My MacBook Pro M1 2020 (Ventura 13.2.1) used to play video to my TVs via a USB-C to HDMI adapter, but now it will only play video from clips or games in fast forward or at normal speed without audio. It is set to play audio out to the devices, not the MacBook speakers. It was fine a week ago, but now it won't work on multiple TVs, HDMI cables, and adapters, so I'm confident it's a software issue with my computer.
I certainly hope this will help you and everyone that is experiencing the same issue; however, it seems as though Apple needs to find a way to fix this on their end whether it be the specific version of MacOS and/or the hardware utilized on this model of MacBook.
I also have the exact same issue on my MacBook Air M2, audio/video playback when using a USB-C to HDMI adapter is in fast forward when connected to an extended display wether it be via the cable or via dock which then utilises a HDMI to HDMI cable. I notice this is only when trying to use the sound from the external display. When using the MacBook speakers this issue does not arise. This is particularly annoying when you want to take benefit of your home theatre speaker setup to watch movies/tv shows etc. Hopefully this bug will be fixed soon as I have tried many different cables/docks, non seem to work.
Thanks! I did read that workaround here in the comments, but it's annoying to have to do that when I might have so much going on and I now have to restart which means losing sessions and work-in-progress, just because Apple doesn't yet seem to care to fix something they broke themselves and don't care to even follow-up.
Same issue. MacBook Pro 14 M2 with Sonoma. Connected to a tv using HDMI. The TV has a soundbar. It worked fine but the last week or so it has been impossible to watch a video or even listen to a whatsapp audio. it just fast forwards to the end.
This is becoming infuriating as an educator trying to display example videos to the class. I love Apple for catering to educators and artists but as a music educator, this is making my laptop agrivatingly defunct.
The only way around it I have found is to use the volume from the Macbook itself but in a classroom I can see this not being loud enough. Really hope Apple get round to fixing this as not being able to utilise my new home theatre system for videos/films is a real pain.
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It was pretty late at night, and I was cuing up another episode of the popular Binging with Babish YouTube cooking series, when the host's deep, dulcet tones took on an unfamiliar, fuzzy tone. In shock, I kept trying to load other videos and songs, playing audio from all sorts of browsers and apps, and they all sounded terrible.
The next suggestion had me sign on as a Guest user, to see if the issue was limited to a setting for the account. To do that, you restart your computer and select Guest when logging in. If Guest isn't available, open System Preferences, click Users, click Login Options and enable guest login. Unfortunately, videos and songs sounded equally bad on the guest account.
The final fix I found online suggested opening Terminal to run the command sudo killall coreaudiod, to discover if the issue was rooted in Apple's Core Audio, a low-level API that manages sound. After I copied and pasted those three words into a new Terminal window, hit Return and typed in my password, the sound quality remained fuzzy.
Yes, using only one speaker means I have less sound coming from my laptop, and I don't have stereo sound anymore. This is not a true fix; it's just all that I've been able to do. I've reached out to Apple and will update this story if I get an answer.
Now, I've got even more reason to get a new MacBook; and I'm hoping that the rumored Retina MacBook Air actually comes out, as I'm well out of warranty. Oh, and this doesn't make me feel too confident about how many more months my MacBook Pro has left, so I'm making sure to back up my Mac.
We've got a happy ending, folks! When I took my MacBook Pro into a Genius Bar to get its battery replaced, the physical design of the laptop required the company to also replace most of the parts in the top of the notebook deck. That included the speakers, which fixed the audio problem.
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When I try to play a video on Firefox desktop, it takes it a long time to load. Once it has loaded, whenever I pause it for more than a few seconds, or if I try to skip around the video (either by clicking around in the loaded section of the progress bar or using +/- seconds buttons), the video begins buffering again before the video resumes. This makes it extremely difficult and frustrating to watch anything that requires me to pause, rewind, or fast forward. I've noticed this issue affect multiple video viewing sites, such as YouTube, Vimeo, and Netflix.My roommate also uses Firefox, but doesn't have this issue, so I know it's not a problem with my internet.I thought it might be a problem with my computer, but I tried to replicate the issue in Chrome and everything worked fine there.The issue has persisted almost a week.I have:
Once I did this, videos started playing normally again. I had to repeat this process for every audio device my computer is connected to, but so far it seems to have fixed it.I'm still at a complete loss as to why this affected Firefox but not chrome, but I'm just happy I've got it working again.Thanks for your help everyone!
Update: I muted a tab while playing YouTube, and the buffering issue vanished, which leads me to believe that this may be an audio issue. I tried updating all my audio drivers, as well as playing videos on different audio devices, and the issue did not change.I have also noticed that when I switch audio devices, the switch takes several seconds to process. This leads me to believe the issue might be with my computer after all. I will now be looking into that, and will post a solution here in case anyone else runs into this problem.That said, I'm still not ruling out that this might be a Firefox issue, since it doesn't seem to be affecting chrome (although I have started noticing a delay when I start videos on chrome, but after the video begins it works fine). Any advice anyone might have on this problem would be greatly appreciated!
Windows home or pro? If pro, try testing in Windows Sandbox (VM) and see if you have the same issue. -to-use-windows-10s-new-sandbox-to-safely-test-apps/WiFi or plugged in?Who are you using for DNS?You can right click on the youtube video and show the stats for nerds to see you connection speed. see screenshotWhat security software are you running?
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