# Netflix streaming and audio sync

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-streaming-and-audio-sync/578273>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 13, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-streaming-and-audio-sync/578273 "2011-04-13T20:48:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-streaming-and-audio-sync/578273/1 "2011-04-13T20:48:04Z")

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Some programs have issues (Stargate SG-U) but others don’t seem to.

Do you find that to be true? Unfortunately there’s nothing in the interface that would allow you to fix it. Sure is annoying.

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-streaming-and-audio-sync/578273/2 "2011-04-13T21:31:48Z")

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Not the sync but the actual level of the dialogue track.

“National Lampoon’s Ratko, the Dictator’s Son”–I only went to watch it because I know one of the actresses. The dialogue track is nearly non-existent. The music track is fine…but you can’t make out what any of the characters are saying.

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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-streaming-and-audio-sync/578273/3 "2011-04-13T23:39:27Z")

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[ncmacasl’s blog: Netflix InstantWatch Subtitles](http://ncmacasl.blogspot.com/2010/10/netflix-instantwatch-titles-with.html#MovieA) has flagged several that are out of sync.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-streaming-and-audio-sync/578273/4 "2011-04-14T01:21:14Z")

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The only one I’ve encountered to date ( at least that was very noticeable ) was Scorsese’s _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_. That was early in my Netflix days and I haven’t yet tried it again since to see if the issue has been fixed. But at the time it was virtually unwatchable.

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-streaming-and-audio-sync/578273/5 "2011-04-14T01:25:19Z")

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I watch a LOT of Netflix streaming, and have only come across this a few times. I’ve reported it each time and when I check back in a couple days it’s fixed. I think people really do need to report the problem, though, to get it corrected sooner rather than later!