What does Stop audio & video do in Moonfade Settings?

Stop audio & video is the Moonfade setting to check when you want the timer to request a playback ending. Enable it in Settings, choose the fade duration separately, and test the result with your media app. The enabled setting is not a promise that a player will pause on every Android device.

The Moonfade setup guide tells users to enable Stop audio & video and choose a 0–60-second fade. These two choices are worth reading together because they describe different parts of the timer's ending.

What the setting is for

Moonfade provides a timer for media already playing in another app. At the ending, it can lower the Android media-volume stream and request audio focus to ask playback to pause. Stop audio & video is the documented setting to enable for that playback-ending behavior.

The setting does not provide the media itself. Start music, a podcast, an audiobook, or video in your usual player before opening Moonfade. This makes the intended playback session clear and gives you something observable when you test the ending.

The name includes audio and video, but the outcome still depends on the media app and phone. Do not read it as a universal command that forces any player to stop regardless of how that player responds.

Fade is a separate part of the ending

Your countdown defines when Moonfade begins its ending. With Stop audio & video enabled, countdown completion starts the configured 0–60-second media-volume fade, followed by an audio-focus request to pause playback. Moonfade then separately requests display lock when Turn off the screen is enabled. Disabling Stop audio & video skips both fade and audio focus. These requests do not prove that the player paused or the physical display locked. Choosing a positive fade means you should observe that extra interval before assessing the final player state.

For example, a 15-minute countdown with a 20-second fade gives you 15 minutes of countdown followed by a separate fade interval. It does not mean Stop audio & video starts a fade during the last 20 seconds of the countdown.

Zero removes the gradual fade interval. It does not remove the chosen countdown or turn a playback request into a guaranteed pause. Whichever fade value you prefer, inspect the player after the timer's ending rather than deciding from volume alone.

Why the setting is an early troubleshooting check

Moonfade Support specifically advises checking that Stop audio & video is enabled if playback does not stop as expected. It then recommends testing again with the media app you use, because device and player behavior can differ.

This is a focused check: before assuming a broad compatibility issue, make sure the requested ending is enabled in Moonfade. If it is enabled, proceed to a short test rather than repeatedly changing the same switch without observing the result.

Record the fade duration at the same time. Otherwise, you might check the player too early and interpret an ongoing fade as a failed playback request. The selected countdown and fade together explain when it is useful to inspect the outcome.

Use the countdown-and-fade guide for the timing order and the controlled player-response test to observe the actual result.

Verify the result with a short run

Begin playback in the intended media app. Choose a short Moonfade duration with the dial, check Stop audio & video, and select a fade you can note. Tap Start and complete the required Device Admin activation when prompted before the countdown can begin in the current version.

Let the countdown finish without extending or shortening it. Listen for volume reduction during the ending, then inspect the player's state or progress after the fade. Record whether playback paused, continued quietly, or continued at an unexpected volume.

Also observe display lock separately. Device Admin access serves Moonfade's display-lock behavior; a locked display does not establish that Stop audio & video produced an actual pause. This is particularly relevant when testing video, where a dark display can hide a player that is still progressing.

Keep your conclusions specific

A useful result is “this player paused with these settings on this phone” or “this player kept progressing after the fade.” Both are clearer than assuming the setting either works universally or never works.

If the result remains unexpected, provide support with your Android version, phone model, media app, countdown, fade duration, and confirmation that Stop audio & video was enabled. Those details connect the report to an actual test rather than to the label of a setting.

Get Moonfade on Google Play, enable Stop audio & video for the ending you want, and verify that ending once with a short timer in your usual media app.