Windows 10: whenever i stop playing audio for 1 or 2 minutes then go back and play audio, it goes...

this issue started happening when i upgraded to windows 11 yesterday, i never had an issue with it. this isnt a lag or delay issue, and it's not a headphone issue either. i've tried updating my drivers countless times and trying different drivers but nothing works. this issue is everywhere youtube, chrome, vlc, etc. what should i do?

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No sound while playing audio and video files.

Hi,

I appreciate if you could answer to a few questions to narrow down to the issue.

• Which is the application that you are using to play the files?
• Did you try the same on a different player?
• Did you perform any troubleshooting steps?

As an initial troubleshooting step, I suggest you to check if the volume is set low or in mute state in Volume Mixer.

• Right click on sound icon.
• Open Volume Mixer check for the application that you are playing the files with and increase the volume and check.

If the issue still persists, I would suggest you to run “Playing audio” troubleshooter to diagnose and fix the issue.

Follow these Steps to run Playing Audio Troubleshooter in Windows 10.

1. Type troubleshooting in the search bar.

2. Select Troubleshooting.

3. Select View all on the top left corner.

4. Click on Playing audio.

Also refer: Fix sound or audio problems in Windows - Microsoft Support

Hope the information helps in resolving the issue related to the sound issue. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.

 

USB audio device stops playing audio

Hi all,

I have an external amplifier for my speakers/headphones ( a NAD D3020 ) and after upgrading my Win 7 system to Win 10 recently, I have started seeing an issue where after a certain amount of time, the audio from the amplifier simply stops working over USB.

Essentially, from a clean start. if I'm playing a game, after about 10-15 minutes the audio will suddenly mute.

If it's video, it takes about an hour before this happens (sometimes much sooner)

If it's music, it's rare.

Once the audio has stopped, there are some interesting notes;

* muting/unmuting or changing volume does nothing

* absolutely no app in Windows or even Windows itself is able to generate sounds

* opening a video in Films & TV app for instance, the video plays at 1FPS, no audio. Other video apps act strangely too

* Windows Media Player when asked to play audio will attempt to load the file/start playing, and never actually start

* Windows still sees the amp as connected and working, despite the issues mentioned

* the NAD amp remains responsive to other input sources (only USB is muted)

Cycling the power on the amp itself, or disconnecting and reconnecting the USB cable will temporarily solve the issue, but the issue will re-occur again within 2-3 minutes after the initial occurrence.

After speaking with the amp manufacturer, I have cleaned all associated drivers, performed a firmware upgrade on the amp, tried different USB ports/hubs (USB 2 and 3), tried the proprietary USB driver and the generic Windows USB audio driver, updated Windows
10 to the latest build, performed a factory reset, disabled enhancements for the USB device in Windows, and many more things. These have had no effect on the issue.

I have also sourced a different USB 1 audio device (a headphone amp) which does not exhibit these issues at all.

Has anyone any suggestions on what else I can try at this point?

 

Audio Enhancement Disabed but wont play audio or video

All the steps have been tried. I have been dealing with this issue since last week so many of the steps you suggested or sent had been tried already and a few more than once. The PC has been through a soft reset, a factory reset, and I also did your suggestion of the repair reset.

I am still getting the same issue. When the audio enhancement is not on the audio does not play, the test tone audio fails, no local video files can play either. No YouTube videos or any online video plays. Youtube screen will say an audio rendering issue. Local audio files will give error and say it is unsupported coding...0X8000FFFF, when the enhancement is on there is no issue at all

Drivers, Bios, chips etc are up to date. I have had this laptop for less than 2 months, so I did not really have any 3rd party software installed.

Troubleshooter even suggest disabling the enhancement but again...this is the problem.