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FinalYOSHI
Honored Guest
1 year ago

Problem watching videos when connected to Bluetooth Audio?

Hello! My headset self updated itself to v71 earlier this week and I typically use my Meta Quest 3 to watch YouTube/Netflix while my spouse is asleep next to me. I use bluetooth headphones to isolat...
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blazmalnersic
Explorer
1 year ago

Hi, noticed the same issue with v71 and v72 and Sony WH-1000XM5. Using built-in audio, there is no issue when watching video in the Browser (e.g. YouTube). However when connected to Bluetooth audio, the video in the browser will be slow (1FPS) and audio will get clipped. This will also happen with other browsers like Wolvic (Geko or Chromium), Opera, Edge... 

Temporary solution:

  1. Open the Browser
  2. Navigate to chrome://flags
  3. Search for AAudio Output and set it to Disabled (default is Default)
  4. Re-launch the Browser
  5. Check if video works fine in the browser (e.g. YouTube)

Looks like the culprit is the Android Audio library through which the audio seems to be processed by default in any of these browsers.

Video will play normally in other applications, e.g. YouTube. Issue only occurs in browsers.