VLC 2.1.0 and Windows 98 - not quite working (?)

[schwups]

It played in a sort of stuttering way - as if someone was opening and closing a switch connecting my PC to the speakers, with no noise or poping during the switching.

Probably the bug will be fixed with version 2.1.2. https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=115231

[Nomen]

I downloaded some music recently (2-channel stereo, 24-bit, 192 khz) flac files. They don't play on VLC 2.1.0 and 2.1.1 (I hear no audio during playback). During playback, VLC statistics shows the input bit rate (input, demuxed and content) all active, but the Audio statistics (decoded / played / lost) all show 0 blocks / 0 buffers.

Even VLC 2.0.8 shows the same thing - no audio playback. I tried a test file that I got more than a year ago (2-channel, 24-bit, 192 khz) and it also doesn't play.

The last version of VLC I had prior to updating was 2.0.6, and I know the high bit-rate files played on it, but I have to now go and find that version of VLC to be sure.

Schwups - can you play any high-resolution flac files (24-bit/192 khz) with VLC? There are some available as test files here: http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html

The file 2L50SACD_tr01_stereo_192kHz.flac is the smallest one (108 mb).

[schwups]

Hallo Nomen,

I tried to play a (24-bit/192 khz) flac file of 2L.no with different versions. I only tested on one machine yet (Creative SB 128 PCI).

Vlc versions 2.0 - 2.0.8 play the file on ME and XPSP2.

Versions 2.1.0 and 2.1.1 don't play it on ME.

VLC statistics shows the input bit rate (input, demuxed and content) all active, but the Audio statistics (decoded / played / lost) all show 0 blocks / 0 buffers.

confirmed

But they play it on XP SP2. So the problem seems related on 98/ME.

All tests performed with default settings.

All versions are available on http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/.

Edited November 25, 2013 by schwups

[schwups]

VLC 2.1.1

Tools > Messages:

directsound error: cannot open directx audio device

main error: module not functional

main error: failed to create audio output

[Drugwash]

I've performed a few tests with GOM Player, Trout and my own BASS-based player on my old 98SE.

First of all, the BASS library simply crashes with a MSVCR70.dll used as MSVCRT.DLL. So any media player that uses BASS will likely crash. Not to mention BASS v2.4.10 (latest at the time of posting) crashes the audio driver in the DSP test application that comes with the package.

Then, none of the players would play the 2L50SACD_tr01_stereo_192kHz.flac on my 98SE, regardless of KernelEx compatibility settings for BASS.dll, bassflac.dll or player executables.

I got to the conclusion that the culprit may be dsound.dll and/or other 9x-specific media library common for all players. The file plays correctly in Trout under XP-SP3 and after installing oggcodecs, GOM Player was able to play it too under XP.

Installing a few older versions of oggcodecs in 98SE did not help; codecs appear to be loaded but all players would bail out.

Could anyone check the difference between the loaded modules of older (working) and newer (not working) VLC on a ME machine? We might get an idea of which file(s) break the playback.

[MiKl]

Indeed no sound with VLC 2.1.1 (portable) !!

MediaPlayerClassic Home Cinema (1.5.1.2903) plays the file but sound is very bad - sounds almost like a mono recording from the 1930s !!

So it may indeed be something more 98se related than a player 'issue'.

[schwups]

Could anyone check the difference between the loaded modules of older (working) and newer (not working) VLC on a ME machine? We might get an idea of which file(s) break the playback.

Procedure: I used the ProcessViewer. Saved the modules list as txt file and sorted the modules with Word alphabetically.

DSound.dll is loaded by version 2.1.1 and it isn't loaded by version 2.0.8. And there are a lot of differences with loaded Lib....Plugin.dll's between these versions.

Loaded modules 2.0.8:

ADVAPI32.DLL bfe60000 65536 65536 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ADVAPI32.DLL Win32 ADVAPI32 core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

ASWIDLE.DLL 64a00000 28672 05.12.2012 20:53 C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASWIDLE.DLL avast! Idle Hook Library 4, 8, 0, 0.

