turn off the audio for Anki? Or should I report this as a bug?

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hi, welcome.

this sounds like an issue with the app configuration more than an issue with plasma.

i would dive into the man page for anki man anki or anki --help and see if there are configuration options for how it handles audio files.

or maybe there is a way to launch it without audio.

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Thank you for the answer!

I don’t think there’s any option to run it without audio. I will contact Anki developers about this issue.