diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 985221c..cbda2f9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+linamp (1.2.1) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+  * Bugfix: Fixed glitches on spectrum analyzer for views that use audiospectrumcatpure class (CD player, Bluetooth player)
+  * Bugfix: Fixed spectrum analyzer not showing spectrum of right channel on file player
+  * Bugfix: Fix crashes on CD player when a request to musicbrainz fails
+
+ -- Rodrigo Méndez <rodrigo@linamp.org>  Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:22:00 -0600
+
 linamp (1.2.0) bookworm; urgency=medium
 
   * Bugfix: After boot and loading the first file into the playlist, playback fails.
diff --git a/python/linamp/cdplayer.py b/python/linamp/cdplayer.py
index 969563a..4c25797 100644
--- a/python/linamp/cdplayer.py
+++ b/python/linamp/cdplayer.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def fetchdata():
         result = musicbrainzngs.get_releases_by_discid(
             disc.id, includes=["artists", "recordings"]
         )  # get data from Musicbrainz
-    except musicbrainzngs.ResponseError:
+    except Exception:
         print(
             "disc not found or bad response, using cdtxt instead"
         )  # if not available search for cdtext
@@ -148,6 +148,15 @@ def fetchdata():
                     artists[t - i_first_track] = value
                 pass
     d.close()
+
+    # artists and track_list should be arrays of strings, make sure they are:
+    for i, artist in enumerate(artists):
+        if type(artist) is not str:
+            artists[i] = "Unknown"
+    for i, track in enumerate(track_list):
+        if type(track) is not str:
+            track_list[i] = f"Track {i + 1}"
+
     return artists, track_list, album, i_tracks, durations, is_data_tracks
 
 
diff --git a/src/audiosource-base/audiosourcewspectrumcapture.cpp b/src/audiosource-base/audiosourcewspectrumcapture.cpp
index b689f99..08257ba 100644
--- a/src/audiosource-base/audiosourcewspectrumcapture.cpp
+++ b/src/audiosource-base/audiosourcewspectrumcapture.cpp
@@ -8,17 +8,6 @@
 
 bool globalAudioSourceWSpectrumCaptureInstanceIsRunning = false;
 
-bool is_valid_sample(QByteArray *sample)
-{
-    // Greedy: suposing that 100 is enough
-    for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
-        if(sample->at(i) != 0) {
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
 /* our data processing function is in general:
  *
  *  struct pw_buffer *b;
@@ -204,7 +193,7 @@ void AudioSourceWSpectrumCapture::pwLoop()
                             &pwData);
 
     struct spa_audio_info_raw audio_info;
-    audio_info.format = SPA_AUDIO_FORMAT_S16_LE;
+    audio_info.format = SPA_AUDIO_FORMAT_S16P;
     audio_info.channels = SPECTRUM_DATA_CHANNELS;
     audio_info.rate = SPECTRUM_DATA_SAMPLE_RATE;
     params[0] = spa_format_audio_raw_build(&b, SPA_PARAM_EnumFormat,
@@ -238,10 +227,6 @@ void AudioSourceWSpectrumCapture::emitData()
         return;
     }
 
-    if(!is_valid_sample(pwData.sample)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     emit dataEmitted(*pwData.sample, spectrumDataFormat);
     pwData.sample->clear();
     delete pwData.sampleStream;
diff --git a/src/view-player/spectrumwidget.cpp b/src/view-player/spectrumwidget.cpp
index 11c90ff..8a5029d 100644
--- a/src/view-player/spectrumwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/view-player/spectrumwidget.cpp
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ float pcmToFloat(qint16 pcm)
 static void floatPcmToMono(const float *data, float *mono, int channels)
 {
     if (channels == 1) {
-        memcpy(mono, data, sizeof(float) * 512);
+        memcpy(mono, data, sizeof(float) * N);
     }
     else {
         float *set = mono;
-        while (set < &mono[512]) {
+        while (set < &mono[N]) {
             *set++ = (data[0] + data[1]) / 2;
             data += channels;
         }
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void SpectrumWidget::paintEvent (QPaintEvent *)
     if(m_playing) {
         float mono[N];
         float freq[N / 2];
-        int channels = 2; // TODO get from format
+        int channels = m_format.channelCount();
         floatPcmToMono(m_data, mono, channels);
         calc_freq(mono, freq);
 
@@ -225,20 +225,31 @@ void SpectrumWidget::setData(const QByteArray &data, QAudioFormat format)
     m_format = format;
     Q_ASSERT(m_format.sampleFormat() == QAudioFormat::Int16);
 
+    if(m_format.sampleFormat() != QAudioFormat::Int16) {
+        // Bad sample format, only Int16 is currently supported
+        return;
+    }
+
     const int bytesPerFrame = format.bytesPerFrame();
+    Q_ASSERT(bytesPerFrame == 4); // Expecting Stereo Int16
+
+    if(bytesPerFrame != 4) {
+        // Bad bytes per frame, expecting 4 (Int16 Stereo)
+        return;
+    }
 
-    if(data.length() < DFT_SIZE * 4) {
+    if(data.length() < DFT_SIZE * bytesPerFrame) {
         // Not enough data for processing, ignore
         return;
     }
 
     const char *ptr = data.constData();
-    for (int i = 0; i < DFT_SIZE * 2; ++i) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < DFT_SIZE * bytesPerFrame; ++i) {
         const qint16 pcmSample = *reinterpret_cast<const qint16 *>(ptr);
         // Scale down to range [-1.0, 1.0]
         float floatSample = pcmToFloat(pcmSample);
         m_data[i] = floatSample;
-        ptr += bytesPerFrame;
+        ptr += 2;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/view-player/spectrumwidget.h b/src/view-player/spectrumwidget.h
index f8d2062..41d234a 100644
--- a/src/view-player/spectrumwidget.h
+++ b/src/view-player/spectrumwidget.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class SpectrumWidget : public QWidget
     void paintEvent (QPaintEvent *);
 
 private:
-    float m_data[DFT_SIZE * 2];
+    float m_data[DFT_SIZE * 4];
     float m_xscale[N_BANDS + 1];
     int m_bandValues[N_BANDS + 1];
     int m_bandDelays[N_BANDS + 1];