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Audio stutter "too low audio sample frequency (0)" when playing multiple streams

I noticed that my vlc audio always will stutter, when I skip backward and forward while playing more than one audio stream.

Also I don't experience this kind of strange behavior with any other app than vlc.

For example I can play the same game, video (and music in rhythmbox) simultaneously without a problem.

How to reproduce:

  1. play a youtube video.
  2. leave it playing in the background.
  3. play any audio or video format in vlc simultaneously.
  4. now skip forward and/or backwards in vlc (one or multiple times).
main error: too low audio sample frequency (0)
main error: failed to create audio output
vlcpulse error: digital pass-through stream connection failure: In-/utgångsfel
main error: module not functional
main error: failed to create audio output
gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.208.0 (API v208)
glconv_vaapi_x11 error: vaInitialize: unknown libva error
gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.208.0 (API v208)
pulse warning: starting late (-22172 us)
main warning: playback too late (60035): up-sampling
pulse warning: starting late (-17657 us)
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 121693 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too late (121578): up-sampling
pulse warning: starting late (-12110 us)
main warning: playback too late (65040): up-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 134901 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too late (134946): up-sampling
main warning: playback way too late (186575): flushing buffers
pulse warning: starting late (-25577 us)
main warning: playback way too early (-516334): playing silence
main warning: playback way too early (-124905): playing silence
main warning: playback too late (60260): up-sampling
main warning: timing screwed (drift: 133116 us): stopping resampling
main warning: playback too late (133092): up-sampling
main warning: playback way too late (182649): flushing buffers
main warning: playback way too early (-509524): playing silence
main warning: playback way too early (-138476): playing silence
  • Fedora Linux 37 (gnome/mutter on wayland)
  • Kernel 6.0.11 (x86_64)
  • Pipewire 0.3.61 (i686, x86_64), Wireplumber 0.4.12 (x86_64)
  • vlc-3.0.18-2.fc37.x86_64 (rpm fusion)

Result: audio will stutter and remain out of sync until vlc is restarted or all other streams are terminated.

Expected: preferably not stutter when playing multiple audio streams outside of vlc.

Edited by helio sphere
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