Sound cut out every few seconds

Durring playback of movies sound cuts out every few seconds

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Can hear audio, but video blacks out every few seconds; picture comes back when we hit the tv's volume button

We can hear audio, but video blacks out every few seconds; picture comes back when we hit the tv's volume button. Everything seems to be plugged in well. The picture even starts out being sort of dim. And it goes through phases of working fine but then will randomly start blacking out again. Any ideas?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Have you tried turning the TV off and on again.

All audio on iphone 4s cuts out, every 10 seconds on every apps then keeps playing.

I have tried all the apps on my phone, and every 10 seconds or so it will cut out the audio for about 1 second, then come back in while the track is still playing. like its pausing it real quick and starting it again, except that it doesnt start back where the audio cut out, it just keeps going. Does this on music player, pandora and every single app on my phone that I have tried. Nothing new was installed on the phone, I have tried cleaning out all ports, doing a hard reset, plugging in and unplugging headphones. I have tried closing all apps and reopening them, and turing on and off the phone. switching between silent mode and messing with volume doesnt help. On pandora every time it happens, the volume level bar at the bottom pops up. all other apps there is no visual sign it is happening. it never pauses and audio comes back after a split second. No new music or anything, has worked fine for almost a year now, just started today. Side note, it plays ringtones from calls just fine, but if i listen to them in the sounds section it still cuts out. iphone 4s model a1387

One thing that helped was getting a toothbrush and scrubbing the dock connector on the phone. I scrubbed the connector and used compressed air for about 1/2 hour till the connector looked much cleaner. An Apple employee told me that the pins on the phone had a little corrosion and sand. The problem hasn't gone away completely, but has been significantly reduced. I'm going to hold out until my contract expires after which time I'll switch to an iPhone5 (or newer) or Android phone.

Bt Broadband keeps on cutting out every few minute...

Hey Guys,
Just wondering if anybody could help me and understand this event log? I'm using bt's newest router and just last night(without changing any settings or adding new devices) my broadband would drop out every 5mins or so! it seems to configure itself after a minute then reconnect! It happens when connected wirelessly and by cable. Im posting the event log to see if anyone can make sense of it!
Any help much much appreciated!!!
  23:49:16,04 Nov.
PPP LCP Send Configuration ACK
  23:49:16,04 Nov.
PPP LCP Receive Configuration Request
  23:49:15,04 Nov.
PPP LCP Send Configuration Request
  23:49:12,04 Nov.
WAN connection WAN1_INTERNET_B_ATM2_0_35 connected.
  23:49:12,04 Nov.
DSL Link Up: Down Rate=3264Kbps, Up Rate=448Kbps; SNR Margin Down=12.4dB, Up=19.0dB;
  23:49:03,04 Nov.
WAN connection WAN1_INTERNET_B_ATM2_0_35 disconnected.[ERROR_NO_CARRIER]
  23:49:02,04 Nov.
PPP LCP Send Termination Request
  23:49:00,04 Nov.
WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_NO_CARRIER]
  23:49:00,04 Nov.
DSL Link Down:the duration is 510 seconds
  23:45:18,04 Nov.
CWMPOAP ID is not correct.
  23:45:18,04 Nov.
CWMP:Recv fault packets from HDM.
  23:45:18,04 Nov.
CWMP:session completed successfully
  23:45:16,04 Nov.
CWMP:session start now, server:https://pbthdm.bt.mo, Event code:, 4 VALUE CHANGE
  23:42:59,04 Nov.
CWMPOAP ID is not correct.
  23:42:59,04 Nov.
CWMP:Recv fault packets from HDM.
  23:42:58,04 Nov.
CWMP:session completed successfully
  23:42:56,04 Nov.
CWMP:session start now, server:https://pbthdm.bt.mo, Event code:, 4 VALUE CHANGE
  23:42:03,04 Nov.
LAN3 up
  23:41:46,04 Nov.
CWMPOAP ID is not correct.
  23:41:46,04 Nov.
CWMP:Recv fault packets from HDM.
  23:41:46,04 Nov.
CWMP:session completed successfully
  23:41:44,04 Nov.
CWMP:session start now, server:https://pbthdm.bt.mo, Event code:, 4 VALUE CHANGE
  23:41:12,04 Nov.
CWMPOAP ID is not correct.
  23:41:12,04 Nov.
CWMP:Recv fault packets from HDM.
  23:41:11,04 Nov.
CWMP:session completed successfully
  23:41:10,04 Nov.
CWMP:session start now, server:https://pbthdm.bt.mo, Event code:, 4 VALUE CHANGE
  23:40:51,04 Nov.
CWMPOAP ID is not correct.
  23:40:50,04 Nov.
CWMP:Recv fault packets from HDM.
  23:40:50,04 Nov.
CWMP:session completed successfully
  23:40:48,04 Nov.
CWMP:session start now, server:https://pbthdm.bt.mo, Event code:, 4 VALUE CHANGE
  23:40:40,04 Nov.
CWMPOAP ID is not correct.
  23:40:40,04 Nov.
CWMP:Recv fault packets from HDM.
  23:40:40,04 Nov.
CWMP:session completed successfully
  23:40:38,04 Nov.
CWMP:session start now, server:https://pbthdm.bt.mo, Event code:, 4 VALUE CHANGE
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WAN Auto-sensing detected port DSL
  23:40:36,04 Nov.
WAN Auto-sensing last connection port: DSL
  23:40:34,04 Nov.
WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 connected.
  23:40:34,04 Nov.
PPP IPCP Receive Configuration ACK
  23:40:34,04 Nov.
PPP IPCP Send Configuration Request
  23:40:34,04 Nov.
PPP IPCP Receive Configuration Reject
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PPP IPCP Receive Configuration NAK
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PPP IPCP Send Configuration Request