AVCOMMEX.DLL 65800000 114688 05.12.2012 20:53 C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\AVCOMMEX.DLL Avast IM/P2P Shield Support 4, 8, 0, 0. Copyright © 2009 ALWIL Software

AVICAP32.DLL 7e480000 69632 69632 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\AVICAP32.DLL AVI Capture DLL 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000

BROWSEUI.DLL 71160000 1036288 29.08.2002 07:07 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\BROWSEUI.DLL Shell Browser UI Library 6.00.2800.1106. © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

COMCTL32.DLL bfb70000 557056 29.08.2002 07:07 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMCTL32.DLL Common Controls Library 5.50.4916.400. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-2001

COMDLG32.DLL 7fe00000 208896 208896 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMDLG32.DLL Common Dialogs DLL 5.50.4134.100. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000

CRYPT32.DLL 7da90000 479232 479232 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\CRYPT32.DLL Crypto API32 5.131.2133.3. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

DCIMAN32.DLL 7d190000 24576 24576 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DCIMAN32.DLL DCI Manager 1.00 4.90.3000. Copyright © 1992-1998 Intel/Microsoft Corporation.

GDI32.DLL bff20000 172032 31.03.2011 23:58 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\GDI32.DLL Win32 GDI core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

IMAGEHLP.DLL 7b960000 143360 143360 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IMAGEHLP.DLL Windows NT Image Helper 5.00.2178.1. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

IMM32.DLL bfe00000 16384 16384 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IMM32.DLL Win32 IMM32 core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

KERNEL32.DLL bff60000 536576 15.02.2012 18:17 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL Win32 Kernel core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000

KERNELEX.DLL bfa00000 53248 14.11.2011 22:28 C:\WINDOWS\KERNELEX\KERNELEX.DLL KernelEx Core 4.5.2. Copyright © 2009-2010, Xeno86

KEXBASEN.DLL 7d000000 98304 14.11.2011 22:28 C:\WINDOWS\KERNELEX\KEXBASEN.DLL KernelEx Base Non-shared Api Library 4.5.2. Copyright © 2009-2010, Xeno86

KEXBASES.DLL bfa40000 229376 14.11.2011 22:29 C:\WINDOWS\KERNELEX\KEXBASES.DLL KernelEx Base Shared Api Library 4.5.2. Copyright © 2009-2010, Xeno86

KSUSER.DLL 5ef80000 16384 02.04.2011 01:42 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KSUSER.DLL User CSA Library 4.90.0003010.900. © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

