frequent audio playback static

[coyote2]

While playing back audio files (I tried FLAC and mp3) I get static about 50% of the time. The same files play back with zero static in Audacity.

This never happened before.

VLC 2.2.0
Audacity 1.3.12b

[coyote2]

bump please?

[coyote2]

any help, please?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Please share your logs.

[coyote2]

Thank you very much for your reply, Jean-Baptiste!

I'm not getting the static now...perhaps because version 2.2.1 came out and I of course upgraded. I'll post logs if ever I need to ask for help again.

[coyote2]

The static is there again. v2.2.1 Logs at Verbosity = 2:

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core debug: processing request item: 150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3, node: Playlist, skip: 0 core debug: resyncing on 150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3 core debug: 150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3 is at 0 core debug: starting playback of the new playlist item core debug: resyncing on 150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3 core debug: 150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3 is at 0 core debug: creating new input thread core debug: Creating an input for '150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' core debug: requesting art for 150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3 core debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\DOCUME~1\Bill\LOCALS~1\Temp' core debug: `file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Bill/My%20Documents/rsi/Tascam%20DR-05/150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' gives access `file' demux `' path `/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Bill/My%20Documents/rsi/Tascam%20DR-05/150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' core debug: specified demux `any' core debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='any' location='/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Bill/My%20Documents/rsi/Tascam%20DR-05/150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' file='C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents\rsi\Tascam DR-05\150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' core debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates core debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 12 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher core debug: no access_demux modules matched lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac core debug: creating access 'file' location='/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Bill/My%20Documents/rsi/Tascam%20DR-05/150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3', path='C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents\rsi\Tascam DR-05\150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' core debug: looking for access module matching "file": 21 candidates filesystem debug: opening file `C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents\rsi\Tascam DR-05\150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' core debug: using access module "filesystem" core debug: Using stream method for AStream* core debug: starting pre-buffering core debug: received first data after 0 ms core debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s core debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 6 candidates core debug: no stream_filter modules matched core debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 6 candidates core debug: using stream_filter module "record" core debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='any' location='/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Bill/My%20Documents/rsi/Tascam%20DR-05/150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' file='C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents\rsi\Tascam DR-05\150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' core debug: looking for demux module matching "any": 66 candidates es debug: detected format mpga core debug: looking for packetizer module matching "any": 23 candidates core debug: using packetizer module "mpeg_audio" lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac es debug: did not sync on first block mpeg_audio debug: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitrate:320 core debug: selecting program id=0 core debug: no meta fetcher modules matched core debug: searching art for 150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3 core debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates core debug: using demux module "es" core debug: looking for a subtitle file in C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents\rsi\Tascam DR-05\ core debug: looking for decoder module matching "any": 43 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art core debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio" lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac core debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.luac core debug: no meta reader modules matched core debug: `file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Bill/My%20Documents/rsi/Tascam%20DR-05/150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3' successfully opened core debug: Buffering 0% core debug: Buffering 8% mpeg_audio debug: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitrate:320 core debug: Buffering 17% core debug: reusing audio output core debug: Buffering 26% core debug: Buffering 34% core debug: Buffering 43% directsound debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output core debug: Buffering 52% core debug: Buffering 60% core debug: Buffering 69% core debug: Buffering 78% core debug: Buffering 87% core debug: Buffering 95% core debug: Stream buffering done (313 ms in 0 ms) qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac core debug: no art finder modules matched core debug: art not found for 150504_0000CoolEditWH.mp3 directsound debug: Windows speaker config: Stereo and stream has 2 channels, using 2 channels core debug: output 'f32l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes core debug: looking for audio volume module matching "any": 2 candidates core debug: using audio volume module "float_mixer" core debug: input 'mpga' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1152 samples/1053 bytes core debug: looking for audio filter module matching "scaletempo": 14 candidates scaletempo debug: format: 44100 rate, 2 nch, 4 bps, fl32 scaletempo debug: params: 30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search scaletempo debug: 1.000 scale, 1323.000 stride_in, 1323 stride_out, 1059 standing, 264 overlap, 617 search, 2204 queue, fl32 mode core debug: using audio filter module "scaletempo" core debug: conversion: 'mpga'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo core debug: looking for audio converter module matching "any": 12 candidates core debug: no audio converter modules matched core debug: looking for audio converter module matching "any": 12 candidates mpgatofixed32 debug: mpga->f32l, bits per sample: 32 core debug: using audio converter module "mpgatofixed32" core debug: conversion pipeline complete core debug: conversion: 'f32l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo core debug: conversion pipeline complete core debug: looking for audio resampler module matching "any": 3 candidates core debug: using audio resampler module "samplerate" core debug: End of audio preroll core debug: Decoder wait done in 46 ms

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

All looks good in the logs, tbh.

Try changing audio output in preferences.