When I play any media (audio or video) in any software, the first two or three seconds are skipped. The media starts at 00:02 or 00:03 or so. The only way to access the first few seconds is to manually scroll the slider back to the beginning of the timeline, and replay. If a list is being played, this bug happens only for the first song. The rest start correctly at 00:00.
I don't know if this annoying bug is a driver thing or what else. I uninstalled, reinstalled, and updated the sound and GPU drivers to no avail. This happens with any media (any video format, any audio format), played by any player software, from any hardware device (hard disks, USBs, anything). This has been happening at least for the last couple of years (before that, I hadn't noticed and don't know).
This bug also happens for any streamed media (e.g., YouTube).
The hardware is fully tested and working 100%. All drivers (video, sound, etc.) are fully updated to the latest version.
Computer: Acer Aspire V5-573G laptop running Windows 10
CPU: Intel Core i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz X64
GPUs: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M (4GB RAM), Intel HD Graphics Family (1GB RAM).
Audio: Sound Card Intel Display Audio, Sound Card High Definition Audio Device
Edit:
- This problem persists even after setting the Power Plan to "High Performance" and disabling any battery-saver option in any settings I could find (including Video Playback settings).
- I am not using any headphones at all (wireless or else).
- I am not using (and have not ever used) any Remote Desktop applications.
SOLVED:
The laptop's hardware and software are just fine. The problem is my (old) Panasonic TV, connected to the laptop via HDMI.
Because:
The bug does not exist when the media is directly played on the laptop's speakers.
The bug happens only when the laptop is connected to my Panasonic TV via HDMI.
It happens regardless of the sound device in use: either the Panasonic TV's speakers or a headphone connected to the Panasonic TV.
The bug doesn't happen at all when the same HDMI is connected to another TV. So the problem is not with the HDMI set, but only with the Panasonic TV.