Audio stops for half second randomly

[Logun]

 

Using a TV as a montior via HDMI Samsung Q95B

GPU is 3080Ti

CPU 13700K

Windows 11

Resolution 4K

When I have HDR on and refresh set to 120Hz the audio will drop for 1/2 second every few seconds (anywhere from every 4 to 20seconds) If I do not have HDR on and refresh set to 60 audio is fine

HDR ON = problem

refresh > 60 = problem

 

(HDR enabled via windows display setting)

 

Is this indicative of a poor cable? Cable should be good for 8K (4K @ 120)

 

[circeseye]

usually if its cable related its the video thats effected. but it "sounds" like a bandwidth issue

but

just because a cable says 8K (4K @ 120) depending on quality to work certain lengths

how long is the cable? hdmi 2.1 up to 2m running 4k 10bit 444 120 is pretty much max bandwidth. up to 3m need a good quality cable. after 3m you need active or optical. but again its usually video glitching and cutting out.

there are ALOT of cables claiming it can do it but its never the always case. especially with length

 

seeing what you see, id try a different cable.

[Oak9948]

35 minutes ago, circeseye said:

usually if its cable related its the video thats effected. but it "sounds" like a bandwidth issue

but

just because a cable says 8K (4K @ 120) depending on quality to work certain lengths

how long is the cable? hdmi 2.1 up to 2m running 4k 10bit 444 120 is pretty much max bandwidth. up to 3m need a good quality cable. after 3m you need active or optical. but again its usually video glitching and cutting out.

there are ALOT of cables claiming it can do it but its never the always case. especially with length

 

seeing what you see, id try a different cable.

yeah i would just try a new cable

[Logun]

4 hours ago, circeseye said:

usually if its cable related its the video thats effected. but it "sounds" like a bandwidth issue

but

just because a cable says 8K (4K @ 120) depending on quality to work certain lengths

how long is the cable? hdmi 2.1 up to 2m running 4k 10bit 444 120 is pretty much max bandwidth. up to 3m need a good quality cable. after 3m you need active or optical. but again its usually video glitching and cutting out.

there are ALOT of cables claiming it can do it but its never the always case. especially with length

 

seeing what you see, id try a different cable.

cable is 10ft in length and I've tried two of them. It's entirely possible I have two bad cables. I will order a 3rd and pray lol

[whispous]

I believe there's a chance I'm having the same issue, excelt these screens and cables didn't have this issue on my previous PC - which was Windows 10.

I built a new machine and occasionally have the audio "pausing for 1-2 seconds" issue - with video, the video stalls for that time, with games, the games continue during that "outage."

As I said, the same screens and cables worked fine before, so I am chalking it up as a Win11 problem.

I have recently upgraded the GPU, which did not solve the problem, but weirdly, did lessen the frequency.

 

A restart makes the problem go away for the rest of the day, and a few days later, it will start occasionally happening again.

Could your issue match mine?

[Logun]

On 3/22/2025 at 1:23 AM, whispous said:

I believe there's a chance I'm having the same issue, excelt these screens and cables didn't have this issue on my previous PC - which was Windows 10.

I built a new machine and occasionally have the audio "pausing for 1-2 seconds" issue - with video, the video stalls for that time, with games, the games continue during that "outage."

As I said, the same screens and cables worked fine before, so I am chalking it up as a Win11 problem.

I have recently upgraded the GPU, which did not solve the problem, but weirdly, did lessen the frequency.

 

A restart makes the problem go away for the rest of the day, and a few days later, it will start occasionally happening again.

Could your issue match mine?

Sadly no - only my audio blips - the video continues uninterrupted during that time. I’ve been wrestling with weird issues for a year

[whispous]

Just now, Logun said:

Sadly no - only my audio blips - the video continues uninterrupted during that time. I’ve been wrestling with weird issues for a year

Okay, thank you for the info.

 

Regarding your issue, can you MAKE the problem happen? What I mean is, can you reliably reproduce the issue quite quickly? If so, maybe if you have a spare drive, you could do a temp re-installation of Windows 10 rather than 11 to see if the issue persists? Not as a solution, of course, but just to find out.

[Oak9948]

On 3/21/2025 at 8:34 PM, Logun said:

cable is 10ft in length and I've tried two of them. It's entirely possible I have two bad cables. I will order a 3rd and pray lol

could you test with i shorter cable. doubt that would do anything but maybe signal degradation over 10 ft??

[Logun]

3 hours ago, whispous said:

Okay, thank you for the info.

 

Regarding your issue, can you MAKE the problem happen? What I mean is, can you reliably reproduce the issue quite quickly? If so, maybe if you have a spare drive, you could do a temp re-installation of Windows 10 rather than 11 to see if the issue persists? Not as a solution, of course, but just to find out.

Negative - it does seem to only happen with this one TV so that sort of lends credence that it might be the cable

[Logun]

2 hours ago, Oak9948 said:

could you test with i shorter cable. doubt that would do anything but maybe signal degradation over 10 ft??

Good idea I will have to test that out when I am back home next week

i use an LG 42” as my main monitor too and I’ve never experienced this issue on that. Will test it out and see