How to Fix Crackling or Popping Audio Problem on Windows 10

How to Fix Crackling or Popping Audio Problem on Windows 10

How do I fix YouTube stuttering?

This fix works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10.

Why does my YouTube sound choppy? I will show you How to Fix Sound or Audio Problems on Windows 10. I have be plagued with audio issues on Windows 10, I get interference when recording audio, I suffer a number of issues with audio, like popping, crackling, stuttering and when playing games I get robotic voice which is probably cause by buffer underrun and the same goes when streaming audio.

Stuttering audio, Sound Lag and Crackling Audio when stream videos on YouTube, these are all very common and hopefully this fix will resolve your problem.

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[Britec]

T H A N K Y O U F O R W A T C H I N G !
P L E A S E L I K E A N D S U B S C R I B E !

[bengodwin]

who else is watching this on some crackling headphones lol

[gutar]

I feel like I've tried literally everything and can't figure out why I have these stuttering robotic noises.

[abrahamling]

This issue is extremely annoying and stressful, especially when you are trying to focus on work while listening to calm music

[OldWorldRadioBoston]

NONE of this solves the popping at start and end of audio playback. I've been through 5 pages of google searches and have tried everything. Someone help me before I throw my 4 thousand dollar build out the window!

[tomdavies]

I played about with the suggestions you gave and discovered that (for me) it was the "allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" which solved the problem. I guess they've fixed a few of the other issues since this video was made, the windows enhancements actually made the sound quality much better for me. Thanks for the help!

[homfixr]

OMG, you saved me! I just upgraded to Windows 10 and having this weird noise issue. Your first 2 steps already solved my issues! Thanks so much

[loganstephens]

Wow, this was super helpful! Especially since I know literally nothing about computers, lol. Within ten minutes of noticing that I had this problem, I was able to watch and easily understand this video to get it to stop! :)

[drapp]

Thanks Brian, I can't believe i overlooked some of the settings. I am also having similar issues on Win10.

[clapper]

thanks i can still hear the popping and crackling and now can hear my game audio

[RodneyFisk]

Fantastic! I thought I had a hardware problem, and changing to 16bit 48K fixed the whole thing! Sound quality seems the smallest bit better, too. Well done!

[gerardosagaon]

I came with a awful crackling problem and leave with clean sound....you have my like good man!

[lukesellers]

Omg I've been struggling with this for ages and thought my PC might just be dying of old age, you fixed it within the first two steps. Appreciate it

[olff]

Brilliant, spent ages trying to fix the sound in Ableton live and it was windows 10 all along thank you for this video

[Siberius-]

The fuzzy crackling went away before I did anything, which is poor timing. So I'll have to check back in hopefully some time, to see if this worked. I was about to roll back to the previous driver, but yea.
As far as disabling all the audio enhancements... that really sucks the life out of the audio, in a way. I'll see if the other changes worked first.

Edit: Okay that didn't work. I didn't change the audio enhancements though, and I didn't do the more in depth stuff towards the end of the video.
But rolling back my audio driver to the previous one, fixed everything instantly.
My past driver was also delaying audio most of the time after I press play on youtube. It would only play the sound half a second later. Now it's instantly. So that's very good.

[ronjones]

Thanks very much. I put up with this problem for a long time without being able to find a solution. What a relief! I could not have possibly solved this without your help.

[TheMiejoe]

Thanks, this worked for me! I upgraded to Windows 10 from 8.1 and it made my audio terrible, but now it's back to normal!

[ozzygg]

Thankyou so much! I thought my headset was broken, i was so frustrated. You're a legend mate!

[lunathemoon]

The first step seemed to do it for me. I was almost ready to purchase new speakers, you just saved me some money!

[LaVidaLocaHomie]

Thanks so much Brian !! This issue was driving me nuts. Had to reboot every couple of days to get rid of the popping. Changing to 16 bits worked like magic. Instantly no more popping. Did not have to reboot at all.