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Hello.

Why does my VLC Media Player v1.1.9's audio pauses every several/few seconds or so when playing videos like MPEG-2, DVDs especially when they are on local SATA HDDs? Videos do not pause, but audio does. Visualizer doesn't seem to show them pausing.

I tried the latest K-Lite Codec Mega Pack's Media Player Home-Cinema/HC and it had no problems. My detailed computer specifications can be found in here: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt (old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 HTPC). I tried the latest drivers like my onboard RealTek audio. I only have analog 2.1 speakers so I don't need fancy audio speaker setup -- just good quality and lots of bass!

What's up? Thank you in advance.

Waveout works any better?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.1 ... _anomalies

Waveout works any better?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.1 ... _anomalies

Yep, that seems to work. What was Default using then and why was it pausing? Is it because of my onboard audio?

What was Default using then and why was it pausing? Is it because of my onboard audio?

It might be a driver issue, or problem related to VOUT (which has too high priority and that causes issues for AOUT), or problem in VLC sync/timing code.

What was Default using then and why was it pausing? Is it because of my onboard audio?

It might be a driver issue, or problem related to VOUT (which has too high priority and that causes issues for AOUT), or problem in VLC sync/timing code.

Ah. Let me know if you want this to be debugged/analyzed.

What was Default using then and why was it pausing? Is it because of my onboard audio?

It might be a driver issue, or problem related to VOUT (which has too high priority and that causes issues for AOUT), or problem in VLC sync/timing code.

Hmm, it seems like the audio pauses a lot more with HD videos (e.g., 720p). It pauses even more if I set my video setup to clone to my CRT TV fullscreen.

Does it work any better with OpenGL video output?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.1 ... _output.3F

Does it work any better with OpenGL video output?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.1 ... _output.3F

Yes, that worked and Direct3D! However, I am unable to put my videos fullscreen on my CRT TV anymore from my PC. DirectX (DirectDraw) and Default let me do that, but I get the annoying audio pauses. Weird that video don't pauses in them.

Does it work any better with OpenGL video output?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.1 ... _output.3F

Yes, that worked and Direct3D! However, I am unable to put my videos fullscreen on my CRT TV anymore from my PC. DirectX (DirectDraw) and Default let me do that, but I get the annoying audio pauses. Weird that video don't pauses in them.

Is there a way to have this OpenGL and Direct3D do fullscreen video overlays to my old CRT TV (640x480)?

Only DirectX and WinGDI support Overlay video output.

Only DirectX and WinGDI support Overlay video output.

Thanks.