Audio goes out of sync when streaming tv on spectrum app.

@William_M

I went through and reset my router as you described. Then reset the modem again using the spectrum app on my phone. Tried watching college football on ABC through the spectrum app on my Roku and it is better but still having intermittent sync issues with the audio. Switched over to my ESPN app on the same Roku and have not had any audio sync issues. Please look at my network if you need to but as a engineering technician I'd have to say that it really does seem like the Spectrum app on Roku is the culprit for the issues everyone has been bring up on this form.

I perfectly understand other apps aren't having these issues. Most other apps are not live, and different apps can have varying issues resulting from a poor connection. Some apps might buffer, some might give a server error, some might have sync issues, but the root problem that needs to be fixed is the connection.

@Jc6176 A steady 10 Mb/s should be enough to stream, but you aren't consistently getting that. Every single orange bar above is your bitrate dipping to 3Mb/s, and again since our app is live that can cause issues where other apps may just use that time to show what it loaded in advance. I can see the same dipping bitrate for all users reporting the issue here which is the only thing I'm finding in common between you. An occasional dip usually won't cause noticeable issues but this is excessive. Why everyone here is having bitrate drops is what I am trying to figure out, but I look at a very large number of these reports on a daily basis and there is not an overall increase in the number of bitrate drops among all users.

@JeffDuke as someone with 20 years of IT experience I'd hope you understand the importance of not skipping steps in the troubleshooting process, especially one as basic and likely to fix issues as a reboot. We have access to data you don't which determine those steps. Many of those steps involve eliminating confounding variables. I am also very limited in discussing customer data in an open forum here. I don't take pleasure in arguing with users or avoiding escalations when they are warranted. Identifying trending issues among our users is a core responsibility of my job, and my professional opinion is that the current evidence does not support an app issue. If we can resolve some of these bitrate issues and the desyncing persists we can then proceed with further app troubleshooting, and then escalation after that. The only other thing I can do now is forward feedback that a poor internet connection causes sync issues.

Addressing the connection issues;

@Jc6176 Your TV is still on 2.4Ghz WiFi which is the most likely cause of your dropping bitrate. The other device I saw briefly using the app is no longer connected so I can't check that, but you do have other devices on 5Ghz WiFi now confirming that is working. Please verify your TV has 5Ghz capabilities and test as close to the router as possible to completely eliminate any possible interference issues. You can also test the Spectrum TV app on one of your mobile devices next to the router, or better yet connect something with an ethernet cable.

@FASHIONABLE1 Welcome to our community and the conversation here, sorry if this is not the answer you want. You have excessive bitrate drops. I see the modem has been reset recently, thank you for trying that first. Some minor signal problems, not too severe but should probably be addressed by a technician visit at your earliest convenience. Unfortunately unless using our router I can't see anything about your connection method or strength, are you close to a router with 5Ghz WiFi or using an ethernet cable? Can you test with a different type of device, and also make sure you are consistently getting high speed test results?

@JeffDuke Thank you for rebooting but I'm still seeing the frequent bitrate drops with you as well. If you are only getting 81 Mb/s over ethernet that is far under your subscribed speed and more clearly shows there is an internet issue than anyone else's. That is like 84% of your bandwidth being lost. Where is it being bottlenecked? Do you have a different ethernet cable you can test with, and test direct to the modem instead of the router? Is there anything along the path of the current ethernet that could cause any kind of interference? Can you test with a different device, and run a continuous ping to see if you are getting any dropped packets or ping spikes?

Hi @William_M. I read your response and powered off/on the modem, also the router and restarted the Roku. Unfortunately I'm noticing the issues again this morning while watching the Spectrum app.

I recognize you mentioned the modem version 3.0 vs. 3.1. That is good to know. But...the streaming issues only started happening about a week and a half ago or so. And I've had this 3.0 modem for a long time. So I really think this is some sort of app issue. I even deleted the Spectrum app, then re-downloaded it from the app store. Thanks for your help.

So I bought a Roku stick like the spectrum tech suggested $50 and …… it did not work. Only the spectrum app lip sync is off. Calling customer care tomorrow to complain.

Jeff

going to try a reset on my Samsung tv. That will be the last effort I try. Stay tuned.

Is spectrum throttling our data????

Network Management. Spectrum uses a variety of reasonable network management tools and practices consistent with industry standards. In the event the periods of congestion necessitate such management, Spectrum has available the following tools and practices (without limitation and as may be adjusted over time): (i) Subscriber Traffic Management (STM) technology to temporarily lower the priority of traffic with the greatest impact on peak congestion; (ii) spam filtering and detection techniques; and (iii) measures to protect the security and integrity of its network, resources and subscribers (e.g., IP reputation services from multiple sources to deny mail relay to suspect IPs of Charter IP space, real-time IP block lists to determine whether to accept a connection to inbound mail servers, port security techniques such as encryption and authentication, and email server- to-server traffic monitoring). In limited instances if employed, these techniques may affect the throughput rate at which subscribers may send and receive data, the ability of users to establish session connections within the network, or result in the delay of certain traffic during times of peak congestion.

For more information about Spectrum''s network management practices and policies, please see the Spectrum Network Management Practices Statement.

I seem to have had some luck. So far lol….

I did a total reset on my Samsung tv. Started from factory settings and reset everything. Let sit overnight. Today I have not had any issues watching on my Roku 4 k stick. Hope this continues and will work for others. Have not tried watching on my tv only. Afraid to lol

@William_M Thanks for the quick reply. I changed my wifi network to operate only on 5ghz and rebooted the network. I also re-positioned my satellite deco unit to a different area of the house. Normally when I test the network on the roku attached to my living room TV I would get about 80mbps. After changing the network to run 5ghz only and moving the deco unit I got 175gbps. I also stood by the tv and ran speedtest on my phone and got consistently 360 - 380mbps. Running it in my upstairs office where the main Deco unit and the Spectrum Modem is I consistently got between 420 - 460mbps. I also found there was an update for one of my Roku's which I installed.

So far I've not noticed any sync issues although I wasn't on the problem channels very long. The only issue I did experience (and this has been going on for some time also) is buffering when watching MeTV. This always seems to happen about 6:15-6:30pm. I was told by "someone" at Spectrum that this is a known issue with MeTV although I've never been told that when I call in for technical support.

I'll continue to monitor.

So how does one improve a bittate??? Still having the same lip sync issue. Have tried everything.