Sometimes if audio is glitching we will reach out to people and ask them to take glitch traces so we can look at them and try to figure out what is going on.
One of the tools we use to take audio glitch traces on Windows 10 desktop editions, is Windows Performance Recorder; this is part of the Windows Performance Toolkit, which ships as part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10.
To take audio glitch traces on a Windows 10 desktop:
- Go to the "Download kits and tools for Windows 10" page: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/dn913721%28v=vs.8.5%29.aspx
- Click the "Download the Windows ADK for Windows 10" link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=526740
- Run. Check the Windows Performance Toolkit feature; you don't need the other features to take audio glitch traces.
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- Start | Windows Performance Recorder - this will prompt for elevation
- Choose the kind of tracing you want:
- First level triage | First level triage
- Scenario Analysis | Audio glitches
- Add Profiles... | point to the attached enhanced-audio-glitches.wprp profile
At this point you have an .etl file. This can be analyzed using any tool that consumes .etl files, including:
- Windows Performance Analyzer, which is also part of the Windows Performance Toolkit
- Media eXperience Analyzer, which is a dedicated tool for media scenarios: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43105