Help! Videos and Audio on Mac playing super fast, automatically fast forwarding to the end

jessisogray wrote:

I noticed the problem first on YouTube, but it happens everywhere that videos and audio are played. Youtube, