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Hi,

first of all i´m not a native speaker

When i watch mkv files with ac3 or dts audio stream, i have some small audio interuptions after a 30-40 minutes, that is really annoying.

I use vlc 0.9.9 with SPDIF out activated and win32 sound output, so the audio stream goes directly to my receiver (which works fine in general).

Any ideas?

CPU peaking? Messages?

My CPU usage is around 25 % when playing 1080p mkv.

Here is the log file:

main info: vlc wird mit dem Standard-Interface ausgeführt. Benutzen Sie 'cvlc', um vlc ohne Interface zu verwenden.
main debug: control type=5
mkv debug: seek request to -1 (0.437000%)
mkv debug: seek got 1100840000 (44%)
mkv debug: Event Key
qt4 debug: New Event: type 1103
qt4 debug: Updating the stream status: 3
main debug: control type=1
main debug: End of audio preroll
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (18998000), clearing out
main warning: output PTS is out of range (18998000), clearing out
main debug: audio output is starving (300000), playing silence
waveout warning: aout_OutputNextBuffer no buffer got next_date=2165779 ms, 0 frames to play, starving? 1, waiting...
main debug: End of video preroll
main warning: late picture skipped (85000)
main warning: late picture skipped (85000)
main warning: late picture skipped (65000)
main warning: late picture skipped (5000)
direct3d debug: entering fullscreen mode
qt4 debug: Qt4: Fullscreen state changed
qt4 debug: Qt: Changing Fullscreen Mode
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-2000)
main warning: late picture skipped (18000)
main warning: late picture skipped (18000)
main warning: late picture skipped (18000)
main warning: late picture skipped (18000)
main warning: late picture skipped (18000)
main warning: late picture skipped (18000)
main warning: late picture skipped (18000)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (19000)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (27000)
main warning: late picture skipped (27000)
main warning: late picture skipped (27000)
main warning: late picture skipped (47000)


(h264@0418BD10)
avcodec warning: number of reference frames exceeds max (probably corrupt input), discarding one <---- That massege was about 100 times
(h264@0418BD10)
message warning: message queue overflowed
avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
avcodec warning: number of reference frames exceeds max (probably corrupt input), discarding one
(h264@0418BD10)

main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (27000)
main warning: late picture skipped (27000)
main warning: late picture skipped (27000)
main warning: late picture skipped (27000)
main warning: late picture skipped (47000)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (27000)
main warning: late picture skipped (27000)
main warning: late picture skipped (47000)
main warning: late picture skipped (47000)
main warning: late picture skipped (47000)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (7000)
main warning: late picture skipped (17000)
main warning: late picture skipped (17000)
main warning: late picture skipped (17000)
main warning: late picture skipped (17000)
main warning: late picture skipped (17000)
main warning: late picture skipped (-1000)
main warning: late picture skipped (11000)
main warning: late picture skipped (11000)
main warning: late picture skipped (11000)
main warning: late picture skipped (31000)
main warning: late picture skipped (31000)
main warning: late picture skipped (51000)
main warning: late picture skipped (4000)
main warning: late picture skipped (4000)
main warning: late picture skipped (4000)
main warning: late picture skipped (4000)
main warning: late picture skipped (4000)
main warning: late picture skipped (4000)
main warning: late picture skipped (4000)
main warning: late picture skipped (4000)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
main warning: late picture skipped (0)
direct3d debug: leaving fullscreen mode
qt4 debug: Qt4: Fullscreen state changed
qt4 debug: Qt: Changing Fullscreen Mode
mkv debug: Event Key
qt4 debug: New Event: type 1103
qt4 debug: Updating the stream status: 4
main debug: control type=1

Loop filter trick helps?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-0.9 ... s_too_slow

I have the same exact problem with MKV's and AVI's that have DD5.1 and DTS audio. I run SPDIF out of an XFI to my receiver. Without fail every time I watch a movie, at about 40-50min into it, first the audio gets unsynched with the video, and then soon after the sound starts to chop, where it will go silent for 0.5-1sec and then come back for 2 secs.

To fix it (although not truly a fix), I have to completely stop the video, then find the place where I left off with the slider bar at the bottom, and it's back to normal again. It does this with ALL files, so I know it's not 1 or 2 corrupted videos.

I've been searching through these forums for a while now but I'm not at my computer to test. One thing I know for sure is all my drivers are updated and I use the wave32 audio output option in VLC, I have not tried Directx yet and will try the loop filter trick too.

Any help is much appreciated.

Loop filter trick only helps video playback on H.264/MPEG-4 AVC videos, it shouldn't matter to audio playback.

I tried DirectX output, and it prevents normal xvid and divx AVI's from skipping, but 5.1 and dts audio from MKV's no matter what format don't play correctly from the start. It's hard to describe the sound, but it like a staggered and stretched echo of any sound, like a soft and loud "wa wa wa". This is the same problem I've had since .86d back in the day, which is why I've had to use wave32 all this time if want Dolby Digital at all.

So I just stop and restart the movie after it starts skipping, but it's so annoying having to interrupt the movie halfway through. Anyone else have any ideas?