diff -Nru pithos-1.6.1/data/io.github.Pithos.appdata.xml.in pithos-1.6.2/data/io.github.Pithos.appdata.xml.in
--- pithos-1.6.1/data/io.github.Pithos.appdata.xml.in	2023-05-19 17:30:22.000000000 +0000
+++ pithos-1.6.2/data/io.github.Pithos.appdata.xml.in	2024-03-03 23:53:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -9,21 +9,42 @@
   <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
   <project_license>GPL-3.0+</project_license>
   <description>
-    <p>Pithos is a easy to use native Pandora Radio client that is more lightweight than the pandora.com web client and integrates with the desktop.</p>
-    <p>It supports most functionality of pandora.com such as rating songs, creating/managing stations, quickmix, etc. On top of that it has features such as last.fm scrobbling, media keys, notifications, proxies, and mpris support.</p>
+    <p>An easy to use native Pandora Radio client that is more lightweight than the pandora.com web client and integrates with the desktop.</p>
+    <p>It supports most functionality of pandora.com such as rating songs, creating/managing stations, quickmix, etc. On top of that it has many features such as last.fm scrobbling</p>
   </description>
   <url type="homepage">https://pithos.github.io</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/pithos/pithos/issues</url>
   <url type="translate">https://github.com/pithos/pithos/wiki/Contributing</url>
   <url type="donation">https://goo.gl/StrKkg</url>
   <url type="help">https://github.com/pithos/pithos/wiki</url>
+  <branding>
+    <color type="primary" scheme_preference="light">#e6d4ff</color>
+    <color type="primary" scheme_preference="dark">#644b93</color>
+  </branding>
   <screenshots>
-    <screenshot type="default" width="624" height="351">
-      <image>http://i.imgur.com/2U2ce8v.png</image>
-      <caption>Main Window</caption>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://i.imgur.com/RzMCls4.png</image>
+      <caption>Main Window showing a playlist</caption>
+    </screenshot>
+    <screenshot>
+      <image>https://i.imgur.com/5tcEhkp.png</image>
+      <caption>Dialog showing available plugins</caption>
+    </screenshot>
+    <screenshot>
+      <image>https://i.imgur.com/NyQ0uZB.png</image>
+      <caption>Dark variant of the main window</caption>
     </screenshot>
   </screenshots>
   <releases>
+    <release date="2024-03-03" version="1.6.2">
+      <description>
+        <p>This is a small release with a few fixes</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Fix issue where playback would stop after a few songs</li>
+          <li>Fix album art caches never being deleted</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release date="2023-05-19" version="1.6.1">
       <description>
         <p>This is a small bugfix release</p>
diff -Nru pithos-1.6.1/debian/changelog pithos-1.6.2/debian/changelog
--- pithos-1.6.1/debian/changelog	2022-09-29 21:49:19.000000000 +0000
+++ pithos-1.6.2/debian/changelog	2022-09-29 21:49:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-pithos (1.6.1-0ubuntu20.04) focal; urgency=medium
+pithos (1.6.2-0ubuntu20.04) focal; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix issue where playback would stop after a few songs
+  * Fix album art caches never being deleted
+
+ -- pandajim (key for lives deb) <ubuntuhandbook1@gmail.com>  Tue, 29 Sep 2022 21:49:19 +0000
+
+pithos (1.6.1-0ubuntu22.04) jammy; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix Python 3.11 (ubuntu 23.04, Fedora 38) support.
   * Fix very short songs being labeled as ads.
diff -Nru pithos-1.6.1/meson.build pithos-1.6.2/meson.build
--- pithos-1.6.1/meson.build	2023-05-19 17:30:22.000000000 +0000
+++ pithos-1.6.2/meson.build	2024-03-03 23:53:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('pithos',
-  version: '1.6.1',
+  version: '1.6.2',
   meson_version: '>= 0.50.0'
 )
 
diff -Nru pithos-1.6.1/pithos/pithos.py pithos-1.6.2/pithos/pithos.py
--- pithos-1.6.1/pithos/pithos.py	2023-05-19 17:30:22.000000000 +0000
+++ pithos-1.6.2/pithos/pithos.py	2024-03-03 23:53:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 
 import contextlib
+import hashlib
 import html
 import json
 import logging
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import time
-import tempfile
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 
 ALBUM_ART_SIZE = 96
 TEXT_X_PADDING = 12
+# 15 days in seconds to retain album art files.
+ART_CACHE_TIME = 1.296e+6
 
 FALLBACK_BLACK = Gdk.RGBA(red=0.0, green=0.0, blue=0.0, alpha=1.0)
 FALLBACK_WHITE = Gdk.RGBA(red=1.0, green=1.0, blue=1.0, alpha=1.0)
@@ -298,7 +300,7 @@
         self._query_position = Gst.Query.new_position(Gst.Format.TIME)
         self._query_buffer = Gst.Query.new_buffering(Gst.Format.PERCENT)
 
-        self.player = Gst.ElementFactory.make("playbin", "player")
+        self.player = Gst.ElementFactory.make("playbin3", "player")
         self.player.set_property('buffer-duration', 3 * Gst.SECOND)
         self.rgvolume = Gst.ElementFactory.make("rgvolume", "rgvolume")
         self.rgvolume.set_property("album-mode", False)
@@ -369,8 +371,9 @@
             if is_flatpak():
                 # However in flatpak that path is not readable by the host.
                 tempdir_base = os.path.join(GLib.get_user_cache_dir(), 'tmp')
-            self.tempdir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='pithos-', dir=tempdir_base)
-            logging.info("Created temporary directory {}".format(self.tempdir.name))
+            self.tempdir = os.path.join(tempdir_base, 'pithos_cache')
+            os.makedirs(self.tempdir, exist_ok=True)
+            logging.info("Created temporary directory {}".format(self.tempdir))
         except IOError as e:
             self.tempdir = None
             logging.warning('Failed to create a temporary directory: {}'.format(e))
@@ -848,6 +851,15 @@
         else:
             self.user_play()
 
+    def clear_art_cache(self):
+        logging.info('Checking for expired art in cache')
+        timestamp = time.time()
+        with os.scandir(self.tempdir) as art_list:
+            for art in art_list:
+                age = timestamp - art.stat().st_mtime
+                if age > ART_CACHE_TIME:
+                    os.remove(os.path.join(self.tempdir, art.path))
+
     def get_playlist(self, start = False):
         if self.playlist_update_timer_id:
             GLib.source_remove(self.playlist_update_timer_id)
@@ -877,11 +889,16 @@
                 return (None, None,) + extra
 
             file_url = None
+            song, index = extra
             if tmpdir:
                 try:
-                    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='art-', suffix='.jpeg', dir=tmpdir.name, delete=False) as f:
-                        f.write(image)
-                        file_url = urllib.parse.urljoin('file://', urllib.parse.quote(f.name))
+                    self.clear_art_cache()
+                    filename_hash = hashlib.sha256((song.artist+song.album).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()+'.jpeg'
+                    cache_file_path = os.path.join(self.tempdir, filename_hash)
+                    file_url = urllib.parse.urljoin('file://', urllib.parse.quote(cache_file_path))
+                    if not os.path.exists(cache_file_path):
+                        with open(cache_file_path, 'xb') as f:
+                            f.write(image)
                 except IOError:
                     logging.warning("Failed to write art tempfile")