LIBA52TOFLOAT32_PLUGIN.DLL 02f20000 143360 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBA52TOFLOAT32_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBA52TOSPDIF_PLUGIN.DLL 015e0000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBA52TOSPDIF_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBACCESS_BD_PLUGIN.DLL 68740000 163840 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\ACCESS\LIBACCESS_BD_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBACCESS_VDR_PLUGIN.DLL 6b840000 110592 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\ACCESS\LIBACCESS_VDR_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBAES3_PLUGIN.DLL 00cb0000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBAES3_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBAOUT_DIRECTX_PLUGIN.DLL 6b240000 114688 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_OUTPUT\LIBAOUT_DIRECTX_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBARAW_PLUGIN.DLL 67940000 118784 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBARAW_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBAUDIO_FORMAT_PLUGIN.DLL 65b80000 114688 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBAUDIO_FORMAT_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBCDG_PLUGIN.DLL 66ec0000 106496 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBCDG_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBCONVERTER_FIXED_PLUGIN.DLL 6b900000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBCONVERTER_FIXED_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBDIRECTX_PLUGIN.DLL 6d680000 147456 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\VIDEO_OUTPUT\LIBDIRECTX_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBDOLBY_SURROUND_DECODER_PLUGIN.DLL 648c0000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBDOLBY_SURROUND_DECODER_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBDSHOW_PLUGIN.DLL 64fc0000 311296 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\ACCESS\LIBDSHOW_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBDTS_PLUGIN.DLL 00cd0000 106496 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBDTS_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBDTSTOFLOAT32_PLUGIN.DLL 6d800000 249856 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBDTSTOFLOAT32_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBDTSTOSPDIF_PLUGIN.DLL 6c500000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBDTSTOSPDIF_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBDVDNAV_PLUGIN.DLL 6f440000 331776 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\ACCESS\LIBDVDNAV_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBFAAD_PLUGIN.DLL 6bd80000 425984 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBFAAD_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBFILESYSTEM_PLUGIN.DLL 6f100000 110592 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\ACCESS\LIBFILESYSTEM_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBFLAC_PLUGIN.DLL 62780000 311296 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBFLAC_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBFLACSYS_PLUGIN.DLL 6c380000 110592 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\DEMUX\LIBFLACSYS_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBFLOAT32_MIXER_PLUGIN.DLL 6f8c0000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_MIXER\LIBFLOAT32_MIXER_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBGLOBALHOTKEYS_PLUGIN.DLL 6e180000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CONTROL\LIBGLOBALHOTKEYS_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBHOTKEYS_PLUGIN.DLL 6ff40000 118784 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CONTROL\LIBHOTKEYS_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBLIBBLURAY_PLUGIN.DLL 6c400000 258048 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\ACCESS\LIBLIBBLURAY_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBLPCM_PLUGIN.DLL 6bb00000 110592 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBLPCM_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBLUA_PLUGIN.DLL 66040000 368640 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\LUA\LIBLUA_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBMEMCPYMMXEXT_PLUGIN.DLL 63880000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\MMXEXT\LIBMEMCPYMMXEXT_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBMPGATOFIXED32_PLUGIN.DLL 6f080000 196608 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBMPGATOFIXED32_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBPACKETIZER_FLAC_PLUGIN.DLL 6fa80000 110592 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\PACKETIZER\LIBPACKETIZER_FLAC_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBPLAYLIST_PLUGIN.DLL 00c70000 172032 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\DEMUX\LIBPLAYLIST_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBPNG_PLUGIN.DLL 683c0000 253952 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBPNG_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBQT4_PLUGIN.DLL 68e80000 11440128 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\GUI\LIBQT4_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBRAWVIDEO_PLUGIN.DLL 6b280000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBRAWVIDEO_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBSAMPLERATE_PLUGIN.DLL 67500000 1581056 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBSAMPLERATE_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBSCALETEMPO_PLUGIN.DLL 65b00000 106496 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBSCALETEMPO_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBSCHROEDINGER_PLUGIN.DLL 02890000 1372160 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBSCHROEDINGER_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBSIMPLE_CHANNEL_MIXER_PLUGIN.DLL 6e080000 106496 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBSIMPLE_CHANNEL_MIXER_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBSPEEX_PLUGIN.DLL 63e40000 217088 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBSPEEX_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBSTREAM_FILTER_DASH_PLUGIN.DLL 01310000 720896 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\STREAM_FILTER\LIBSTREAM_FILTER_DASH_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBSTREAM_FILTER_HTTPLIVE_PLUGIN.DLL 63a80000 507904 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\STREAM_FILTER\LIBSTREAM_FILTER_HTTPLIVE_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBSTREAM_FILTER_RAR_PLUGIN.DLL 69e40000 106496 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\ACCESS\LIBSTREAM_FILTER_RAR_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBSTREAM_FILTER_RECORD_PLUGIN.DLL 64ac0000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\STREAM_FILTER\LIBSTREAM_FILTER_RECORD_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBTAGLIB_PLUGIN.DLL 6cd00000 1437696 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\META_ENGINE\LIBTAGLIB_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBTHEORA_PLUGIN.DLL 65880000 417792 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBTHEORA_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBUGLY_RESAMPLER_PLUGIN.DLL 6b300000 102400 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_FILTER\LIBUGLY_RESAMPLER_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBVLC.DLL 6a300000 180224 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\LIBVLC.DLL

