Windows 10: Audio Start Delay After PC Been Idling For A Little While?

Hello,


An issue I seem to have always had with my HP x360 windows 10 is that if the PC has been Idling briefly playing no audio, whenever I play an audio file or use a program that generates audio, it cuts off the first 1-2 secs, then stutters in. If I am continuously playing audio I don't get any issues.


It almost feels as if the audio driver goes to sleep, then when a program produces audio, it has to boot the driver back, losing the first second of audio.


If I use headphones I can almost hear the output activate and deactivate as there is slight BG noise. If I play a track, the first second does nothing, then output works, and the slight BG noise appears, if the track is stopped, the BG noise continues for about 10secs then cuts off. If no audio is played during the 10 secs the noise is still noticeable, the same delay issue will occur the next time audio is played.


This isn't just a media player thing as it happens with all applications and even system sounds.


I use the laptop as a media server on some productions, so it's a bit of an issue.


Cheers!

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I am getting a little delay in audio but the notification sounds and warining tones are getting delayed.

Hi Arun,

This issue might have occurred due to the corrupted or outdated sound drivers.

I appreciate if you could answer a
few questions to narrow down the issue and to provide you better assistance.

• Is this issue specific to any music player?
• Did you check using different music players?
• Have you made any changes to the system prior to this issue?
• Do you receive any error message?
• Have you installed any third party anti-virus?

As an initial troubleshooting step, I suggest you to try the below steps and check if this helps.

I suggest you to run the Audio Troubleshooter
and check.

• Type troubleshooting in the search bar.
• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click Playing audio.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.
  

Write to us with the above information and status of the issue to assist you further.

Thank You.

 

I am getting a little delay in audio but the notification sounds and warining tones are getting delayed.

Hai,

I am getting a little delay in audio, the video and audio players are working fine but the notification sounds and warining tones are getting delayed.

Kindly advise how to fix this and test the audio device of the system.

Thanks

 

Little to no audio


Hmm. Is it a problem with the Laptop port itself? Or maybe you just simply have the volume set down on your speaker? Another possibility is that it isn't really compatible with Windows 10 yet. Here, try this when you have your pc connected to the system.

Step 1: Right-Click the audio button usually found in the bottom right corner or in the drop down/up menu near the clock.
Step 2: Click "Open Volume Mixer"
Step 3: Check for stereos and see if the volume is down.

I doubt you haven't done this but restart the PC with the speakers in and the speakers out.

If not, try audio troubleshooting.

Step 1: In the windows search, (press windows logo to get to it) Type in Audio
Step 2: Click "Manage audio devices"
Step 3: Right-Click on the speakers connected and click test. That should show if both stereo channels work.
Step 4: Then, right click again and click "Configure"
Step 5: Make sure you're in stereo and test again.
Step 6: Right click on the connected speaker system AGAIN and click properties from the drop down box.
Step 7: Click on levels in the tab section and check the volume settings.

I hope this helped