diff --git a/core/playback/mpv/socket_name.go b/core/playback/mpv/socket_name.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3722fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/playback/mpv/socket_name.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//go:build !windows
+
+package mpv
+
+import "github.com/navidrome/navidrome/utils"
+
+func SocketName(prefix, suffix string) string {
+	return utils.TempFileName(prefix, suffix)
+}
diff --git a/core/playback/mpv/socket_name_win.go b/core/playback/mpv/socket_name_win.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6285a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/playback/mpv/socket_name_win.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package mpv
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+func SocketName() string {
+	// Windows needs to use a named pipe for the socket
+	// see https://mpv.io/manual/master#using-mpv-from-other-programs-or-scripts
+	return filepath.Join(`\\.\pipe\mpvsocket`, prefix+uuid.NewString()+suffix)
+}
diff --git a/core/playback/mpv/track.go b/core/playback/mpv/track.go
index c8cdae0b..7bfd2776 100644
--- a/core/playback/mpv/track.go
+++ b/core/playback/mpv/track.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func NewTrack(playbackDoneChannel chan bool, deviceName string, mf model.MediaFi
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	tmpSocketName := utils.RandomSocketOrFileName("mpv-ctrl-", ".socket")
+	tmpSocketName := utils.TempFileName("mpv-ctrl-", ".socket")
 
 	args := createMPVCommand(mpvComdTemplate, deviceName, mf.Path, tmpSocketName)
 	exe, err := start(args)
diff --git a/scanner/metadata/taglib/taglib_test.go b/scanner/metadata/taglib/taglib_test.go
index f0c1784e..31007910 100644
--- a/scanner/metadata/taglib/taglib_test.go
+++ b/scanner/metadata/taglib/taglib_test.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Extractor", func() {
 			// Only run permission tests if we are not root
 			RegularUserContext("when run without root privileges", func() {
 				BeforeEach(func() {
-					accessForbiddenFile = utils.RandomSocketOrFileName("access_forbidden-", ".mp3")
+					accessForbiddenFile = utils.TempFileName("access_forbidden-", ".mp3")
 
 					f, err := os.OpenFile(accessForbiddenFile, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0222)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
diff --git a/utils/files.go b/utils/files.go
index bae79b08..293aba94 100644
--- a/utils/files.go
+++ b/utils/files.go
@@ -3,17 +3,10 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
-func RandomSocketOrFileName(prefix, suffix string) string {
-	socketPath := os.TempDir()
-	// Windows needs to use a named pipe instead of a file for the socket
-	// see https://mpv.io/manual/master#using-mpv-from-other-programs-or-scripts
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		socketPath = `\\.\pipe\mpvsocket`
-	}
-	return filepath.Join(socketPath, prefix+uuid.NewString()+suffix)
+func TempFileName(prefix, suffix string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), prefix+uuid.NewString()+suffix)
 }