Took me 5 hours to figure out why my Crunchyroll subs were off

I was watching episode 3 of some old mecha show and the subtitles were like 30 seconds behind the audio the whole time. Thought it was my connection or maybe the app glitching, but nope it was some stupid setting in my TV's audio delay. Has anyone else spent way too long fixing something that turned out to be a simple toggle?

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benk2627d ago

I actually read somewhere that a lot of smart TVs have this hidden audio delay thing that messes with streaming apps. It's like the TV thinks it's being helpful but it just throws everything off. Five hours is rough though, I probably would have given up and just watched it with French subtitles by accident. The worst part is when you finally find the fix and feel like an idiot for not checking it sooner.

emery87927d ago

Wait, hidden audio delay? That's a thing? I thought my tv was just haunted or something, five hours of troubleshooting sounds like actual torture. Did you figure out where that setting is buried or is it one of those things you just stumble on by accident?

troy_scott26d ago

My buddy Mike went through this exact same thing last year with his Samsung TV. He was trying to watch One Piece and thought the streaming service just had terrible sync issues, so he spent a whole Saturday messing with his router settings and reinstalling apps. Turns out his TV had some "auto lip sync" feature deep in the sound menu that was actively making things worse. He found it completely by accident when he was just scrolling through every single setting out of pure frustration. The funniest part is he told me he felt so dumb afterwards because the fix was literally one toggle switch. Now he tells everyone who buys a new TV to check that setting first before they even try to stream anything.