iTunes 10.1: Audio and Video Out of Sync; Fix

November 26, 2010

How-to

Some users have reported an issue in which audio and video are out of sync after the update to iTunes 10.1. During movie playback, the audio suffers a delay in relation to the video (i.e. there is a gap between the image and the sound, or the video outpaces the audio).

An effective fix for this issue has not emerged thus far; as such, some users have resorted to downgrading to iTunes 10.0, via these instructions.

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20 Responses to “iTunes 10.1: Audio and Video Out of Sync; Fix”

  1. fontenoy Says:

    Yes, I am one of the users experiencing this very problem.

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    • Penny Says:

      I have the very same problem with my video podcasts and it only happens in iTunes. Also the support sucks. I only have iTunes because I bought an iPhone. I finally wrote Apple and complained and gave up. I just stopped downloading podcasts or video to iTunes and go to the website where the podcasts reside and watch them there. I think Apple has been really lame in this area. I mean, c’mon, if they aren’t technically proficient enough to solve this issue and send everyone the fix for it, am I really going to trust them enough to buy a MAC instead of a Windows based computer? Just wait, some intelligent person will come up with a product that is consumer friendly to replace iTunes and work with everybody’s phone. When that happens, I’ll bet Apple will suddenly give a damn whether their customers are happy or not.

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  2. dave Says:

    going backwards to 10.0 works great…unless you have updated your stupid iPhone to 4.2. which i did. 4.2 requires 10.1 iTunes. nice.

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  3. lisa Says:

    This is what worked for me for Windows 7 — Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Manage Audio Devices > >>>

    Right click on your Speakers and Headphones and go to Properties > Advanced

    Now… bring the quality of your sound down – I changed mine from 24 bit, 192000 Hz (Studio Quality) TO 24 bit, 44100 Hz (Studio Quality) — it works like a charm for me now! Hope this helps.

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    • Baldrick Says:

      I am one of many that had the synch problem. I say HAD because I finally found a fix or possibly an incorrect setting in BIOS. I noticed one of the sound settings in Bios was set to HD.

      I had the option to change to AC97. saved the Bios and rebooted……hooray problem solved. I also noticed that unlocking cores made the symptom even worse. All is running very well with all cores unlocked and 24bit 192000Hz set on the sound card.

      for information I have a ASUS M4N68T-M V2 motherboard and

      Xonar DS sound card

      Hope this helps.

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    • Melanie Says:

      Thanks Lisa, works perfect now!

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    • cher Says:

      AWESOME ! NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH THAT AND YOUR FIX WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY. THANKS GAL.

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    • Jacqui Says:

      Thank you so much, worked perfectly to solve the issue INSTANTLY!!
      You’re a gem!

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    • Renee Says:

      This worked great for me. Thanks!!!

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    • LC Says:

      OMG! THANK YOU!

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    • Paul Says:

      Thanks so much Lisa. I have had this problem for soooo long. now works perfectly. Thanks again

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  4. Ryan Thompson Says:

    Changing the sound quality as mentioned below seemed to work for me also.

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  5. Luis Says:

    Wow! Lisa was right! Changing the sound quality instantly fixed the sound lag. Thanks a lot Lisa.

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  6. alabable Says:

    Lisa! Thanks for the cure.

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  7. Kevin Says:

    Already had my sound on a lower bitrate and still am having problems. Any ideas? Somebody recommended trying to break the audio and video and re-align them, but haven’t figured out how to yet. Please help!!! I recoreded the TSO concert when it came through the area on my IPOD Touch Gen 4 and it started out synced but then all 4 videos came out of sync…not small files either…all 4 files total over 11 gigs. I would like to re-align all of this so I can put it to a DVD. Please help

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  8. kh Says:

    bummer, it didn’t work for me. I am using Windows 7 and iTunes 10.6 and the sound and video start out in sync but are completely out of sync within a few minutes. Any other ideas how to fix this problem?

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  9. jerry Says:

    I have given up using iTunes to play my movies. The alternative VLC media player is pretty well.

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    http://ifiresoft.com/drmtips/itunes-to-galaxy-s-ii.html

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  10. Adam Says:

    it was the quality thing!! THAAANKS

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