Audio drops out frequently in all media files

[glevideo]

This is a new problem for me that has just started happening. I've searched forum for this issue and find no resolve. VLC has worked great for me for years on this machine (Lenovo ThinkPad, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.53 GHz running Windows XP SP3). Just started noticing that when playing video files the audio will drop out about every half second for a few mili seconds. Very annoying on off on off sound. Video appears to play without problem. I've reset everything to defaults but no resolve. Tried adjusting speeds and other adjustments, no resolve. Music files will drop audio about every 20 seconds. Doesn't mater what type of files, happens on everything. I see no errors in system log. Just now upgraded to latest version offered on website (2.1.5) but no resolve. Only thing that has changed on this computer was a disk Defrag a week ago.

Any hints about what I need to look for or what I can try next?

[natepizzle]

Same thing here. Tried several forum posts on fixing exact same audio issues as yours to no avail.
AMD Phenom II X4 3.4 GHz - Quad Core
8GB Ram
Win 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Please try VLC 2.2.0-rc2 to fix this issue.

[popeye13]

Please try VLC 2.2.0-rc2 to fix this issue.

Jean-Baptiste, when is 2.2.0 being released for Windows?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

When our servers are fixed

[popeye13]

When our servers are fixed

Thats fair enough

Thanks for the reply

[glevideo]

I've tried v2.2.0 downloaded from the nightlys but does not resolve the problem. More testing reveals that music files (.MP3, .WAV) play OK in VLC but .WMA files blank out every 20 seconds. When playing video files (.MP4, .FLV, .AVI, .WMV, .MOV, .MPE, .MPEG, .MPG) any audio in the file blanks out about every half second. All the above listed files play OK in Windows Media Player. They all used to play fine in VLC. Something changed. Searching the forum for "AUDIO" I've found at least a dozen others with very similar problems with no resolution suggested. I'm interested in providing any other information needed that might help the team in resolving this issue in future versions or perhaps in finding the culprit within the computer that is conflicting with VLC. This is something we should learn from as it appears several other users have the problem.

Here's the log from a typical video file that blanks out audio every half second.

lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\BlahBlah\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: `file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Blah%20Blah/My%20Documents/My%20Videos/Doyle%20Dykes/Guitar%20Greeting_0002.wmv' successfully opened
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 11%
main debug: Buffering 22%
main debug: Buffering 33%
main debug: Buffering 44%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 55%
main debug: Buffering 66%
main debug: Buffering 77%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 46%
avcodec warning: Physical channel configuration not set : guessing
main debug: reusing audio output
directsound debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output
main debug: Stream buffering done (324 ms in 2 ms)
main debug: looking for text renderer module matching "any": 2 candidates
freetype debug: Using Arial as font from file C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ARIAL.TTF
freetype debug: using fontsize: 2
main debug: using text renderer module "freetype"
main debug: looking for video filter2 module matching "any": 55 candidates
swscale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: RGBA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality)
main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale"
main debug: looking for video filter2 module matching "any": 55 candidates
yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter
main debug: using video filter2 module "yuvp"
main debug: Deinterlacing available
main debug: deinterlace 0, mode blend, is_needed 0
main debug: Opening vout display wrapper
main debug: looking for vout display module matching "any": 10 candidates
directdraw debug: creating Vout EventThread
directdraw debug: DirectXCreateWindow
main debug: looking for vout window hwnd module matching "qt4,any": 3 candidates
qt4 debug: requesting video window...
directsound debug: Windows speaker config: Stereo 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 'f32l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 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: 'f32l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo
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
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
qt4 debug: Video was requested 0, 0
main debug: using vout window hwnd module "qt4"
directdraw debug: created video sub-window
directdraw debug: Vout EventThread running
directdraw debug: disabling screen saver
directdraw debug: directx-device:
directdraw debug: DirectXEnumCallback: ATI Mobility FireGL V5700, \\.\DISPLAY1
directdraw debug: selecting ATI Mobility FireGL V5700, \\.\DISPLAY1
directdraw debug: screen dimensions (0x0,1280x800)
directdraw debug: DirectDraw Capabilities: overlay=1 yuvoverlay=1 can_deinterlace_overlay=1 colorkey=1 stretch=1 bltfourcc=1
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 728x514 window
directdraw debug: YUV overlay surface created successfully
main debug: using vout display module "directdraw"
main debug: original format sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc I420, sar 1:1, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0
main debug: removing module "freetype"
main debug: looking for text renderer module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 720x480 window
main error: Failed to resize display
freetype debug: Using Arial as font from file C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ARIAL.TTF
freetype debug: using fontsize: 2
main debug: using text renderer module "freetype"
avcodec debug: using direct rendering
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: looking for video blending module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: using video blending module "blend"
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 224 ms
main debug: inserting 8236 zeroes
main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
main warning: playback too early (-80108): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-161398): playing silence
main debug: inserting 7117 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40521): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -82912 us): stopping resampling
main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
main warning: playback way too early (-121672): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5365 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-77318): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-130863): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5771 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-50046): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -102072 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-153095): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6751 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-42933): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -101081 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-137975): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6084 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-58974): down-sampling
main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
main warning: playback way too early (-144783): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6384 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-58299): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-128491): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5666 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-67987): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-134396): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5926 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-84002): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-133080): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5868 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-47881): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-125049): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5514 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-47943): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-123713): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5455 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40852): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -102933 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-144008): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6350 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-82995): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-159505): playing silence
main debug: inserting 7034 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-43655): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -89003 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-143444): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6325 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-45686): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -98902 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-159203): playing silence
main debug: inserting 7020 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-41174): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -116047 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-163760): playing silence
main debug: inserting 7221 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-77128): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-131099): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5781 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-66988): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-144371): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6366 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-63958): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-141954): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6260 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-48386): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -104573 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-152479): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6724 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-63387): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-133276): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5877 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-52104): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -111856 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-138144): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6092 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-68257): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-133219): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5874 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-70947): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-146115): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6443 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-41968): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -115375 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-155337): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6850 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40312): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -114276 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-144046): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6352 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-76151): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-146233): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6448 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-77818): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-173069): playing silence
main debug: inserting 7632 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-67072): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-151997): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6703 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-41375): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -118761 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-153321): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6761 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40164): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -107563 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-144888): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6389 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-92768): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-129523): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5711 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-50169): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -116646 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-157452): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6943 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-71102): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-120133): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5297 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-44033): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-123784): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5458 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-64203): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-140680): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6203 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-45502): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -116365 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-154767): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6825 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-45630): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -113623 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-155723): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6867 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-73087): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-151722): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6690 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-43128): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -117110 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-152255): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6714 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-68489): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-143178): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6314 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-78500): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-142364): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6278 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-53392): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-125965): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5555 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-45374): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-120192): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5300 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-44763): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -92646 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-97937): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-128929): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5685 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-43044): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -89879 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-98824): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-120410): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5310 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-61974): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-135553): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5977 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-79509): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-155808): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6871 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-76461): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-126586): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5582 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-65810): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-144353): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6365 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-76865): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-157446): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6943 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-51745): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -104600 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-152126): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6708 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-47357): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -95630 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-138579): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6111 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-47895): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124355): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5484 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-66181): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-133858): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5903 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-68380): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-144954): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6392 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-67911): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-145731): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6426 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-70482): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-146666): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6467 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-42376): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-125276): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5524 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-76988): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-144239): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6360 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-75650): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-167376): playing silence
main debug: inserting 7381 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-45212): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -93446 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-132496): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5843 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-47600): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-135620): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5980 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-51827): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-129507): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5711 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-63559): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124514): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5491 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-54140): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -115502 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-143754): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6339 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-44779): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -94411 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-102500): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-121788): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5370 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-41401): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -88269 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-95559): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-125645): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5540 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-41609): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -83994 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-90006): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124913): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5508 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-46405): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -96720 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-101816): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-121333): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5350 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-41656): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -85809 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-93420): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-121503): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5358 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-44259): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -93391 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-100611): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-120713): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5323 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-41018): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -86885 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-94015): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-120336): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5306 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-42280): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -89067 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-95334): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-121035): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5337 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-41949): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -86641 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-91949): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124886): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5507 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-43092): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -87230 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-94389): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-120790): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5326 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-42172): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -86713 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-92437): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-123942): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5465 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-45763): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -91654 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-98099): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124500): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5490 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-42309): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -91736 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-98187): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-122405): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5398 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-42256): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -88632 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-94494): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-123559): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5448 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-45123): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -92961 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-98265): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-122237): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5390 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-41249): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -83585 us): stopping resampling
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main warning: playback way too early (-121439): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5355 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-46396): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -93151 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-96960): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-123251): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5435 zeroes
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main warning: timing screwed (drift: -88868 us): stopping resampling
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main warning: playback way too early (-126875): playing silence
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main warning: playback too early (-41550): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -100968 us): stopping resampling
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main warning: playback way too early (-134345): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5924 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-42956): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -89097 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-96854): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-136990): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6041 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-78965): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-153384): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6764 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-56355): down-sampling
asf warning: cannot peek while getting new packet, EOF ?
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty
main debug: finished input
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (Windows Media Audio 2) stopped
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `WMA2', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "samplerate"
main debug: removing module "scaletempo"
directsound debug: closing audio device
main debug: removing module "float_mixer"
main debug: keeping audio output
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (Windows Media Video 9) stopped
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `WMV3', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: saving a free vout
main debug: reusing provided vout
main debug: removing module "asf"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: removing module "record"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
main debug: destroying useless vout
main debug: removing module "blend"
main debug: removing module "directdraw"
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
directdraw debug: DirectXEventThread terminating
directdraw debug: DirectXCloseWindow
directdraw debug: WinProc WM_DESTROY
qt4 debug: releasing video...
qt4 debug: Video is not needed anymore
main debug: removing module "freetype"
main debug: removing module "yuvp"
main debug: removing module "swscale"

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

No idea. That's bad.

