Hi, While I realize quite a few people here won't like it, but VLC seems unsuitable for general music playback, because it doesn't keep a stable pitch. There's a nice ticket in de Videolan trac that sums it up: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10056 I've opened a thread on hydrogenaudio on this matter as well: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=104958 Maybe it's a good idea to abandon the VLC backend and focus on something else? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Play music through the VLC Phonon backend Actual Results: The first few seconds of the music are off-key, with pitch-difference as much as 1%. That's as much as 17 cent! After some time the pitch stabilizes, but for every new track the pitch drops again. Expected Results: A stable, true pitch
Created attachment 85504 [details] File played through the VLC backend This file was 'captures' by using pulse audio volume control to redirect the output to Audacity.
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