!! VLC Streaming - MP3 via HTTP - Cannot pre-fill buffer

[MattyD]

I have started encountering issues with streaming via HTTP using VLC. I am tearing out my hair as I've tried to get this running on multiple computers on/off for weeks.
All I'm trying to do is serve a high quality audio HTTP stream using VLC to VLC.

I am using an audio device: virtual-audio-capturer (no video device selected - set to none).
This is on a Windows 7 Professional OS

I have eliminated 99% of possible causes including the following steps:

• Disabled Windows firewall
• Disabled anti-virus, etc.
• Reset VLC preferences
• Delete VLC cache folder
• Uninstall & Reinstall VLC to latest version
• Attempt server 2003 pc client to local VLC streaming server, same problem
• Attempt localhost streaming to local VLC client

Client Debug Error from 'Messages' window on Verbosity-2(debug):

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main error: cannot pre fill buffer main warning: cannot create a stream_t from access main debug: removing module "access_http" main debug: dead input main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2) main debug: nothing to play qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'http://localhost:8080/stream' : 10029.740 ms - Total 10029.740 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 10029.740 ms)

The streaming VLC client seems to be running although if I set it to anything other then MP3, it crashes or doesn't start.