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
    2019-04-24T21:13:20+00:00

    I've also been facing this issue and have had my motherboard replaced by Dell. I have followed all the guides previously posted including trying to rollback audio drivers (not possible as this is a new laptop).

    I have noticed I am on Windows 1803 with the current version at 1809. I'm now updating to 1809 to see if this resolves the issue. Problem is I have to restart for changes to take effect so I won't know if they have worked for days/weeks potentially.

    I can report that today I saw my old nemesis again the "Audio renderer error" msg despite moving to 1809. I am out of ideas at the stage and will have to go back to Dell again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-04-18T17:44:20+00:00

    I just get it when netflix is on, so I close the app

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-04-18T14:33:03+00:00

    Is your problem already solved? I have the same..

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-04-15T11:45:41+00:00

    I've also been facing this issue and have had my motherboard replaced by Dell. I have followed all the guides previously posted including trying to rollback audio drivers (not possible as this is a new laptop).

    I have noticed I am on Windows 1803 with the current version at 1809. I'm now updating to 1809 to see if this resolves the issue. Problem is I have to restart for changes to take effect so I won't know if they have worked for days/weeks potentially.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-04-12T15:28:10+00:00

    https://youtu.be/lnjv0hTxCmA

    Visit here I have explained briefly

    Thank  you

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