VLC 2.0.0 Audio stuttering issue [somehow solved]

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I would need logs, please.

[batman321]

I love VLC but this has to be one of the worst upgrades for any software... lots of problems specially with sound and HD video.

I went back to v1.1.11 and everything works beautifully again.

[mike4001]

@Jean-Baptiste Kempf

Please let me know with which settings.

I already posted mine with Autio output set to standard.

[Perrorist]

I'm also having this problem. I have Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium SP1 and listening through Soundblaster Tactic Wrath headphones (driver V1.1.1.2).

I didn't have this problem until I upgraded to VLC 2.

[Merglasch]

Setting the VOlume to 100% definitely doesn't remove the issue. Output was already set to Default.
Also in Comparison to the Windows Media Player, vlc audio quality really sucks. Distorted, less volume and whatnot...

Running on w7 64bit professional ed.

[57093]

I am also experiencing the audio stuttering issue.

Things I have noticed - Playing files with DTS, Dolby Digital, MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a) or A52 Audio (aka AC3) (a52) the audio will not stutter.
- Playing mp3, MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga) and FLAC will cause audio to stutter.

I too have only noticed these issues after updating to VLC 2.

HOWEVER, prior to updating I experienced another problem that has not yet been mentioned --> I use a Toshiba A660/07U (i7, nVidia GT330m, 8GB RAM) laptop as a HTPC. I have HDMI out to Denon Receiver/display and 3.5mm out to Onkyo receiver for music and outdoor speakers. I have VLC Output Module set to 'Win32 waveOut' and have 'S/PDIF' checked. I would usually alternate between devices by selecting the appropriate one as 'Default Device' in Windows sound settings. Output from VLC to 3.5mm does NOT work. I have played with the audio settings in VLC and I also tried resetting VLC settings, with no glory. ALL other programs will play perfect audio to either of the selected output devices.

I hope the information I have provided will aid in finding a solution to this issue.

Paul

*Re-naming the mentioned .dll files did not help.

I would need logs, please.

Hi Jean-Baptiste Kempf

As requested -

I played a .flac audio file. Output module: Default, Win7 64bit Default device set to HDMI (NVIDIA HD audio) Perfect sound output, no stutter or distortion (As OP previously stated, using Default Output module will stop the stutter) IIRC, a while back the fix for no DTS etc output was to select 'Win32 waveOut' and check S/PDIF output. Obviously this is no longer required.

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main debug: processing request item: Rocket Man, node: Playlist, skip: 0 main debug: resyncing on Rocket Man main debug: Rocket Man is at 0 main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'Rocket Man' main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\ANIPAU~1\AppData\Local\Temp' main debug: `file:///E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' gives access `file' demux `' path `/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' file='E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 3 candidates main debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.370 ms - Total 0.370 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.370 ms) main debug: creating access 'file' location='/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac', path='E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates filesystem debug: opening file `E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: using access module "filesystem" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.214 ms - Total 0.214 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.214 ms) 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 - 28571 KiB/s main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.110 ms - Total 0.110 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.110 ms) main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.104 ms - Total 0.104 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.104 ms) main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' file='E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: looking for demux module: 55 candidates main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_flac" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.108 ms - Total 0.108 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.108 ms) main debug: using demux module "flacsys" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.311 ms - Total 0.311 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.311 ms) main debug: looking for a subtitle file in E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC] qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates main debug: using meta reader module "taglib" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.780 ms - Total 0.780 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.780 ms) main debug: removing module "taglib" main debug: `file:///E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' successfully opened main debug: selecting program id=0 main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates main debug: using decoder module "flac" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.208 ms - Total 0.208 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.208 ms) main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: Buffering 34% flac debug: decode STREAMINFO main debug: Buffering 69% flac debug: channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitspersamples:16 main debug: Stream buffering done (313 ms in 0 ms) flac debug: STREAMINFO decoded main debug: recycling audio output main debug: looking for audio output module: 2 candidates aout_directx debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver aout_directx debug: found device: DENON-AVAMP-3 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio) aout_directx debug: found device: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels (DEFAULT!) aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel aout_directx debug: Windows says your SpeakerConfig is stereo aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 26.524 ms - Total 26.524 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 26.524 ms) aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready main debug: output 's16l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes main debug: mixer 'f32l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'s16l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates audio_format debug: f32l->s16l, bits per sample: 32->16 main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.119 ms - Total 0.119 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.119 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 2 candidates main debug: using audio mixer module "float32_mixer" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.077 ms - Total 0.077 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.077 ms) main debug: input 's16l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate 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: TIMER module_need() : 0.124 ms - Total 0.124 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.124 ms) main debug: filter(s) 's16l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates audio_format debug: s16l->f32l, bits per sample: 16->32 main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.095 ms - Total 0.095 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.095 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 48510 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates main debug: using audio filter module "samplerate" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.130 ms - Total 0.130 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.130 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: End of audio preroll main debug: Decoder buffering done in 27 ms main warning: PTS is out of range (-9928), dropping buffer main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (83442 us) main warning: not synchronized (83443 us), resampling main warning: buffer too late (82376), up-sampling main warning: resampling stopped after 27768921 usec (drift: 1093) main debug: incoming request - stopping current input main debug: dying input main debug: control: stopping input main debug: dying input main debug: removing module "flac" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `flac', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "scaletempo" main debug: removing module "samplerate" main debug: removing module "aout_directx" aout_directx debug: closing audio device aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread exiting main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "float32_mixer" main debug: releasing audio output main debug: removing module "flacsys" main debug: removing module "packetizer_flac" main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record" main debug: removing module "filesystem" main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES main debug: dead input qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'Rocket Man' : 5.686 ms - Total 5.686 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 5.686 ms)