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Speedtest is:
FAQ
Test1 comprises of two tests
1. Best Effort Test:  -provides background information.
Download Speed
2103 Kbps
0 Kbps
4000 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 2103 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 1200-4000 Kbps.
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Your DSL Connection Rate :3264 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 2879 Kbps
2. Upstream Test:  -provides background information.
Upload Speed
286 Kbps
0 Kbps
448 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
>Upload speed achieved during the test was - 286 Kbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 448 Kbps
We were unable to identify any performance problem with your service at this time.
It is possible that any problem you are currently, or had previously experienced may have been caused by traffic congestion on the Internet or by the server you were accessing responding slowly.
If you continue to encounter a problem with a specific server, please contact the administrator of that server in the first instance.
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Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 day, 01:01:29
Downstream:
3,264 Kbps
Upstream:
448 Kbps
  ADSL settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
12.1 dB / 19.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
53.0 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
18.8 dBm / 12.3 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
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CRC Events (Down/Up):
5 / 0

BT fibre cutting out for few seconds at a time

I have a wireless connection with BT home hub fibre optic broadband.
My issue is that the broadband appears to cut out at least 3/4 times an hour for about 30 seconds. This happens on my laptop, mobile phone etc.
the laptop still shows it is connected just not internet pages appearing and troubleshooting does not detect any problems.
Any ideas would be helpful thanks.

Possibly wireless interference. Is it ok wired?
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HDMI Audio Output via Mini Display Port to Sharp Aquos TV cuts out every 10 seconds

I haven't had an issue til I recently did a software update to my Mac Pro.
I have two mini-display ports on the back of my machine but always have been able to listen to audio from the HDMI connection without an issue. Anyone else having this issue? I checked and reset all the setting on my Television and get prompted that a icompatible PCMI audio signal is being recieved.
PLEASE HELP!
Thanks!

I have seen one report that this is an acknowledged bug in OS10.6.8, the only cure for now is reverting OS:
http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/snowleopard/index.html#d19jul2011

Why is the signal dropping out every few seconds?

I have an airport express card in my iMac intel core duo. I have an airport express plugged into my stereo so I can stream iTunes. iTunes recognizes the stereo AX. There is the airport signal icon up on the top bar of the computer screen, which reads all bars solid, then all bars light grey, then all bars solid - this corresponds to dropouts on the stereo. These dropouts do not occur in the computer speakers though, so I know I'm getting the info. Where is this problem originating? The sending card, or the receiving AX? It is maddening. I have tried resetting the stereo AX by pushing the little inset button, but that didn't fix this. Is there a way to reset the card in the computer? What do I do now?
thanks

Thank you, Glenn - I changed the channel to 11 (I didn't realize there was an option for this, but a little hunting brought up the "Automatic" and 11 channels - so I set it to 11). I already was using interference robustness, and I could tell that helped a little but didn't solve the dropouts totally - and the channel change seems to have solved it. Thanks for the solution!
Caris

Apple TV sound cuts out

After latest update, Apple TV Netflix Audio cuts out every 20 seconds. Sound works good for other Apple TV apps.

Hello, Schaisson.
Thank you for the question. I have experienced this issue as well recently. Try the troubleshooting steps in the attached article. However, what worked for me was power cycling the Apple TV by unplugging the power cable and plugging it back in.
Apple TV: HDMI audio stops working
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2090
Cheers,
Jason H.

