Lost audio (after Windows Update?)

[Chimel]

I lost the audio output in VLC 2.1.3 Rincewind on Windows XP (old Asus EEPC 1000H).
I had this version of VLC installed since it released, with no audio problem.
It happened right after this week's Windows Update that I ran yesterday morning.
I can't tell for sure if it's linked, as I didn't notice it right away, but it was the only system change that happened at about the same time. There was no update related to DirectX or audio in any way that I could see. One on Silverlight, if that helps.

Now the weird thing is that when I first noticed the problem, I checked the audio on another media player, KMP, and it also had no sound. Windows Media Player and Youtube were fine though, and even KMP fixed its audio problem on its own (maybe after a reboot, not sure,) but VLC is the only application that still does not output sound.

Yesterday, when I tried to move the playback cursor to a different time in the song being (silently) played, I could hear the audio for a microsecond, as if this started working but the same problem soon made it silent. I tried resetting preferences, increasing the input disk cache from 300ms to 1000 and even 5000, changing the audio device from "Default" to "Realtec HD Audio output" (the only audio hardware on this netbook,) even uninstalled VLC and its preferences, made sure there was no Videolan and VLC folder left before downloading and reinstalling a fresh copy from videolan.org, all to no avail.

Here's the log I get when I try to open and play a folder (same folder I could play fine before,) lots of warnings, but lots of "directsound error: cannot start playing buffer" errors too at the bottom, when it actually tries to play the songs (I stopped playback after a few seconds):

qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: directory:///C:/music
main debug: adding item `music' ( directory:///C:/music )
main debug: processing request item: music, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 23 items, index 22
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on music
main debug: music is at 22
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'music'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\DOCUME~1\Chimel\LOCALS~1\Temp'
main debug: `directory:///C:/music' gives access `directory' demux `' path `/C:/music'
main debug: creating demux: access='directory' demux='' location='/C:/music' file='C:\music'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "directory": 12 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'directory' location='/C:/music', path='C:\music'
main debug: looking for access module matching "directory": 20 candidates
main debug: using access module "filesystem"
main debug: Using block method for AStream*
main debug: starting pre-buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: prebuffering done 160 bytes in 0s - 156250 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 6 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter modules matched
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 6 candidates
main debug: using stream_filter module "record"
main debug: creating demux: access='directory' demux='xspf-open' location='/C:/music' file='C:\music'
main debug: looking for demux module matching "xspf-open": 63 candidates
playlist debug: using XSPF playlist reader
main debug: using demux module "playlist"
main debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Chimel\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
main debug: no meta reader modules matched
main debug: `directory:///C:/music' successfully opened
main debug: looking for xml reader module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: using xml reader module "xml"
playlist debug: parsed 16 tracks successfully
main info: stopping playback
main debug: deleting item `music'
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: Creating an input for 'George Barnett - Where The Devil Sleeps.mp3'
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: control: stopping input
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: finished input
main debug: removing module "playlist"
main debug: removing module "record"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: dead input
main debug: processing request item: George Barnett - Where The Devil Sleeps.mp3, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 38 items, index 22
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on George Barnett - Where The Devil Sleeps.mp3
main debug: George Barnett - Where The Devil Sleeps.mp3 is at 22
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'George Barnett - Where The Devil Sleeps.mp3'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\DOCUME~1\Chimel\LOCALS~1\Temp'
main debug: `file:///C:/music/George%20Barnett%20-%20Where%20The%20Devil%20Sleeps.mp3' gives access `file' demux `' path `/C:/music/George%20Barnett%20-%20Where%20The%20Devil%20Sleeps.mp3'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/C:/music/George%20Barnett%20-%20Where%20The%20Devil%20Sleeps.mp3' file='C:\music\George Barnett - Where The Devil Sleeps.mp3'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 12 candidates
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'file' location='/C:/music/George%20Barnett%20-%20Where%20The%20Devil%20Sleeps.mp3', path='C:\music\George Barnett - Where The Devil Sleeps.mp3'
main debug: looking for access module matching "file": 20 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `C:\music\George Barnett - Where The Devil Sleeps.mp3'
main debug: using access module "filesystem"
main debug: Using stream method for AStream*
main debug: starting pre-buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 6 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter modules matched
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 6 candidates
main debug: using stream_filter module "record"
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/C:/music/George%20Barnett%20-%20Where%20The%20Devil%20Sleeps.mp3' file='C:\music\George Barnett - Where The Devil Sleeps.mp3'
main debug: ID3v2.3 revision 0 tag found, skipping 157 bytes
main debug: looking for demux module matching "any": 63 candidates
es debug: xing vbr value present (100)
es debug: xing frames&bytes value present (10902019 bytes, 14373 frames, 1152 samples/frame)
es debug: detected format mpga
main debug: looking for packetizer module matching "any": 21 candidates
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: using packetizer module "mpeg_audio"
mpeg_audio debug: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitrate:128
main debug: selecting program id=0
main debug: using demux module "es"
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in C:\music\
main debug: looking for decoder module matching "any": 39 candidates
main debug: no fetch required for Where The Devil Sleeps (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Indochine - College Boy.mp3'
main debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: using meta reader module "taglib"
main debug: removing module "taglib"
main debug: `file:///C:/music/George%20Barnett%20-%20Where%20The%20Devil%20Sleeps.mp3' successfully opened
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 8%
main debug: Buffering 17%
mpeg_audio debug: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitrate:128
main debug: Buffering 26%
main debug: reusing audio output
main debug: Buffering 34%
directsound debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output
main debug: Buffering 43%
main debug: Buffering 52%
main debug: Buffering 60%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 78%
main debug: Buffering 87%
main debug: Buffering 95%
main debug: Stream buffering done (313 ms in 1 ms)
main debug: no fetch required for College Boy (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Jackson Perkins - Little Bird (Ed Sheeran).mp3'
main debug: no fetch required for Little Bird Music Video Jackson Perkins Cover (Low-360p) (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'James Bell - Crazy - Gnarles Barkley.mp3'
main debug: no fetch required for Gnarles Barkley (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Les Poppys - Non, non, rien n'a changé (1971).mp3'
main debug: no fetch required for 1971 (Low) (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'MightySaxKid - Youth Lagoon - 17.mp3'
main debug: no fetch required for 17 (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'OrtoPilot - Radioactive ( Imagine Dragons).mp3'
main debug: no fetch required for Radioactive ( Imagine Dragons) (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Patrick Sean Bradley - Resistance (Muse).mp3'
directsound debug: Windows speaker config: Unknown and stream has 2 channels, using 2 channels
main debug: output 'f32l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: looking for audio volume module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: using audio volume module "float_mixer"
main debug: input 'mpga' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1152 samples/1053 bytes
main 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
main debug: using audio filter module "scaletempo"
main debug: conversion: 'mpga'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio converter module matching "any": 12 candidates
main debug: no fetch required for Resistance (Muse) (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Pickwick - Brother Roland.mp3'
main debug: no audio converter modules matched
main debug: looking for audio converter module matching "any": 12 candidates
mpgatofixed32 debug: mpga->f32l, bits per sample: 32
main debug: using audio converter module "mpgatofixed32"
main debug: conversion pipeline complete
main debug: conversion: 'f32l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: conversion pipeline complete
main debug: looking for audio resampler module matching "any": 3 candidates
main debug: using audio resampler module "samplerate"
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 374 ms
main debug: inserting 88 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (66542): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main debug: no fetch required for Brother Roland (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Pickwick - Halls of Columbia.mp3'
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 136519 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (144519): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (180497): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 16298 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main debug: no fetch required for Halls of Columbia (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Rhys Joseph - Perception.mp3'
main debug: no fetch required for Perception (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Ronan Parke - Defined.mp3'
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (64997): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main debug: no fetch required for Ronan Parke, Defined OFFICIAL Music Video (HD) (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Sungha Jung - Game of Thrones Theme.mp3'
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main debug: no fetch required for Game of Thrones Theme (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'The Hidden Cameras - Gay Goth Scene.mp3'
main debug: no fetch required for Gay Goth Scene (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Tom Odell - Can't Pretend (at Dean Street Studios).mp3'
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 159998 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (166997): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main debug: no fetch required for Can't Pretend (at Dean Street Studios) (art currently (null))
main debug: Creating an input for 'Tom Odell - Grow Old With Me.mp3'
main warning: playback way too late (210998): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17360 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main debug: no fetch required for Grow Old With Me (art currently (null))

