How to fix fast-forward Movies on TV via MacBook HDMI

Temporary fix until Apple gets their **** together

1. set audio output to TV/HDMI out using Audio MIDI Setup or Sound Settings
2. restart macbook

should work

For me, a complete reboot fixed the issue. Apparently, macOS on ARM has yet another audio bug.

Same issue here. Any stream or .MOV plays extremely fast

This happens to me every year.

activity monitor

cpu

coreaudiod

press the x in tool bar

force quit

and reboot

works for me every time.

MacBook Air M1

Hi Sparks, just wanted to leave this here so maybe someone at Apple will be aware. It is not a TV or cable issue, it’s something related to the macbook unfortunately.

there are useful comments in here of how people fix it for a while.

Same problem, my 14" macbook pro connected to my avr while trying to use apple TV +. I don't think it's a problem with the TV as stated here because it was plugged in the avr for me and I have a projector. It did start after I switched from my laptop speakers to the avr sound. Did you find a solution?

Hi there martach1401,

The issue you're describing ultimately sounds like it may be an issue with your TV or possibly the content you're attempting to watch. We'd suggest checking the information in this support article to be sure you're using the right connection set up: Connect to HDMI from your Mac - Apple Support

If HDMI is connected properly, try watching some different content in a different app to see if that makes a difference. Also, you may need to reach out to the manufacturer of your TV for more guidance.

Take care.

Same issue. MacBook Air 2023. macOS 14.2

@Sparks0829 This is definitely not an issue with specific content. Moreover, it's not specific to HDMI; it also happens through a Thunderbolt-DP cable. All content is like this, be it something played via YouTube, a local content played using QuickTime player, and even screencasts that I made. One difference is that YT content (probably because it's streaming) quickly forwards, stutters and then hangs in the middle, while local content just whizzes by to the end. It's almost as some piece of multimedia subsystem continuously failed to play one media chunk after another, but I'm just speculating.

I started experiencing it a couple of days or weeks ago (it was not there before, and I didn't make any changes to my hardware except from connecting and disconnecting headphones). Here's my setup: 16-inch MBP (M1 Pro), Sonoma 14.4.1. Video goes through a Thunderbolt-DP cable to a Gigabyte G4WCQ A monitor, and then, using a regular audio cable, to external speakers. There's usually an OWC 11-port Thunderbolt dock in between, but I've also tried without it, to the same result. I also tried without the external speakers, just using the monitor's built-in ones. Surprisingly, even restarting the coreaudio daemon doesn't help, so the issue must be somewhere deeper. The only thing that helps is a full reboot or disconnecting the monitor and switching to the built-in audio device.

Also worth noting is that it's not really important that the monitor is hooked up to the laptop; the audio must go through the monitor itself. After switching to external headphones connected either to the built-in port or the Thunderbolt dock's audio interface, the issue disappears — until the headphones are disconnected.

Oh, and one more argument against the "content problem" hypothesis: even the built-in terminal bell doesn't work properly. Same sypmtoms.

Same issue here. It only happens when you set the audio to play through the HDMI output. The workaround is to use another audio output. This is... ridiculous.