Bluetooth Audio sound cuts every few seconds

Hi,
The title pretty much expains all. Everything else works with my BT headset. Pairing is okay and I can hear the sound from headset but ithe audio cuts on and off every few seconds. So the bluetooth audio is useless.
I have upgraded several times the driver. I even changed the BT adapter (the HW), but still same.
Laptop is Elitebook 2350p
OS is Win 7

Your notebook is an Enterprise/Business model. I would recommend posting this in the HP Enterprise Support Forums for better coverage.
You can access the enterprise support forums at the following link.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/
However, my own personal opinion is there might be an issue with the headset, not the hardware/software on the notebook. You mentioned even changing the bluetooth hardware and the issue remained, which leads me to believe it might have to do with the headset and Windows 7. Have you tried another headset on this notebook to see if the issue was the same?
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Sound keeps dropping out every 40 seconds

My sound was totally fine after Lion update but today no matter what program or internet site that has audio, the sound drops out for about a second every 30-40 seconds on my imac 27". This happens again with itunes, youtube, internet videos etc. I tried resetting the PRAM but no change. I have my imac plugged into an optical cable into my logitech 5500 surround system. Any body else having paused/dropouts intheir audio? Its very frustrating cause its almost as if someone is hitting the paus button on and off every few seconds.

For some strange reason the optical cable from the imac to the speakers has a problem. I replaced it with another one and no more sound issues and everything is fine. I thought optical cables never go bad unless kinked and mine was clearly not. Whatever, everything is made junky these days and nothing lasts.

Weird clicking sound every few seconds.

When i open the powerbook from being asleep, it starts up and everything is fine... every few seconds i hear a weird click sound, i'm guessing its the HD, and somthing is wrong with the moving parts. I have not dropped or damaged the powerbook in anyway. I first heard the noise when opening the top after being away few for an hour.
Has anyone else had a problem like this?

With hard drives it's not a matter of if it will fail, it's when. Since they are made of moving parts generally when you begin to hear clicking noises, it's a sign to backup your stuff and then worry about running some diagnostics. If you have applecare you should run techtool and it should tell you with a small margin or error if it's good. Now just because it says that the drive is still good can also not mean that it isn't in the process of going bad. So, keep a good backup of all your stuff on an external drive. I use superduper to do a full backup of my system once a week on a external firewire drive that's bootable if i need it. It will do a "smart update" of your data when you backup after the first time saving you a lot of time.
If you don't have applecare, try and find a friend that does or take your computer to your local apple authorized service center. They will have access to the gsx (global service exchange) website which has specific diagnostic bootable cd's for each model of computer. They should be able to tell you if it's bad or not. If you find a friend that has applecare, just use his techtool cd. Just Boot from the cd and run the diagnostics, don't install the app on your mac as that would be illegal.
Hope this helps
Mossimac

Sound cuts out after any given amount of time, only way to turn back on is to reboot.

For reference, I am using a fully up-to-date mid-2012 model rMBP. Attached to my MacBook via USB I also have an M-Audio KeyStation 49i, which is where I have my headphones plugged in (probably not related in any way, but just noting this).
I first encountered this issue while using Chrome and listening to music on SoundCloud with Garageband open after the last Mavericks update yesterday. I initially thought it was a Chrome bug, and in doing some research, I found that other Chrome users were having the same issue as me, but it was related to PepperFlash (a version of the standard Flash player), and disabling it in Chrome Canary fixed the issue for them.
Unfortunately, it did not fix the issue for me, but I have refrained from using Chrome since then and stuck to Safari to ensure that it's not two issues with the same outcome.
Then I stumbled across all of the Mavericks users that are having sound problems; anything from crackling/popping to not working at all. It seemed, though, that everyone that was having the sound cut out for them entirely were not only having this happen after their laptops came back from sleep mode (which is not the case for me), but were able to fix it by restarting Coreaudio[d] or -- if they had been using the headphone jack on their Macs -- they just had to plug it in again and take it back out. Neither of these worked or were applicable to my situation. Some were able to get it working again by resetting the PRAM/NVRAM, and a few others seemed to be able to bypass the issue by using Soundflower, but neither of these solutions worked for me either. The only way I can get sound to work again is to restart my computer entirely.
After doing so, I am only able to listen to audio for a certain amount of time. It seems to vary depending on how much memory the task is taking up. Like I'll be able to listen to a track or two on SoundCloud, or attempt to record into Garageband for five minutes or so. If I'm in a Garageband project that already has a lot of tracks, I'll be lucky if I can even get through a few seconds before it cuts out entirely. There are very quiet crackling/pop sounds every once and awhile, but it is hard for me to distinguish if that is just the natural state of the hardware I am using or if it is related to background system sounds.
I'm at wit's end trying to figure out what the problem is, mostly because there are so many others with similar issues and varying hardware/software setups that it's hard to track down exactly what my own situation is.
I'd like to know where I should be exporting any error logs from so that someone can take a look at this issue.
Thank you.

