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Try unchecking "hardware decoding" in the Preferences under Input/Codecs (the basic settings). I have a new 2019 MacBook Pro that is showing this problem with the latest VLC (3.0.11.1). After unchecking "hardware decoding" the 'skipping at the beginning' problem went away. The sa...

I have the same issue on macOS (10.14.6) with VLC 3.0.8. It happens for an individual audio file, or for a playlist of audio files. If an audio file is paused , then the VLC and coreaudio processes consume a lot of CPU. If an audio file is stopped , then CPU consumption drops to zero or nearly zero....