LIBVLCCORE.DLL 6a540000 2412544 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\LIBVLCCORE.DLL

LIBVORBIS_PLUGIN.DLL 026d0000 1789952 25.11.2013 12:32 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\CODEC\LIBVORBIS_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBWAVEOUT_PLUGIN.DLL 6e980000 118784 25.11.2013 12:32 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\AUDIO_OUTPUT\LIBWAVEOUT_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBXML_PLUGIN.DLL 625c0000 1318912 25.11.2013 12:32 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\MISC\LIBXML_PLUGIN.DLL

LIBZIP_PLUGIN.DLL 6ae40000 151552 25.11.2013 12:32 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\PLUGINS\ACCESS\LIBZIP_PLUGIN.DLL

MPR.DLL 7f160000 57344 57344 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPR.DLL WIN32 Network Interface DLL 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1993-1998

MSACM32.DLL 7a1e0000 102400 102400 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSACM32.DLL Microsoft Audio Compression Manager 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000

MSASN1.DLL 79f80000 65536 65536 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSASN1.DLL Microsoft ASN.1 Encoder/Decoder 3.1. Copyright © Microsoft Corporation 1996-1999

MSSHRUI.DLL 7f840000 94208 94208 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSSHRUI.DLL Shell extensions for sharing 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1994-1998

MSVCR70.DLL 7c000000 344064 15.04.2013 11:02 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSVCR70.DLL Microsoft® C Runtime Library 7.00.9981.0. © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

MSVCRT20.DLL 7fb50000 282624 282624 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSVCRT20.DLL Microsoft® C Runtime Library 2.10.000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1994

MSVFW32.DLL 77ee0000 147456 147456 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSVFW32.DLL Microsoft Video for Windows DLL 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000

MSWSOCK.DLL 77d70000 81920 81920 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSWSOCK.DLL Microsoft WinSock Extension APIs 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1993-1998

NTDLL.DLL bfe70000 20480 20480 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NTDLL.DLL Win32 NTDLL core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

OLE32.DLL 7ff20000 794624 794624 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLE32.DLL Microsoft OLE for Windows and Windows NT 4.71.3328. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1998

OLEAUT32.DLL 7fe80000 610304 610304 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLEAUT32.DLL 2.40.4515. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1993-1998.

OLEDLG.DLL 7fe50000 155648 155648 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLEDLG.DLL Microsoft Windows OLE 2.0 User Interface Support 2.01. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1998

PSAPI.DLL 7d020000 20480 14.11.2011 22:29 C:\WINDOWS\KERNELEX\PSAPI.DLL

RPCRT4.DLL 7fab0000 344064 344064 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RPCRT4.DLL Remote Procedure Call DLL 4.71.3335. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1993-1998

SHDOCVW.DLL 71000000 1347584 29.08.2002 07:07 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHDOCVW.DLL Shell Doc Object and Control Library 6.00.2800.1106. © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

SHELL32.DLL 7fbd0000 2285568 2285568 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL Windows Shell Common Dll 5.50.4134.100. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000

SHLWAPI.DLL 70bd0000 413696 29.08.2002 07:07 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL Shell Light-weight Utility Library 6.00.2800.1106. © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

UNICOWS.DLL 7f2d0000 266240 31.03.2011 17:35 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\UNICOWS.DLL Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Win9x Systems (MSLU) 1.1.3790.0. © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

USER32.DLL bfc00000 69632 31.03.2011 23:58 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\USER32.DLL Win32 USER32 core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

USERENV.DLL 7d0a0000 20480 14.11.2011 22:29 C:\WINDOWS\KERNELEX\USERENV.DLL

USP10.DLL 750f0000 344064 344064 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\USP10.DLL Uniscribe Unicode script processor 1.0325.2180.1. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

