Double Speed Audio on podcast and audiobook ios5

I'm getting double speed audio on podcast and audiobooks after upgrading to ios5. I restored my ipad but no luck! I have lectures and educational materials I listen to and it's driving me insane that I am unable to listen to it in a normal way. Any fix?

iPhone 3g you say? It might be having trouble playing an Audiobook at 2x. Mine seems to run at 2x.. How's your half speed? You should try give your phone a restart... it might free a bit of memory on the ram.

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Hi Jane,
Thanks for writing this as I have been encountering the same thing myself.
I wanted to make sure that I am understanding you properly. Isn’t 2x supposed to be 2:00 played for every 1:00 elapsed? I think I might be doing the math wrong.
Regardless, yes I have noticed that he 2x isn’t really 2 x however you define it. I have never really liked the iPod functionality and use a program that speeds up playpack permanently. I like transcribe, but I’m sure there are other programs.
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Quit iTunes.
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Quit iTunes and transfer all the folders out of the iTunes Folder on C except the two single files, including the XML you edited.
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Hello @GiveHP2ndChance,
I understand that you are not able to get adequate sound from your notebook computer's BEATS Audio, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
To correct the sound on your system, I recommend following this document on No Sound from Speakers (Windows 7) or for (Windows 8). This should help improve the quality of the audio on your notebook.
To assist you further, I will need to know:
The Product and Model Number of your notebook computer.
The version of Windows you have installed on your computer.
If your computer has completed all of its important Windows Updates.
If you have updated your HP drivers using the HP Support Assistant.
If this is an on-going, or recent issue.
If the same lack of quality is present when headphones are plugged in.
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, as well as the requested information above. I look forward to your reply!
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Finally figured it out the solution! (This only applies to Mac users.)
Firefox 3.x ran in 32-bit mode and Quicktime 7.x runs in 32-bit mode, so the two programs worked just fine together. The new Firefox 4.x, however, runs in 64-bit mode, so the 32-bt Quicktime 7.x plug-in no longer works correctly.
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24110247/java-audio-metronome-timing-and-speed-problems
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Thanks but you have never posted reply s0lutions before ?? And F 4 is definitely not 10 times faster as stated before I upgraded !!

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My Itunes on my laptop will no longer sync any podcasts or audiobooks to my mini Ipad, and my Ipod as well. After I sync and try to play a podcast on both I get the following podcast is temporarily unavailable! I can downld on ipad and it works, I just did a disagnostics check, and I get there error Secure Link to Itunes has failed? *** over >? anyone thank you

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$19.99 - http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
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