[Grymling]

I have the exact same problem about video-audio, The audio drops out with approximately 3-4 second intervals. (yes i have reinstalled a number of different vlc-versions, including VLC 2.2.0-rc2)

There is no audiodrop when using other mediaplayers :/

Pls help me out.

/Grymling

[Grymling]

Hello?



/Grymling

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Is this with DirectSound only, or also with MMDevice/WASAPI and MultiMedia Extensions/WaveOut?

[psl]

Hello folks, same problem overhere playing simple ogg file (any) file has a stacato silence every half second....strange since it used to work... here my logfile , there's garbled output...very strange...seems freetype causing trouble...please VLC developers...can you shed some light on this nasty showstoppin' bug?

-- logger module started --
main debug: VLC media player - 2.1.5 Rincewind
main debug: Copyright © 1996-2014 the VideoLAN team
main debug: revision 2.1.5-9-gb3fd0af
main debug: configured with ../extras/package/win32/../../../configure '--enable-update-check' '--enable-lua' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-quicktime' '--enable-avcodec' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-dca' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-libass' '--enable-x264' '--enable-schroedinger' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-live555' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-shout' '--enable-goom' '--enable-caca' '--disable-sdl' '--enable-qt' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-sse' '--enable-mmx' '--enable-libcddb' '--enable-zvbi' '--disable-telx' '--enable-nls' '--disable-dirac' '--host=i686-w64-mingw32' 'host_alias=i686-w64-mingw32'
main debug: using interface module "logger"
main debug: adding item `obsidian.mp3' ( file:///D:/HOME/demo/files/obsidian.mp3 )
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main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on obsidian.mp3
main debug: obsidian.mp3 is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'obsidian.mp3'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\PTz0uAH\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `file:///D:/HOME/demo/files/obsidian.mp3' gives access `file' demux `' path `/D:/HOME/demo/files/obsidian.mp3'
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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='/D:/HOME/demo/files/obsidian.mp3', path='D:\HOME\demo\files\obsidian.mp3'
main debug: looking for access module matching "file": 20 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `D:\HOME\demo\files\obsidian.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='/D:/HOME/demo/files/obsidian.mp3' file='D:\HOME\demo\files\obsidian.mp3'
main debug: ID3v2.3 revision 0 tag found, skipping 35915 bytes
main debug: looking for demux module matching "any": 63 candidates
es debug: detected format mpga
main debug: looking for packetizer module matching "any": 21 candidates
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 D:\HOME\demo\files\
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main debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
taglib debug: Found embedded art: 3 (image/jpeg) is 12712 bytes
taglib debug: Found embedded art: 0 (image/jpeg) is 20906 bytes
main debug: using meta reader module "taglib"
main debug: removing module "taglib"
main debug: `file:///D:/HOME/demo/files/obsidian.mp3' successfully opened
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main debug: Buffering 78%
main debug: Buffering 87%
main debug: Buffering 95%
main debug: Stream buffering done (313 ms in 10 ms)
directsound debug: Windows speaker config: Stereo 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 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 70 ms
main debug: inserting 220 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-43214): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -108190 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-108168): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-123168): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5431 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40015): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -90016 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-95016): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-129993): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5732 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-50016): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -114993 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-109993): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-134994): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5953 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-49982): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -109959 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-114960): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124959): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5510 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40016): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -84993 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-94993): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-139993): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6173 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40016): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -94993 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-100971): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-125970): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5555 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-43007): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -92984 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-87984): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-127984): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5644 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40002): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -84979 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-89980): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-134979): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5952 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-59991): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124968): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5511 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-44979): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -94980 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-99979): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-134957): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5951 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-45013): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -104991 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-109991): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-129991): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5732 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40013): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -89991 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-84991): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124991): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5512 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-54979): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -119957 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124934): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5509 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-60014): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124991): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5512 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40002): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -89980 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-84980): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-129980): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5732 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-64980): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-120957): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5334 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-49005): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -98982 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-103981): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-123981): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5467 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-55014): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -119991 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124969): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5511 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-45002): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -95003 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-99980): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-124980): playing silence
main debug: inserting 5511 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-50013): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -114991 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too early (-109991): down-sampling
main warning: playback way too early (-139991): playing silence
main debug: inserting 6173 zeroes
main warning: playback too early (-40014): down-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: -104968 us): stopping resampling
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main debug: exiting
main debug: no exit handler
main debug: removing module "logger"
-- logger module stopped --

[Grymling]

@Rémi Denis-Courmont

Thx for responding.

