VLC doesn't complete short MP3 sound samples
This happens on Windows 7 (VLC 1.1.4), Mac OS X 10.6.4 (VLC 1.1.3) and OpenSuse 11.3 (VLC 1.1.2):
VLC starts to play short MP3 files but doesn't complete the playback. A similar ticket #1732 (closed) was closed as "wontfix" two years ago. The reason given there was:
This depends on how fast your computer is basically. VLC doesn't wait for your audiochain to be ready. If stuff is slow, you might miss something here and there. Some audio drivers have the same issue btw. (those who hibernate the soundcard for instance) It is >expected behaviour and will not change until after a major redesign of some parts of our core (for which there is a separate ticket).
All of my machines are pretty fast, so I can omit this reason in my case.
Other software I tried, doesn't cut the playback: Winamp, Windows Media Player, Amarok, Songbird to term some.
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