After doing some additional testing, I was able to get the sound working again without rebooting by:
1. Unplugging the MIDI device.
2. Resetting the audio input and output to "built-in".
3. Plugging back in the MIDI device.
4. Changing the audio input and output back to the MIDI device.
Still, though, the sound only lasts for a little while, and there doesn't seem to be anything indicating how or why it stops.

Volume cuts out for split second and then comes back very low

I have an old Ipod Classic that I listen to on my Bose docking station. Every now and then the sound cuts out for a split second and then continues playing only it's too low to really hear so I have to turn the volume back up.
It did this twice today when I was listening to.
It was doing this every now and then a few months back and then stopped.
Has anyone had this problem and know what could be causing it to happen?

* Bugcheck Analysis *
BAD_POOL_HEADER (19)
The pool is already corrupt at the time of the current request.
This may or may not be due to the caller.
The internal pool links must be walked to figure out a possible cause of
the problem, and then special pool applied to the suspect tags or the driver
verifier to a suspect driver.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000020, a pool block header size is corrupt.
Arg2: fffffa802224f9e0, The pool entry we were looking for within the page.
Arg3: fffffa802224fa50, The next pool entry.
Arg4: 0000000004070006, (reserved)
Debugging Details:
TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : e:\dump_analysis\program\triage\modclass.ini, error 2
BUGCHECK_STR: 0x19_20
POOL_ADDRESS: GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from fffff800036ca100
GetUlongFromAddress: unable to read from fffff800036ca1c0
fffffa802224f9e0 Nonpaged pool
CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT
PROCESS_NAME: chrome.exe
++++++++++++++++++===============================++++++++++++++++++++++==========4
* Bugcheck Analysis *
VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTED (117)
The display driver failed to respond in timely fashion.
(This code can never be used for real bugcheck).
Arguments:
Arg1: fffffa80262bc4e0, Optional pointer to internal TDR recovery context (TDR_RECOVERY_CONTEXT).
Arg2: fffff8800fa2be20, The pointer into responsible device driver module (e.g owner tag).
Arg3: 0000000000000000, The secondary driver specific bucketing key.
Arg4: 0000000000000000, Optional internal context dependent data.
Debugging Details:
TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : e:\dump_analysis\program\triage\modclass.ini, error 2
FAULTING_IP:
nvlddmkm+153e20
fffff880`0fa2be20 ?? ???

Sound Cutting Out on Standard Def Channels with or wthout DVR

Hi!
We are having occasional sound drop-out problems. They seem to only be happening on standard def channels although we have a hi-def box. (We often record sitcoms and kids shows in standard def to save room on the DVR.)
The problem is that the sound cuts out for a fraction of a second (just long enough to notice) at random spots. If we rewind and play it back, it still drops out in the same spot so it seems the issue is with the signal getting to the box from the outside line, not an hdmi cable issue as I've seen mentioned elsewhere.
The issue occurs whether we're watching a previously recorded show or a "live" one (understanding that even the live shows are delayed a few seconds to enable the DVR to record it).
I've seen other sound issues related to switching channels but this is not the case here.
I've also had it happen on a small TV with no box. We just have the coax going right into the display to watch standard def network shows on it. This leads me to think it's a signal issue, not a DVR one.
Anyone else have this and/or have any luck in getting it resolved?
Thanks!
Jeff

Hello Jeff,
I am sorry to hear that you are having trouble with the sound on the Set Top Boxes. I sent you a private message to further assist you.
Thanks,
Shamika_Vz
Verizon Support
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AX - sound cuts out, becomes metallic, stops

Hi All:
Can't find this issue in the forums. If there's a thread, please point me to it!
For the first time today my 3-year-old AX began to behave strangely. We've always kept it up to date, so it has the latest firmware.
This afternoon we were streaming our fave radio station SOMA.fm when the sound cut out for a moment, then restarted as a thin metallic stream. It sounded rather as if i were listening to weird jazz cymbal solo. After about 20 seconds of that, the stream just died.
We tried changing the channel - no luck. We tried rebooting - no luck. Firmware is up-to-date. Same stream plays fine through our Macbook. Every time we restart, same behavior - streams fine for a minute, cuts out, becomes metallic, then stops.
Any idea of root cause or another troubleshooting idea? It's always "just worked" until now from the moment we unwrapped it and plugged it in, so we're confused!
Ty!
F

If you temporarily connect a pair of stereo headphones to the audio port of the AX, does the sound quality improve?
If not, how about using a different audio source? For example, instead of the Internet radio stream to use an AAC or Apple Lossless file?
If the sound does not improve with either of these, then it is possible the audio circuit in the AX that provides analog output is faulty.

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