There seems to be a problem with VLC that started some months ago. When watching a movie, the sound slowly starts going out of sync. If I close VLC and open the movie again to the spot it was at before, the sound is no longer out of sync.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there a solution to it?
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I have the same problem with VLC. The sync keeps on slipping regardless if it's a 480p crummy home video or a 4k quality feature film. If I play the same file with another media player, such as K-Lite or even WMP, then the problem does not exist at all.
A quick fix, that does alleviate the symptoms but does not cure the disease, is to use the keyboard shortcuts J and K to shift the audio up and down in increments of 50ms. This usually solves the problem temporarily.
i had the same problem where in iTunes where video stop but audio would continue then pause altogether then resume sum 20sec down the line but VLC would be fine as said above it boils down to system requirements and what would be used for that program. Be sure to look at the requirements before you download.
1Try this - Go to Tools -> Preferences -> Click "show all" down the bottom left -> Input/Codecs. At the bottom in the advanced section the first option should be file caching. Try increase this to around 10,000 ms/ 10 seconds.
Just revert to version 2.1.5 Rincewind and it will be solved. I tried codek paks and everything was making it freeze and audio repeating and unsync. I used my old pc and it was flowing like a breeze
1This worked for me: View → Renderer settings → Reset to default renderer settings for MPC-BE.
It might have something to do with the renderer.
