No sound using Vulkan within RetroArch game emulator

Question

My system specs...Dell Optiplex 3050 Micro w/Intel Core i5-7500T (Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU), 8GB RAMOS - Windows 11 64bit (all updates to date)Latest Intel graphics drivers installed (30.0.101.1404) My issue... Running RetroArch under a virgin install of Windows 11, I have no game sound when selecting Vulkan as my video driver. Graphics/visuals are perfect. But no sound. It does not matter the specific game core. And it does not matter the specific audio engine (wasapi, xaudio, dsound, etc). No sound using Vulkan. Running RetroArch using GL, GLCORE, D11, D12, etc or any other video driver, I do have game sound using any of RetroArch's audio rendering engines. Video performance is however seriously affected. So using any of these alternatives proves useless regarding game play. However... and here's the odd thing... If I configure Retroarch to run WINDOWED w/Vulkan and I load a game rom, I have sound nearly all the time. So the problem seems to only happen running in regular/standard full screen mode.  I’ve troubleshooted on several TVs. I've used a couple different AV receivers. I changed the HDMI cable... Tried playing with sound buffers, changed from 44100hz to 44000hz. Nothing. Same result concerning Vulkan in RetroArch... Great visuals, but no sound. I have no idea where to go from here.  I do believe there is some sort or sharing issue going on but don't know where to begin. Thank you in advance for any assistance you might be able to provide.

speedstep · Accepted Answer

@TheFather999

Nothing wrong with your post but free support for 3rd party software is not forthcoming from Dell. Asking questions is never inappropriate. This is a user forum just not the retro arch forum. Neither Vulcan or Retro Arch are related in any way to any model Dell.

https://forums.libretro.com/c/retroarch

https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver

Windows 473.11

Download for Windows 11/10 (64-bit)

DELL-Cares · Answer

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speedstep · Answer

@TheFather999  NON DELL Software is not supported especially retro arch. you should consult the forum https://forums.libretro.com/

TheFather999 · Answer

After a thorough search on the Dell forums looking for posts related to my stumbling block, I found a couple threads that hinted at a similar problem/issue regarding the Optiplex series and especially those with similar family of GPU's. So I thought my particular post was in accordance. I apologize if this inquire is considered inappropriate to this forum.

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