Same file and Output module etc, Default device set to 3.5mm out (Realtek HD audio)
No sound output at all.

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main debug: processing request item: Rocket Man, node: Playlist, skip: 0 main debug: resyncing on Rocket Man main debug: Rocket Man is at 0 main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'Rocket Man' main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\ANIPAU~1\AppData\Local\Temp' main debug: `file:///E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' gives access `file' demux `' path `/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' file='E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 3 candidates main debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.393 ms - Total 0.393 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.393 ms) main debug: creating access 'file' location='/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac', path='E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates filesystem debug: opening file `E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: using access module "filesystem" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.228 ms - Total 0.228 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.228 ms) 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 - 27027 KiB/s main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.128 ms - Total 0.128 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.128 ms) main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.111 ms - Total 0.111 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.111 ms) main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' file='E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: looking for demux module: 55 candidates main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_flac" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.115 ms - Total 0.115 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.115 ms) main debug: using demux module "flacsys" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.332 ms - Total 0.332 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.332 ms) main debug: looking for a subtitle file in E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC] qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates main debug: using meta reader module "taglib" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.745 ms - Total 0.745 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.745 ms) main debug: removing module "taglib" main debug: `file:///E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' successfully opened main debug: selecting program id=0 main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates main debug: using decoder module "flac" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.222 ms - Total 0.222 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.222 ms) main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: Buffering 34% main debug: Buffering 69% main debug: Stream buffering done (313 ms in 0 ms) flac debug: decode STREAMINFO flac debug: channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitspersamples:16 flac debug: STREAMINFO decoded main debug: recycling audio output main debug: looking for audio output module: 2 candidates aout_directx debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver aout_directx debug: found device: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) aout_directx debug: found device: DENON-AVAMP-3 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio) aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels (DEFAULT!) aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel aout_directx debug: Windows says your SpeakerConfig is stereo aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 34.706 ms - Total 34.706 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 34.706 ms) aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready main debug: output 's16l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes main debug: mixer 'f32l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'s16l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates audio_format debug: f32l->s16l, bits per sample: 32->16 main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.119 ms - Total 0.119 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.119 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 2 candidates main debug: using audio mixer module "float32_mixer" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.074 ms - Total 0.074 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.074 ms) main debug: input 's16l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate 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: TIMER module_need() : 0.147 ms - Total 0.147 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.147 ms) main debug: filter(s) 's16l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates audio_format debug: s16l->f32l, bits per sample: 16->32 main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.091 ms - Total 0.091 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.091 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 48510 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates main debug: using audio filter module "samplerate" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.174 ms - Total 0.174 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.174 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: End of audio preroll main debug: Decoder buffering done in 36 ms main warning: PTS is out of range (-9879), dropping buffer main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (79040 us) main warning: not synchronized (79042 us), resampling main warning: buffer too late (77975), up-sampling main warning: resampling stopped after 27061389 usec (drift: 1775) main debug: incoming request - stopping current input main debug: dying input main debug: control: stopping input main debug: dying input main debug: removing module "flac" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `flac', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "scaletempo" main debug: removing module "samplerate" main debug: removing module "aout_directx" aout_directx debug: closing audio device aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread exiting main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "float32_mixer" main debug: releasing audio output main debug: removing module "flacsys" main debug: removing module "packetizer_flac" main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record" main debug: removing module "filesystem" main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES main debug: dead input qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'Rocket Man' : 6.069 ms - Total 6.069 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 6.069 ms)

Again, same file and Output module.
Started track with Default device set to 3.5mm out (Realtek HD audio) No audio output
At 10sec in I changed Default device to HDMI (NVIDIA HD audio) Perfect audio
At 30sec I changed back to 3.5mm and stopped track at 50sec Again, no audio output

