How to sync sound?

Hi!
When I watch movies on my MacBook Pro, using the TV as display, I get a small delay on the sound (or picture I can't really figure it out). Is the an app to sync the sound by delaying it or the picture?
/Jonas

It doesn't sound that easy. It's surely easy to do but not very applyable when you pick out a movie to see with friends and have to test and convert it first...
There has to be some way to do it in real time?

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