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Ventrilo causing loss of audio on all applications, fix on reboot.
Hi, I wasn't sure if this would be the right place to post this or not, I am sorry if it isnt.
So I have been having this problem for several months now. While playing video games online with ventrilo, or any other VOIP, randomly it would cause all of my playback audio to stop. I wont hear sounds from ventrilo, or the game, or anything. It also causes videos such as those from YouTube to play slowly and very choppy. It is very random, sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesnt. Sometimes it only takes twenty minutes to go off, and sometimes it takes several hours. There is no indication that something is wrong, other than the lack of sound. My drivers are up to date and it is still registering the sounds, it just isn't playing them. It fixes itself on a reboot though, so it is just a little frustrating.
I have been unable to find out why this is happening. I am thinking it may have something to do with the headset I am using. It is fairly old and has a USB attachment I can plug the microphone and earphone plugs into, but the USB plug isn't working so I plugged the other two directly into my PC. Perhaps that is doing it? I am not really tech savvy so I could really use some help. Thanks in advance