Can you run DxDiag, "Save All Information", and send me the results off-list? From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ambrish dantrey Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 3:27 PM To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Loopback capture Got it. It is a bug in Microsoft API: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsdesktop/en-US/c7ba0a04-46ce-43ff-ad15-ce8932c00171/loopback-recording-causes-digital-stuttering?forum=windowspro-audiodevelopment Is there a KB article on it? This should atleast be mentioned on MSDN page for loopback recording. Thanks, Ambrish On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:19 PM, ambrish dantrey <a4ambrish@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:a4ambrish@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Adding a subject On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:18 PM, ambrish dantrey <a4ambrish@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:a4ambrish@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: I am running into some very strange issue with loopback capture 1) Open a loopback capture stream on default audio endpoint (headphones) 2) Play audio using WMP. This audio gets captured in loopback stream 3) Terminate audio playback using ctrl+w shortcut. At this stage, you'll get a buzzing sound from my headphones. This buzzing sound will go away only after I terminate loopback capture. Does anyone have any idea on how loopback capture can affect audio going out on the device? I am using sample code at and modified it to not stop capture when flags are non-zero. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matthew_van_eerde/archive/2008/12/16/sample-wasapi-loopback-capture-record-what-you-hear.aspx Thanks