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Probably this is not a huge problem, but I think it worth to mention it. In the AudioLevel plugin help page, the first example code has the Update set to 15. But as we know, the lowest possible value of this option is 16. This can be confusing, especially for the beginners, so maybe should be fixed.

I think the default timer resolution for Windows is 15.6ms (or 15.625ms for some systems). While this is the default value that Windows uses, it is possible that a program can adjust this value to a lower resolution. Obviously that would be a bad thing for power consumption, but there are some programs that do it (even Microsoft programs).

To check your timer resolution run this:
https://live.sysinternals.com/Clockres.exe (32-bit)
https://live.sysinternals.com/Clockres64.exe (64-bit)

Or you can run the following command that will give you a report of any power issues: powercfg -energy duration 5

In the future, Rainmeter could use other types of timers to allow for lower resolution - however, we don't think it is necessary at this time.

Docs have been updated:
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/plugins/audiolevel/
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/plugins/audiolevel/

-Brian

Thanks for the details. Despite I do write sometimes simpler apps, I'm not a programmer, so I'll never try to do such adjustments and those I think are not required or possible for the majority of us.
I just discovered the Update=15 value in that example code and reported it. Now that's fixed, probably the problem is solved. Thanks.