# How do you stop an indefinite playlist?

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**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-stop-an-indefinite-playlist/1663 "2020-12-10T22:20:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![D3IIOT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/d3iiot/32/761_2.png) [@D3IIOT](https://wled.discourse.group/u/D3IIOT)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-stop-an-indefinite-playlist/1663/1 "2020-12-10T22:20:41Z")

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I have been playing with the playlist functionality and it is great…except how do you stop a playlist that is set to indefinite?

`{"on":true,"playlist":{"ps":[1,2,3,6],"dur":[100,100,100,100],"transition":7,"repeat":0}}`

No matter what I do the playlist just keeps right on going even if I turn WLED off (using the gui) or select another preset.

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**Author:** ![huggy-d1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/huggy-d1/32/51_2.png) [@huggy-d1](https://wled.discourse.group/u/huggy-d1)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-stop-an-indefinite-playlist/1663/2 "2020-12-11T00:11:36Z")

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Try to submit something like this??  
{“on”:true,“playlist”:{“ps”:[1],“dur”:[100],“transition”:7,“repeat”:1}}  
Is ps the name of the playlist? I did not look in the json api to see if it’s a command.

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**Author:** ![ASPtr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/asptr/32/802_2.png) [@ASPtr](https://wled.discourse.group/u/ASPtr)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-stop-an-indefinite-playlist/1663/3 "2020-12-11T04:18:09Z")

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It work, but only if after command {“on”:true,“playlist”:{“ps”:[1],“dur”:[100],“transition”:7,“repeat”:1}} load any other preset. Then playlist really stop, and loaded preset actvated.

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**Author:** ![huggy-d1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/huggy-d1/32/51_2.png) [@huggy-d1](https://wled.discourse.group/u/huggy-d1)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-stop-an-indefinite-playlist/1663/4 "2020-12-11T19:49:24Z")

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Glad you found a way to make it work.

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**Author:** ![n1v](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@n1v](https://wled.discourse.group/u/n1v)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-stop-an-indefinite-playlist/1663/5 "2020-12-21T03:24:01Z")

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I have been experimenting with the new playlist feature as well and I’m experiencing the same issue; I can’t get the playlist to stop running. If I select a new preset, that preset will run for a little bit and then immediately jump back to the playlist. If I reboot WLED and choose a a non-playlist preset, everything is fine. As soon I select a playlist preset, the problem returns.

Is there anyway to stop a playlist from running once you start it without rebooting?