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Piano For Dummies also has this issue, btw, so it's not just a VLC issue.

Are there any tools to configure the buffer, or similar, on the audio card side? For my unit, the Tascam US-144, I can alter those settings, but only within the audio software I am using. I have those options in Logic Express and Garageband. My old Tascam US 428 allowed you to change those settings...

Edit: Came across this thread: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=45582 . Although it is Windows oriented, see if any of the steps work for you on the Mac side.

I think that should be viewtopic.php?f=14&t=45582 No "httpS"

lso, if you find any open source applications that can output audio to the device properly, please could you list it here? The idea being that the VLC developers can see if something is being done

Audacity works fine. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Do any of you have any VLC logs that might indicate an error? Any ideas where I can find those logs (Snow Leopard)? Under the Window menus, then Messages. I see tons of this: main debug: audio output is too slow (42777), trashing 46440us Complete log: audio output is too slow (43057), trashing 4643...

@Philosopher Which Tascam Unit do you have? I have the original US-144, not the US-144MKII. I think I've only had this problem since upgrading to Snow Leopard. I now have two programs that will output audio to the Mac's regular output, but not through the Tascam US-144. Fortunately Logic Express and...