VLC media player for Windows Troubleshooting • Scratchy audio issue



Bit of an odd issue that I haven’t been able to figure out.

Recent computer build. Win 10 pro. AMD R7 7800X, AMD RX 7900. Bunch of other letters to go with those; less important.

Audio works, but here’s the problem: I can load any audio file, and as long as I don’t touch anything, it’ll play just fine.

If I change Windows’ focus to any other window while audio is playing, audio immediately becomes scratchy and hard to listen to. I can pause the music for a brief second and that’ll fix the playback, but changing window focus causes the problem all over again.

I followed the recommended steps for high end/multi thread procs. I’ve messed with just about every setting I have access to, and none of it has changed this behavior in any way. I’ve rolled back to versions 3.0.17.4, 3.0.6, and all the way back to 2.2.8 just for kicks. None of this changes the behavior.

I’d guess VLC is getting ahead of the caching (since briefly pausing puts the audio back in sync), but I’ve set the ms values for disc caching in excess of 6k and it hasn’t mattered.

Any help at this point would be welcome.

Statistics: Posted by Punch — 08 May 2024 09:47