I have an issue with VLC, especially at high speeds (4x / 3x) where the audio clips heavily when I seek around.
Since I have an NVME SSD, I wouldn’t think that this would happen, but it does. I’ve tried all the usual settings changes.
I should note that it only appears to be the audio, and not the video; the video is just fine.
Here are the file cache settings:
How can I stop the audio from stuttering?
Hi, Sarah
Are you open the tab of the Play ? You find the menu with the selector of speed. Maybe use the normal mode, this solve the problem
I have no idea what this means 
What normal mode? I need to watch things at > 2x speed. It’s a requirement since I don’t have much time in my life for watching things I want to watch
We need the result of this command line: inxi --full --verbosity=7 --filter, please and post your demand of help in sounds category
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