(I inserted these blank lines manually to pinpoint the separation between the playlist initialization above and the log that's purely related to playback, but I didn't remove any line from the log. Playback directsound errors start just a little before this line though.)

directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (78978): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 164955 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (207954): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17404 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (78995): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 157996 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (183995): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17353 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (77982): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 156982 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (182982): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17347 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (104988): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (182966): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17341 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (77996): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 162996 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (208995): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17340 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (77993): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (182970): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17333 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (77977): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (180977): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17415 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (61980): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 131980 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (141979): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (183980): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17365 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (78966): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (182966): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17359 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (104995): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (183996): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17308 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (102982): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (207959): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17351 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (103977): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (183977): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 16948 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (95982): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (199981): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17300 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (102962): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (207962): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17343 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (103980): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (208957): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17298 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (102979): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (207980): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17342 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (103998): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (208975): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17341 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (103995): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (208995): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17340 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (103994): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (181993): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17333 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (60955): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 129955 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (139955): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (182955): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17151 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (74993): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (203994): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17370 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (78957): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (182957): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17364 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (78986): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 165986 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (208964): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17363 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (60984): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 156984 us): stopping resampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (165984): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (208984): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17362 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (104981): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (182982): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17356 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback too late (77989): up-sampling
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
main warning: playback way too late (183966): flushing buffers
main debug: inserting 17261 zeroes
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer
directsound error: cannot start playing buffer

[Chimel]

I eventually got it working again, changing the output module in the audio preferences to WaveOut, and closing/restarting VLC. The program should tell the user that such a change require a reboot! I tried several output modules before that, but assumed the changes would be applied instantly, and of course they were not.

[rocky]

Thanks Chimel !

Tried many things until I read your Post. Works for WinXP.