Same. I've had the Dell XPS 13 since July 2018, and it has been riddled with annoying little problems like this. I don't know if it's the laptop or Windows 10 or the combination of both, but this is my first and last Dell.
Audio renderer error. Please restart your computer.
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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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2019-03-15T13:04:14+00:00 The reason for this problem might differ from person to person but for me happens when I have the netflix app on. So if you have the app open just close it by pressing the X on the top right of the app. Afterwards just reload the page on youtube and you are done
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Anonymous
2019-03-05T14:01:13+00:00 I have a Dell XPS 13 and have the same problem. Restarting the audio service does not help, so that is not a solution. This is one of several VERY annoying things about windows 10 and this laptop. I would never buy this laptop again.
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Anonymous
2019-02-28T04:15:46+00:00 It is not Dell for sure. People report this problem with non-Dell devices. I reinstalled drivers many times, it gets better for a while, then starts happening every 2-3 minutes.
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Anonymous
2019-02-15T16:07:40+00:00 My Chrome browser does not work with any output devices except Bose Companion 5 Multimedia Speaker System https://www.amazon.com/Bose-Companion-Multimedia-Speaker-System/dp/B000IE8Z4Q