Help Me! Youtube videos' audio are scratchy

[Toxik]

Has anyone else ever had this problem?
Out of the blue, most youtube videos just have very scratchy audio. Some are fine, but most of them are just plain annoying.
I have no idea what's causing this, I looked into it and it might be Java's latest update, but I doubt it since most of the issues are pretty old and before that update.

 

[Nothing_Much]

Check your sound preferences.

 

[KillerZebra]

Has anyone else ever had this problem?
Out of the blue, most youtube videos just have very scratchy audio. Some are fine, but most of them are just plain annoying.
I have no idea what's causing this, I looked into it and it might be Java's latest update, but I doubt it since most of the issues are pretty old and before that update.

youtube videos run off adobe flash so why would java affect that?

download flash again
try a different browser

 

[Sharkey]

Has anyone else ever had this problem?
Out of the blue, most youtube videos just have very scratchy audio. Some are fine, but most of them are just plain annoying.
I have no idea what's causing this, I looked into it and it might be Java's latest update, but I doubt it since most of the issues are pretty old and before that update.

Thank god it's not just me. I thought something was wrong with my preamp or something. It doesn't appear to just be youtube videos, the same thing is happening to me on the black mesa homepage. I assume it's flash.

 

[Nothing_Much]

Thank god it's not just me. I thought something was wrong with my preamp or something. It doesn't appear to just be youtube videos, the same thing is happening to me on the black mesa homepage. I assume it's flash.

It doesn't look like the website uses Flash (black mesa), but for youtube, try switching to the HTML5 player.

http://www.youtube.com/html5

 

[Toxik]

It doesn't look like the website uses Flash (black mesa), but for youtube, try switching to the HTML5 player.

http://www.youtube.com/html5

"You are currently in the HTML5 trial."
D:

youtube videos run off adobe flash so why would java affect that?

download flash again
try a different browser

I'll try downloading again, but I'm definitely not switching to IE, maybe Chrome though

 

[KillerZebra]

 

[sboles]

Kinda happening to me too, but I think in my case its just my head phones

 

[PsychoRealm]

IE hating pic

I'd dare to disagree. IE is getting more and more solid. The only thing that prevents me right now from switching to IE is the absence of sync.

Anyhow, question to OP: have you tried to open the same Youtube video with another browser (e.g. Mozilla or Chrome or Safari)? If you have - what was the result?

 

[takethepants]

Update Flash and your audio drivers as well. I've had this problem before and that's what worked for me.

 

[[CoFR]Mirlen]

Scratchy audio is usually clipping. Give example videos that are doing it. Does it happen on any other machines? How are you listening? Speakers? Headphones? Verify you're using the proper jacks with the proper devices.

 

[Toxik]

Over half of any video I watch (pretty much youtube only, no problems with netflix) are scratchy. I use Bose speakers, which are USB connected so I can't really get the wrong jack