It´s hard to tell since i use xp :s
I am very close to retarded when it comes down to computors.. So if you can help me pls explain it to me as i was 4 years old
Thx!

/Grymling

[jaynew]

Happens here, as well. Was using 2.1.5 on my old Windows 8.1a PC. Built a new machine with the same OS, and the same VLC (x64) version causes these intolerable drops.

Occurs every few seconds. Tried all audio-outputs to no avail.

Went back to 2.1.3 & 2.1.4, 32 & 64 bit. Even tried the nightly from today, the 28th. Same exact result.

All the same files have audio that plays fine through Chrome, IE, Winamp, Media Player, Irfanview, etc.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

What CPU?

[popeye13]

Ive had audio issues and after some trial and error, i found that by disabling 'float32' in DirectX output settings and turning down how much VLC amplifies something, ive had no audio stuttering or droping out at all.
(If you do disable it, remember to restart VLC for it to take effect)

[jaynew]

@Jean-Baptiste Kempf - I'm running an Intel Core i7 5930k. Didn't happen on my old i7 920.

@popeye13 - Looks like it's disabled by default on my end. Enabling didn't make a difference - same audio drops.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Do you have energy economy program or similar?

[jaynew]

Negative. No software installed that manages desktop computer power or energy savings. PC is set to "High Performance" power plan within Windows Power Options.

[Alan_A]

hmmm here's a possibly related scenario

new dell laptop;
install vlc
seems okay
set up laptop behavior to shut off display when lid is closed (my "radio" mode)
vlc: play internet radio sounds okay
close lid
radio drop outs and snap crackle pop...
now try the same with windows media player
no snap crackle pop when lid is closed
What does wmp know that vlc does not know?????

[psl]

System: Archos Cesium H0 Windows 8.1 32bit Bing Tablet edition (restricted powersaving options)
CPU: Bay-Trail (64bit( Quad-Core MEM: 1Gb
further remarks: In addition to the log posted earlier, the problem persists so I ran VLC through DEPENDS to hopefully get some clue and watch what's happening "behind the scenes". VLC ran normally so it feels like some Windows quirk which affects only VLC. As you can read in the (corrupted) vlc-log: even playing a local audio-file results in that horrible sounding something which didn't exist before.
DEPENDS: when running VLC the only "anomaly" which looks odd are 100s of GetProcessAddress (0x76AF0000) calls to c windows system32 MSVCRT.DLL (_get_output_format) called from LIBVLCCORE.DLL blabla....but then again I'm just guessing since the whole buggy-ness of it all resulted in also stopping the fun of my mozilla NPVLC plugin which worked fine the first few weeks since purchasing....so for testing purposes was the main-reason to get that el-cheapo tablet in the first place.....
For now I'm stuck but logically cannot switch easily to another software since LibVLC is adequate & very nice to use...
Well let's hope we can "tackle" the problem since it's a real killjoy ;-(

[glevideo]

I'm finding that the more complex the audio (louder music, more full frequency range of highs to lows) the audio drops out much more often. If the audio track has less volume and less sounds (down to almost nothing like the sound of someone walking, occasional birds chirping) then the audio will play for a much longer period before it has a drop out.

I've updated the driver to the sound card but no resolve for this issue. Just wondering if this is a buffering issue. I'm not quite as savvy under the hood as some of the rest of you so I'm not sure what to try next to find a resolution to this problem. Its to the point where VLC is just not usable any more and I may have to un-install it.

[popeye13]

Have you tried reducing the gain setting?
Thats something i found was causing issues for me.
(Preferences > Audio and its the second one down 'Audio Gain')
Set mine to 1.00 and helped alot. Worth a try

[glevideo]

Thanks for the suggestion - but no cigar. I went into TOOLS > PREFERENCES and then in lower left check SHOW ALL SETTINGS to bring up the advanced list of settings. I played with that for quite a while changing various settings then tried another playback with each setting change. I can't make this thing play back smoothly. I'm mystified and I guess everyone else is also. It used to work great until suddenly a few weeks ago. Something broke it. It could be some strange setting in the PC that is conflicting with VLC but can't seem to find any possibilities. Windows Media can play the files just fine.

[Treyking1066]

I too am having similar problems. Brand New Acer Box with AMD-A10 Quad Core. Windows 7. Audio stutters about every 2-3 sec. Video is fine. No CPU issues. WMP plays perfectly. Happens with music files as as well as video files. Tried the gain setting was already at 1.00 Sure would like to use VLC as others suck. Don't know how to do all the behind the scenes testing so I cant help with that info. I just know it used to work and now it doesn't. Have downloaded multiple old versions with same result.