Crackle sound when playing video

Charbel

Whenever I play a video, for example on youtube.com, a periodic single crackle sound takes place each 5 to 6 seconds. When played from Chrome, the same video has better sound quality and no crackles.

No crackling sound when media is played.

Version 0.99.128.2.1-beta (WebKit 619.1.11.111.2)

Sonoma (14)

laiz

Unable to reproduce, videos play as expected without any crackles. Could you share more information about your setup (wired headphones, wireless headphones, speakers?) and perhaps a recording of the crackling happening.

Charbel

laiz it happens only while using the Mac speaker. Does not happen when connected to bluetooth or wired headset. I checked multiple videos, on YouTube, X, Reddit.. same issue on Orion but nothing on Chrome.

eirk

Could you also check Safari? Does enabling compatibility mode change anything?

Charbel

eirk Same crackling issue with Safari. Compatibilty mode does not affect it. What's also weird is that the sound quality from Chrome is way better than Orion and Safari.

laiz

Charbel Same crackling issue with Safari

In that case it's likely a WebKit bug, and it should be reported to WebKit