VLC 3+ Bluetooth headphones jumping when resuming from pause

[dbrain]

Hello,

This occurs on VLC 3.0.0 release and the VLC 4.0.0 nightlies for Win64. Possibly others but that is what I have tested.
When watching content, seemingly no specific format, it works fine from the start. If I pause, wait a few seconds and resume the audio starts skipping constantly, like you were listening to it through a fan or drumming the top of the speaker.

I can sometimes make it recover by disabling audio and reenabling, but generally I need to close VLC and reopen and continue from where I was.

Headphones are BOSE QC35 Series II. They are the only bluetooth device I have to test with so not sure if its specific to these headphones. The previous version was fine though.
Happy to provide whatever details will help.

Thanks!

[rwrahe]

I'm having an almost identical problem except on MacOS High Sierra with headphones plugged in. If VLC sees them (Audio shows as headphones) then pausing and resuming will generate that skipping/fluttering audio. Clicking the skip-reverse button, or in the slider and it clears up. VLC 3.0.0.

Sounds like a generic issue, not Windows specific.

Bob

[dbrain]

Thanks @rwrahe. Fluttering is a good word. I'll make a post in the general forum including your information and reference this.

[dbrain]

The general post is here:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=142568

[ssbssa]

Try moving libspatialaudio_plugin.dll out of the VLC\plugins\audio_filter\ directory.
If the problem goes away after VLC restart, it's this bug: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/19406

[rwrahe]

Try moving libspatialaudio_plugin.dll out of the VLC\plugins\audio_filter\ directory.
If the problem goes away after VLC restart, it's this bug: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/19406

Perfect!

On MacOS (High Sierra) that is "libspatialaudio_plugin.dylib" in the directory: "/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/plugins". Moved it to /tmp and no more fluttering with headphones.

Thanks,

Bob

[dbrain]

Thanks! Also solved it on Windows 10 (64bit), just suffixed the file with .disable.