XSX —> AV Receiver —> TV
Lots of popping sounds in the dashboard, I hope it's something that can be fixed with a fw upgrade
Lots of popping sounds in the dashboard, I hope it's something that can be fixed with a fw upgrade
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Xbox Series S/X and PS5 audio issues
- Thread starter Nothing Loud
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My headphones (Arctis 9X) continue to be borked on Series X if you don't use any controller input for 10 seconds or so. Audio begins to stutter when the controller isn't in use.
It's a known problem that goes away if you use an older XB1 controller instead. I don't have that option but for anyone else who's currently having the same issue, that seems to be the temporary workaround. That or move the sticks around a bit so that the controller is never out of use.
With the amount of cutscenes in Yakuza 7, and the time that you spend just watching the TV, I gave up on the headphones for the time being.
It's a known problem that goes away if you use an older XB1 controller instead. I don't have that option but for anyone else who's currently having the same issue, that seems to be the temporary workaround. That or move the sticks around a bit so that the controller is never out of use.
With the amount of cutscenes in Yakuza 7, and the time that you spend just watching the TV, I gave up on the headphones for the time being.
+1. I have the same issues too. Sometimes it's slightly better but I've had times where it feels ridiculously out of sync. Seems like such a basic thing they need to get right and failed at.
I have problems with both consoles.
Console -> LG C9 over ARC -> Samsung q90r
I had no problems with my PS4 Pro but with my PS5 i had to change from PCM to Bitstream Dolby to get voices in Spider-Man.
On my XSX i had to change from uncrompressed 5.1 to stereo to get voices in AC Valhalla. But strangely i didn't had this problem for days. Everything worked fine. Then suddenly i had no voices anymore. Maybe an update or something bugged out.
I hate that i can't use something that worked fine on the older consoles. And god why is there delay when i try to use dolby on the XSX? The damn console should be capable to output that to my soundbar without a fucking delay.
Console -> LG C9 over ARC -> Samsung q90r
I had no problems with my PS4 Pro but with my PS5 i had to change from PCM to Bitstream Dolby to get voices in Spider-Man.
On my XSX i had to change from uncrompressed 5.1 to stereo to get voices in AC Valhalla. But strangely i didn't had this problem for days. Everything worked fine. Then suddenly i had no voices anymore. Maybe an update or something bugged out.
I hate that i can't use something that worked fine on the older consoles. And god why is there delay when i try to use dolby on the XSX? The damn console should be capable to output that to my soundbar without a fucking delay.
Just out of curiosity, any particular reason you don't use Atmos? Personal preference?
Did you happen to try setting the sound to passthough on the TV
(my setup seems quite similar to yours and I found a big improvement with the synch in Watchdogs when changing that setting)
I know the LG TVs have an issue with bitstream delay (apparently it's been a long time issue for LG), but for those connecting their Series X straight to their receivers, is there still awful Atmos delay like there was on the Xbox One? Delay on Atmos was so bad on my One S that it made the format unusable
Quoting this as people seemed to have missed it.
There is a long standing issue with the LG OLEDs and Dolby audio delay. It first popped up (to the best of my knowledge) in the B6 models and it affects multiple devices pumping out Dolby, not just the Xbox. There was a rash of complaints from people using Sky boxes that the sound was delayed.
There's no issue on most other TV's and no issues if you go via an amp so this is pretty much in LG's court to fix.
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Did you ever solve this issue? I have the same thing and it is also the same with Plex.
lol Its good to know that I wasn't going insane and someone else has this issue. I just got the LucidSound LS35X headphone and it was happening in AC: Valhala cutscenes. Wasn't sure what was the fault was, so thanks for the info.
Kind of. On my LG Oled I went into the advanced audio settings and changed it to PCM which helped a lot. I also turned on the Av in the PS5 settings and switch it to 2ch before turning it off again, not sure if that did anything.
It still seems like everything defaults to 5.1 despite me only having the tv speakers.
