Audio renderer error. Please restart your computer.

Anonymous
2018-12-20T03:19:25+00:00

I can't play any video or audio and I get the above message when I try to play Youtube video. Rebooting temporarily resolves the problem.

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Hey everyone! I found a fix. Are you all using an adblocker? That turned out to be the problem. I did not get the error again after whitelisting Youtube. However, I renabled it because reloading the page and getting back to where I was before was faster than watching a 0:05-0:30 ad. At the beginning. Maybe twice. Then in the middle. And one at the end. PLEASE TRY THIS BEFORE POSTING A REPLY. xd

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-03T17:20:30+00:00

    I have the same issue.  Brand new Dell XPS 9370.  Latest Windows 10 and drivers.

    I thought it had something to do with sleep, since it would often fail after waking up the computer.  However, recently it started happening more often, such as after pausing a video on youtube.

    It is not a browser issue, since it is an error with all audio.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-01-13T22:59:04+00:00

    Same laptop, Dell XPS 15 2in1 9575.  Running Windows 10 1803 update.

    I just got this to work without restarting the computer for the first time ever.

    I disabled my intel audio driver and the realtek and then immediately re-enabled.  The video audio is working now!  I might make a batch file to do this quicker.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-01-13T21:09:06+00:00

    same laptop. same issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-12-23T03:29:04+00:00

    Asus G20 CB. I have to wait to see if the problem goes away because the problem is solved after restarting the computer but comes back after a day or so.  Edit: Updating or rolling back sound driver does not help. I'm on version 1803.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-12-27T20:05:36+00:00

    I unplugged my headphones and plugged them back in and the problem was gone. 

    i have the same issue. I do not use headphones. Tried every solution i have find (with drivers manually or auto updated , deleted or not , troubleshooting, all fixes for less than a day)

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