Hi,
The current version (3.0.16) can't play short audio files, stopping before playing the whole fiile.
From googling it seems to keep coming back between versions...
That fixed it for me as well, thanks.I "forced" the Audio device output (DirectX), now Volume control is responsive. I don't know if this is the real "trick", or only causality
Also, now i can force a % to start from when VLC open up.