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main debug: processing request item: Rocket Man, node: Playlist, skip: 0 main debug: resyncing on Rocket Man main debug: Rocket Man is at 0 main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'Rocket Man' main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\ANIPAU~1\AppData\Local\Temp' main debug: `file:///E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' gives access `file' demux `' path `/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' file='E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 3 candidates main debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.673 ms - Total 0.673 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.673 ms) main debug: creating access 'file' location='/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac', path='E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates filesystem debug: opening file `E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: using access module "filesystem" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.414 ms - Total 0.414 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.414 ms) 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 - 17543 KiB/s main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.231 ms - Total 0.231 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.231 ms) main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.204 ms - Total 0.204 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.204 ms) main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' file='E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC]\Elton John - Rocket Man.flac' main debug: looking for demux module: 55 candidates main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_flac" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.218 ms - Total 0.218 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.218 ms) main debug: using demux module "flacsys" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.611 ms - Total 0.611 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.611 ms) main debug: looking for a subtitle file in E:\Music\801 Greatest 1970s Music Hit Singles [FLAC] main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates main debug: using meta reader module "taglib" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.337 ms - Total 1.337 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.337 ms) main debug: removing module "taglib" main debug: `file:///E:/Music/801%20Greatest%201970s%20Music%20Hit%20Singles%20%5BFLAC%5D/Elton%20John%20-%20Rocket%20Man.flac' successfully opened main debug: selecting program id=0 main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates main debug: using decoder module "flac" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.493 ms - Total 0.493 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.493 ms) qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: Buffering 34% main debug: Buffering 69% main debug: Stream buffering done (313 ms in 0 ms) flac debug: decode STREAMINFO flac debug: channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitspersamples:16 flac debug: STREAMINFO decoded main debug: recycling audio output main debug: looking for audio output module: 2 candidates aout_directx debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver aout_directx debug: found device: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) aout_directx debug: found device: DENON-AVAMP-3 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio) aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels (DEFAULT!) aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel aout_directx debug: Windows says your SpeakerConfig is stereo aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 29.889 ms - Total 29.889 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 29.889 ms) aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready main debug: output 's16l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes main debug: mixer 'f32l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'s16l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates audio_format debug: f32l->s16l, bits per sample: 32->16 main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.159 ms - Total 0.159 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.159 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 2 candidates main debug: using audio mixer module "float32_mixer" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.074 ms - Total 0.074 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.074 ms) main debug: input 's16l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate 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: TIMER module_need() : 0.140 ms - Total 0.140 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.140 ms) main debug: filter(s) 's16l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates audio_format debug: s16l->f32l, bits per sample: 16->32 main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.095 ms - Total 0.095 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.095 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 48510 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates main debug: using audio filter module "samplerate" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.179 ms - Total 0.179 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.179 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: End of audio preroll main debug: Decoder buffering done in 31 ms main warning: PTS is out of range (-9899), dropping buffer main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (77354 us) main warning: not synchronized (77356 us), resampling main warning: buffer too late (76289), up-sampling main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (113103 us) main warning: not synchronized (113106 us), resampling main warning: timing screwed, stopping resampling main warning: buffer too late (165541), up-sampling main warning: resampling stopped after 39182365 usec (drift: 990) main debug: incoming request - stopping current input main debug: dying input main debug: control: stopping input main debug: dying input main debug: removing module "flac" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `flac', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "scaletempo" main debug: removing module "samplerate" main debug: removing module "aout_directx" aout_directx debug: closing audio device aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread exiting main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "float32_mixer" main debug: releasing audio output main debug: removing module "flacsys" main debug: removing module "packetizer_flac" main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record" main debug: removing module "filesystem" main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES main debug: dead input qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'Rocket Man' : 10.818 ms - Total 10.818 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 10.818 ms

I'm glad the fix for stuttering was simple enough. Lets hope the 3.5mm out issue is resolved just as simply.

Paul

[57093]

* BUMP

@ VLC_help, any ideas?

Paul

[Perrorist]

I'm not using VLC until this problem is fixed.

[VLC_help]

I'm not using VLC until this problem is fixed.

Thanks, that will really change everything...

[Perrorist]

Yes, I'm sure it will. However, reading through this thread I've yet to see an acknowledgement that the problem is product-related rather than an issue with a user's setup.

VLC is great software, which I recommend to my clients, so I'm keen to know if any progress has been made in finding the cause of the problem.

[atelko]

I have the problem with the audio, too. Audio is set to wave32. I have the issue with mpeg- DDL and DTS-videos - most of my videos, not all. DTS worked fine a few minutes, then my decoder started blinking and the DTS was blinking, sound was stuttering. DDL and mpeg stops all 3-4 seconds. Doesn´t matter if S/PDIF or analog audio.