VERSION.DLL bfe50000 24576 24576 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VERSION.DLL Win32 VERSION core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

VLC.EXE 00400000 151552 25.11.2013 12:31 E:\PROGRAMME\VLCPLAYER\2.0.8\VLC-2.0.8\VLC.EXE VLC media player 2.0.8 2,0,8,0. Copyright © 1996-2013 VideoLAN and VLC Authors

WININET.DLL 70200000 610304 29.08.2002 07:07 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WININET.DLL Internet Extensions for Win32 6.00.2800.1106. © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

WINMM.DLL bfdd0000 65536 65536 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WINMM.DLL System APIs for Multimedia 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000

WINSPOOL.DRV 7fe40000 36864 36864 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WINSPOOL.DRV Win32 WINSPOOL core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

WINTRUST.DLL 741d0000 176128 176128 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WINTRUST.DLL Microsoft Trust Verification APIs 5.131.2133.2. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

WOW32.DLL bfdc0000 20480 20480 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WOW32.DLL Win32 WOW32 core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

WS2_32.DLL 73710000 69632 69632 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WS2_32.DLL Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1993-1998

WS2HELP.DLL 73700000 20480 20480 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WS2HELP.DLL Windows Socket 2.0 Helper for Windows 98 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1993-1998

WSOCK32.DLL 736d0000 36864 36864 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WSOCK32.DLL BSD Socket API for Windows 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1993-1998

Loaded modules 2.1.1:

ADVAPI32.DLL bfe60000 65536 65536 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ADVAPI32.DLL Win32 ADVAPI32 core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

ASWIDLE.DLL 00cb0000 28672 05.12.2012 20:53 C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASWIDLE.DLL avast! Idle Hook Library 4, 8, 0, 0.

AVCOMMEX.DLL 65800000 114688 05.12.2012 20:53 C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\AVCOMMEX.DLL Avast IM/P2P Shield Support 4, 8, 0, 0. Copyright © 2009 ALWIL Software

AVICAP32.DLL 7e480000 69632 69632 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\AVICAP32.DLL AVI Capture DLL 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000

BROWSEUI.DLL 71160000 1036288 29.08.2002 07:07 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\BROWSEUI.DLL Shell Browser UI Library 6.00.2800.1106. © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

COMCTL32.DLL bfb70000 557056 29.08.2002 07:07 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMCTL32.DLL Common Controls Library 5.50.4916.400. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-2001

COMDLG32.DLL 7fe00000 208896 208896 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMDLG32.DLL Common Dialogs DLL 5.50.4134.100. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000

CRYPT32.DLL 7da90000 479232 479232 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\CRYPT32.DLL Crypto API32 5.131.2133.3. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

DCIMAN32.DLL 7d190000 24576 24576 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DCIMAN32.DLL DCI Manager 1.00 4.90.3000. Copyright © 1992-1998 Intel/Microsoft Corporation.

DSOUND.DLL beaf0000 524288 02.04.2011 01:42 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DSOUND.DLL DirectSound 4.09.00.0904. Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

GDI32.DLL bff20000 172032 31.03.2011 23:58 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\GDI32.DLL Win32 GDI core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

IMAGEHLP.DLL 7b960000 143360 143360 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IMAGEHLP.DLL Windows NT Image Helper 5.00.2178.1. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

IMM32.DLL bfe00000 16384 16384 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IMM32.DLL Win32 IMM32 core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-1998

KERNEL32.DLL bff60000 536576 15.02.2012 18:17 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL Win32 Kernel core component 4.90.3000. Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000

KERNELEX.DLL bfa00000 53248 14.11.2011 22:28 C:\WINDOWS\KERNELEX\KERNELEX.DLL KernelEx Core 4.5.2. Copyright © 2009-2010, Xeno86

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[Drugwash]

Thank you for the listings above. It does seem that the new VLC switched to DSOUND processing/output and the old 9x-compatible version can't handle certain formats. Most likely any player that relies on dsound will fail on those formats.

