I too have been having drop outs of audio, but not only in 2.1.1, but 2.1.0 and 2.0.8 as well. I've had an iMac for 2 months, and for the first 4 weeks audio was fine in all versions of VLC. Then suddenly the drop-outs started, and doesn't seem to matter what version of VLC I use. Other players do n...