Win7 x64
I5 2500k
ASRock Z68 Pro3
Asus Xonar STX (onboard disabled)

I can send you DxDiag, when you need VLC-logs give me a short tutorial how to log. Hope i can install the old VLC besides the new one as long as the problem persists^^

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Use directsound output.

[VLC_help]

And Dxdiag doesn't help us.

[57093]

@ jean and vlc help

I have provided the information that was requested.

I have been patient, and allowed you time to work on this issue.

You have not even had the common decency to acknowledge the information I have provided, let alone respond to me addressing you directly.

I seriously hope that my experience is not common within this VLC forum.

Perhaps I would benefit from starting a new thread? I do hope so.

[lattari]

Me too.

I am also suffering from the echoing/overloaded speakers after changing vlc1.1 to 2.0.

I ticked normalize volume and set it to 1.6 in the volume settings - I'm running my vlc in finnish so it might be different.

This helps a little, removing the most extreme distortions but the audio is still not by any means normal. The biggest annoyance is changes in volume - I mean loud music, whispering dialog...

I'm sad because I'm a fan of vlc and opensource stuff for general and when I noticed the vlc 2.0 today I thought I had been running a needlessly old player and was excited to install it. Now I have to change back. Anyway this seems to be a very widespread problem and I hope it will be fixed. If there is anything I can do to help with my very limited computer skills let me know.

btw how old is the 2.0 version?

Changed the audio output from default to win32. This clears the distortions and sound is now fine but max volume is very low and I'm required to max out the volume from TV. I also unticked the normalize volume. Now the vlc 2.0 is usable but defintetly not an improvment from the older version for viewing avis, mkvs etc.

I'm not even sure if the audio is fine. I couldn't tell clear audio from screaming anymore, after two hours of playing with the settings and editing this post. My back hurts, I'm thirsty and I feel like crying from frustration.

Please help.

[unRheal]

I also have been getting this since upgrading to v2.x

I tried renaming both of the dll's with no apparent difference.

Here is a bit of log. I get the "debug: audio output is starving" messages exactly when the audio skips. (and when I first hit play) This is all the messages from when I hit play, let it play a few seconds, and then hit pause:

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main debug: audio output is starving (-133638), playing silence main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-43585 us) main warning: not synchronized (-43585 us), resampling main warning: resampling stopped after 347981569 usec (drift: 43200) main warning: buffer too early (-43200), down-sampling main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-44648 us) main warning: not synchronized (-44648 us), resampling main warning: timing screwed, stopping resampling main warning: buffer too early (-87757), down-sampling main debug: audio output is starving (-54427), playing silence main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-49397 us) main warning: not synchronized (-49396 us), resampling main warning: buffer way too early (-134772), clearing queue main warning: timing screwed, stopping resampling main debug: audio output is starving (-215320), playing silence main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-40117 us) main warning: not synchronized (-40117 us), resampling main warning: buffer too early (-40118), down-sampling main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-44781 us) main warning: not synchronized (-44781 us), resampling main warning: timing screwed, stopping resampling main warning: buffer too early (-83879), down-sampling main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-44615 us) main warning: not synchronized (-44615 us), resampling main warning: buffer way too early (-126588), clearing queue main warning: timing screwed, stopping resampling main debug: audio output is starving (-161814), playing silence main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-46589 us) main warning: not synchronized (-46589 us), resampling main warning: buffer too early (-46589), down-sampling

I have Windows 7 64bit ultimate. I had an earlier v2.0.x and just upgraded to the latest today and it still skips just the same.

I'm going to go find the old v1.x so I can play stuff, but happy to try stuff to get the new version to work...

Thanks

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

What is your CPU and motherboard?

[neilm831]

Not resolved six years on from when this thread started,I cant resolves poor sound from magic flac streams <<http://icecast-beta.timlradio.co.uk:80/ ... tional.ogg

[neilm831]

main debug: resampling stopped (drift: 17875 us)
main warning: playback too late (75000): up-sampling
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1000 ms)
main debug: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 28%
main debug: Buffering 57%
main debug: Buffering 86%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1152 ms in 1135 ms)
main debug: Decoder wait done in 0 ms
main warning: buffer too late (-374000 us): dropped
main warning: buffer too late (-374000 us): dropped
main warning: buffer too late (-283000 us): dropped
main warning: buffer too late (-187000 us): dropped
main debug: resampling stopped (drift: 15395 us)
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1018 ms)
main debug: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 28%
main debug: Buffering 56%
main debug: Buffering 84%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1152 ms in 1414 ms)
main debug: Decoder wait done in 0 ms
main warning: buffer too late (-566000 us): dropped
main warning: buffer too late (-278000 us): dropped
main warning: buffer too late (-182000 us): dropped
qt debug: Using a general info windows