Cannot Create MMDevice Output Module

[Moriquendi]

Hello,

I'm trying to create vlc instance with mmdevice audio output. I've passed "--aout=mmdevice" to my libvlc instance but for some reason I get the following error:

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main audio output debug: looking for audio output module matching "mmdevice": 6 candidates mmdevice audio output error: cannot initialize COM (error 0x80010106)

and then libvlc defaults to directsound. Any reason I am facing this problem? I'm using VLC 3.0.4.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

I think you answered your own question here. It fails because CoInitializeEx() returns error 0x80010106.