How to fix the annoying audio delay on your soundbar

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How to fix the annoying audio delay on your soundbar
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You don't have to put up with your soundbar making your favorite show look dubbed

. When that signal is sent to your TV or soundbar, the device has to decode the audio in order to play it over your speakers, and that process takes time. We’re talking milliseconds, usually, but time nonetheless—and higher bitrate formats might take longer than a low-bitrate stereo track, leading to a more noticeable delay.

“We analyze all the different variations of streams that can come in, and calculate a best guess of how we should delay the audio and video to keep it synced,” says Devantier. “But it can only be an estimate.” He also tells me their calculations assume a Samsung soundbar, so you may notice more of a delay if you use products that weren’t designed to work together.

Unfortunately, many TVs and soundbars only allow you to adjust it in one direction: delaying the audio. But if your audio and video are out of sync because the audio is behind the video—i.e. already delayed—delaying it further obviously won’t help. Ideally, your TV or soundbar would offer a negative delay, sending the audio a few milliseconds earlier .

However, your TV may be able to do this audio unpacking process itself—taking the load off your soundbar and allowing the two to stay in sync. In your TV’s audio settings, see if you can change the audio format to PCM instead of Dolby Digital, bitstream, or passthrough. I’ve found this fixed the audio delay on all my TVs.

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