# voice and picture out of sync with media players

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-and-picture-out-of-sync-with-media-players/515384>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-and-picture-out-of-sync-with-media-players/515384 "2009-10-28T01:38:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![blood63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-and-picture-out-of-sync-with-media-players/515384/1 "2009-10-28T01:38:34Z")

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I have two media players. When I try to play a video the sound runs ahead of the picture and they get horribly out of sync. It doesn’t matter which player I use or which video file I play.  
This is a new thing that started today. What did I do?

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**Author:** ![AmunRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AmunRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmunRa)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-and-picture-out-of-sync-with-media-players/515384/2 "2009-10-28T02:04:59Z")

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Is this one particular video or any video you try to play?

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**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-and-picture-out-of-sync-with-media-players/515384/3 "2009-10-28T02:41:38Z")

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The video file is not muxed (audio matching video) correctly. If you use VLC theres a little slider that lets you adjust this.

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**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-and-picture-out-of-sync-with-media-players/515384/4 "2009-10-28T02:44:58Z")

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Link:

> **[If Nigerians change their government next Saturday, it will be a boost for...](https://qz.com/367558/if-nigerians-change-their-government-next-saturday-it-will-be-a-boost-for-african-democracy)**
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> There is a real possibility that we might see a transfer of power from the Nigerian government to the opposition for the first time

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**Author:** ![blood63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-and-picture-out-of-sync-with-media-players/515384/5 "2009-10-28T02:54:05Z")

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> [@AmunRa](#):
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> Is this one particular video or any video you try to play?

Same problem for every video.

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**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-and-picture-out-of-sync-with-media-players/515384/6 "2009-11-03T16:50:28Z")

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Google for setup intructions or tutorials for your player. It can be as simple as a wrong setting in your playback output.

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-and-picture-out-of-sync-with-media-players/515384/7 "2009-11-03T17:20:53Z")

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Use Windows Media Player. Go to Tools/Options/Performance and tick the _Drop frames to keep video and audio synchronized_.

Works like a dream with any out of sync video.