hmm, maybe it’s only happening on larger playlists? tried a small one and it kept going to finish quickly, but tried a larger and after 40 seconds it stopped - waited 20s and opened plexamp, and it kicked on again (the spikes are just a movie streaming) tested again, same result, waited longer for a background process to start again and notta, opened plexamp and it ramped back up. Minimized, it cooled off.