On another note, today I've installed the MPC-HC version mentioned by Mikl above and tried to play more media files - none of them would. This means I have to fix some other issues on my system. Once I do that (hopefully), I'll have a look at that script, Mikl.

[schwups]

The default setting for the audio output modul is automatic. VLC 2.1.1 try to play the (24-bit/192 khz) flac file with DirectX audio output, whereas 2.0.8 switches to the waveout audio output. 2.1.1 plays the file, if I manually select the waveout audio output. This explains why 2.1.1 loads the DSound.dll and 2.0.8 don't.

Edited November 26, 2013 by schwups

[Drugwash]

So, would the FLAC play in 2.1.1 with waveout set as output?

Nevertheless, dsound appears to be broken and whatever player depends on it will not be able to play FLAC, at least not the file in question.

Doesn't it strike you as odd that a much newer library (dsound.dll from DirectX 9.0c) is unable to play a file type that a much older (system original, assumingly) can? Unless there's something I'm missing here...

I've just installed VLC 2.0.5 in Win2000 compatibility and it plays the file in both Dsound and waveout modes, but both choppy as reported somewhere above. This could be due to missing CPU instructions (PIII doesn't have SSE2) and/or low speed (mine is 667MHz/133MHz bus).

Darn, we're just assuming things.

Edited November 26, 2013 by Drugwash

[TmEE]

I installed 2.0.5 and it seems to play all my files correctly in any setting, on my AMD Turion64 based laptop (2.2GHz core, 800MHz FSB/HT, MMX/3Dnow!/SSE/SSE2/SSE3)

[schwups]

So, would the FLAC play in 2.1.1 with waveout set as output?

Yes it works. Test system: ME / Creative SB 128 PCI / Celeron 440 Conroe-L (SSE2,SSE3,SSSE3)

Modules Tree (Tools > Messages):

First image: ModulesTree ME 2.1.1 directX

on the right: ModulesTree ME 2.1.1 Wave out

and below: ModulesTree XP 2.1.1 direktX

Edited November 26, 2013 by schwups

[schwups]

I've just installed VLC 2.0.5 in Win2000 compatibility and it plays the file in both Dsound and waveout modes,...

VLC only play the file with waveout here and not with DSound, even though I set vlc to 2K and the output module to directX. It always switches to wave out. Tested with 2.0.5, 2.0.6 and 2.0.8.

[MiKl]

The default setting for the audio output modul is automatic. VLC 2.1.1 try to play the (24-bit/192 khz) flac file with DirectX audio output, whereas 2.0.8 switches to the waveout audio output. 2.1.1 plays the file, if I manually select the waveout audio output. This explains why 2.1.1 loads the DSound.dll and 2.0.8 don't.

Same here - but only on my Intel-chipset/Envy24 soundcard PC !!

Still no sound on the VIA-chipset/VIA-Realtek-AC97 system. This may be because the latest AC97-driver (A4.06) does not work there (yellow exclamation mark) !!

Follow up:

The workaround that Nomen mentioned below - keeping 2.0.8. installed but playing the file with 2.1.1. portable works !!

Edited November 27, 2013 by MiKl

[Drugwash]

I see. Thanks for the screenshots schwups, it's clear now: VLC automatically switches the output to first/best available. I had set DirectX output in settings but the modules tree stills shows waveout for the respective FLAC upon playback.

In Messages I have:

main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1000 ms)

main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called

(sorry for the large image size, Internet is not what it used to be anymore)

My 98SE machine has a VIA Apollo Pro / VT82C596 chipset and the soundcard is C-Media CMI8738 with Diamond Multimedia drivers v5.12.01.0046.5.1. As mentioned before, CPU is Intel PIII EB Coppermine 667MHz/133 FSB/256kB cache (MMX, SSE).