VLC will randomly start playing audio about 1% faster than normal

[XanthicDragon]

This is a rather strange issue that I've been having for the past 6-8 months. I've searched for solutions or even other people having this problem on multiple occasions, but I can't find anything on it that's exactly the same as my problem. The issue I'm having is really dodgy in that I have no idea what could be starting it. My worry is that this may be related to my audio drivers.

This occurs whenever I am listening to my music. I don't watch video with VLC. At random times, VLC will begin to play the audio at a pitch ever so slightly higher than normal. I initially passed it off as my ears being weird because it was that subtle, but after it continued to happen, I got so irritated with this slight difference that I went to the extent of recording my PC audio in Audacity to check whether or not I was going insane. Lo and behold, the recording shows that the speed of the playback is around 1% faster. Only a mere 1%! VLC's settings were untouched, so nothing found there was the culprit to what I know.

I've googled this issue tons and tons of times and on multiple occasions but the only issues I can find are related to the framerate of certain videos, time stretching, and all that jazz. I am absolutely clueless to what this. Can anyone lend me a hand? If you need any information on hardware, just ask. On that note, I may add that I do not have an audio card. My default device is my Corsair Void USB.

Thanks.

[Lotesdelere]

You can try these:

- Disable time stretching in the audio preferences in Menu Tools -> Preferences -> Audio

- Use a faster resampler or no resampler at all in Menu Tools -> Preferences (Show Settings = ALL) -> Audio -> Audio Resampler

After the changes save the preferences then exit and restart VLC.

[XanthicDragon]

After some testing, your fix worked. I had already disabled time stretching (due to that being a solution for the other issues I came across), so disabling the re-sampler was all that I needed. Thanks.