Audio distortion with AAC audio on macOS
AAC stereo 48kHz audio tracks encoded with iOS AAC encoder play distorted on VLC 2.2.6 if the input samples get near the limit (32767 in 16 bit terms). The distortion is fixed by turning on any audio effect in VLC, then turning it off. Once the file playback loops (or VLC restarted) the distortion comes back. No problems whatsoever playing the same file in QuickTime Player or in Chrome browser.