I don't get anything coming through the center channel while playing Spiderman when my PS5 is set to LPCM and using eARC through my C9 to my AVR(STR-DH790). It seems that Insomniac is aware of the issue because they have a support page for it: https://support.insomniac.games/hc/...ce-dialogue-audio-but-I-can-hear-other-audio-
The weird thing is that LPCM through eARC works perfectly fine when I'm playing Bugsnax, so it might be a game-specific issue.
The weird thing is that LPCM through eARC works perfectly fine when I'm playing Bugsnax, so it might be a game-specific issue.
No problem at all. I hope we can get a fix soon as playing with headphones has become my main gaming setup in 2020. Certainly when it works, the games I've played like Cold War and Yakuza benefit from it.
The acknowledgement from Microsoft is already there, but how long it takes to fix is another question entirely.
Sadly i encountered lag when using Atmos with my setup.
I tried a few settings yesterday but couldn't find the right one so far.
I was under the impression that bitstream or PCM would sound practically identically if you're outputting to an AV receiver. Is that not right?
Yes I get major lag with Atmos from XSX. LPCM or DD from PS5 seems okay. Leads me to believe the Atmos implementation on the XSX is bugged right now.
i've partially figured out the issue, it looks like when the console is enable to 4K 120 Hz, DTS cuts out and Dolby anything has a significant audio delay.
Putting it back to 4K 60 stops the DTS cuts but Dolby still has a (lesser than before) delay.
Frustrating.
How on earth does that not get picked up in testing? Seems remarkably easy to reproduce.
Yeah case in point, the XSX right now doesn't seem to be optimized using it's processing. Seems like all the resouces are being devoted to game processing and it's struggling to compute audio processing fast enough.
So, looks like MS fixed some audio processing stuff in new update on XSeries? My test is Sekiro title screen where you need to select and confirm profile, audio would usually crackle during or right after profile chooser Xbox UI native dialog pops up, but i have tried multiple times today and can't reproduce this anymore.
Watch Dogs:Legion does not give a shit about any of that tho... game is still broken on XS.
I am bitstreaming Atmos to my Sony DH790 through LG C9.
Also have tried some audio delay test patterns via USB stick connected to TV and the delay seems to be <42ms for Dolby. Guess i need a way to playback those test patterns on a console itself... but honestly is this delay what everyone is upset about or its more than 42ms on other setups? Because i can't really tell that there is a delay at all during gameplay.
Watch Dogs:Legion does not give a shit about any of that tho... game is still broken on XS.
I am bitstreaming Atmos to my Sony DH790 through LG C9.
Also have tried some audio delay test patterns via USB stick connected to TV and the delay seems to be <42ms for Dolby. Guess i need a way to playback those test patterns on a console itself... but honestly is this delay what everyone is upset about or its more than 42ms on other setups? Because i can't really tell that there is a delay at all during gameplay.
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Ubisoft say they're still looking into the audio bug (along with everything else in that utterly broken game).
They are taking their sweet ass time and the game is already half price even digital version. Never bought Ubisoft games at launch dunno why i did it this time... and in a way where i can't refund it 😂
lesson learned... hopefully
What firmware is your XSX on? I had noticeable Atmos delay with my setup but not on PS5, so I'll test and let you know if it's better.
10.0.19041.5481
To be clear though, i did not notice any issues with Dolby Atmos passthrough delay before or after this update. My only complaint was crackling/popping audio in certain situation on console and it seems like that was fixed.
Really hope MS can fix the various audio issues on series x that didn't exist on xbox one x.
Ps5 is fine for me, but for series x audio is delayed!
I have it set up as Dolby Atmos just like I did with the xbox one x, and all was good there and working well but for some reason there's something with the series x that is causing an audio delay.
I havent tried a bluray disc yet in the series x but Apple TV 4k and my 4k bluray player also work well with dolby atmos its just something with the series x that is having dolby atmos issues.
Ps5 is fine for me, but for series x audio is delayed!
I have it set up as Dolby Atmos just like I did with the xbox one x, and all was good there and working well but for some reason there's something with the series x that is causing an audio delay.
I havent tried a bluray disc yet in the series x but Apple TV 4k and my 4k bluray player also work well with dolby atmos its just something with the series x that is having dolby atmos issues.
Agreed. Not sure what's up with DD and Atmos but it definitely is delayed.