Thursday, January 10, 2013

Audio distorted in VLC on windows

If you are facing audio distortion in VLC on windows. Follow the below mentioned steps.
In some cases the audio is distorted from the start, in other cases, the audio distortion starts when on fast forwards.

1. Press Ctrl + P (or go to Tools and select Preferences)
2. At the bottom of the window, there is option "Show settings", select "All"

3. In Audio
    In Output modules
        Select Audio output module: "DirectX audio output"
4. Save
5. Close VLC
6. Open VLC again and try again.

Note: In some cases, audio mode "Win32 waveOut" works better

If this doesn't solve your problem:
Read
1. http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-2.0.x#Crackles.2C_pops.2C_hizzes_and_other_audio_anomalies
2. http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?p=339577#p339577



3 comments:

  1. i figured this out myself, but this is a useful suggestion for sure.

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  2. thanks a lot..
    waveout audio output with realtec ac97 did the trick for me..

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  3. Thanks for your help. Wavout audio output works.

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