Sound dropping out, debug message: "Output is Starving"

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Sound dropping out, debug message: "Output is Starving"

Postby Agent24 » 04 Jul 2010 04:16

I recently upgraded my computer and reinstalled Windows. I am using XP Pro SP3 and VLC v1.1.0

I have a problem with most video files where the sound cuts out intermittently.

Looking at the debug log, I see:

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main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (-47229) main warning: timing screwed, stopping resampling main warning: buffer is 94980 in advance, triggering downsampling main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (-43916) main warning: audio drift is too big (-137376), clearing out main warning: timing screwed, stopping resampling main warning: mixer start isn't output start (-54240) main debug: audio output is starving (144167), playing silence
The videos that Windows Media Player can play and has codecs for work fine, but in VLC the same files have issues.

I tried playing the files in Mplayer and I had the same dropout issues. I expect they are caused for the same reason, so it must be a commonality between Mplayer and VLC.

Is there a likely cause for this kind of problem?

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Re: Sound dropping out, debug message: "Output is Starving"

Postby VLC_help » 04 Jul 2010 16:04

Does this happen with audio files? Or only with video files?

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Re: Sound dropping out, debug message: "Output is Starving"

Postby Agent24 » 05 Jul 2010 01:59

It appears to be only video files.

MP3, FLAC and APE work fine at least.

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Re: Sound dropping out, debug message: "Output is Starving"

Postby VLC_help » 05 Jul 2010 16:56

Does it help if you change video output module?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.0 ... _output.3F


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