While Windows 10 brings many considerable improvements to audio and video features and performance, it also appears to have its share of bugs and idiosyncrasies. A common problem that faces some users of\u00a0Windows\u00a010 is delays in the\u00a0audio\u00a0output. This guide features a number of common issues faced when playing audio in Windows 10 and a possible solution. This problem can occur with different hardware, but many reports of these issues have been reported\u00a0with Realtek audio chips.<\/p>\n

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Windows 10 Audio Problems<\/h2>\n

There are a number of\u00a0symptoms, but the most common and annoying\u00a0audio problems that can be resolved with this guide are:<\/p>\n

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• After a period of silence, it takes up to one or two seconds for audio to begin playing. A great example of this is the Windows 10 UAC prompt, where the message box can appear but the accompanying ding<\/em> does not play until a full second or so later. This\u00a0can be easily verified by\u00a0clicking on the audio icon in the taskbar and\u00a0changing the volume level: if it takes longer than 100ms\u00a0for the\u00a0audio notification previewing the volume level to sound, you are probably\u00a0affected by this\u00a0problem.<\/li>\n
• Garbling of the first ~half second of audio output after a period of silence.<\/li>\n
• Audio and video not syncing up in any application or\u00a0video clip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Diagnosing Windows 10 audio\u00a0glitching and delays<\/h2>\n

  The aforementioned audio glitches and\u00a0delays in audio playback that affect Windows 10 systems are\u00a0completely a result of the\u00a0drivers.\u00a0Unfortunately, poor drivers have long plagued audio devices on Windows and while we are finally at a point where most\u00a0PCs and laptops will play audio out-of-the-box without needing to\u00a0install 3rd party drivers,\u00a0oftentimes these WHQL-certified audio drivers are still not up to par and have considerable issues.<\/p>\n

  In this particular case, these audio issues can be traced back to a newish feature in Windows 10,\u00a0known as hardware-accelerated audio.\u00a0While in principal\u00a0hardware acceleration of audio and video can result in\u00a0far-better performance than software-accelerated audio\/video playback, if not perfectly implemented it can cause some severe problems and side effects. In this\u00a0case,\u00a0enabling Windows 10 hardware acceleration\u00a0for audio playback\u00a0induces\u00a0latency and delays in setting up the hardware acceleration and beginning playback of\u00a0hardware-accelerated audio.<\/p>\n

  Fixing Windows 10 audio\u00a0glitching and delays<\/h2>\n

  Repairing\u00a0glitches\u00a0and delays in Windows 10 audio playback\u00a0is actually quite simple\u00a0once the problem has been diagnosed. To begin, right-click on the audio icon in the taskbar and select “Playback Devices”:<\/p>\n

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  Double-click on your primary audio\u00a0device to\u00a0bring up the speaker\/headphones properties dialog, and navigate to the “Advanced” tab:<\/p>\n

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  At the bottom of this dialog, locate the option labelled “Allow hardware acceleration of audio with this device” and uncheck this option.\u00a0By default, this will be selected, causing the problems described above. Unselect this option and press “OK” to save changes.<\/p>\n

  The effects should be noticeable immediately. You can repeat the tests described in the “Symptoms” section above to verify that audio latency has been reduced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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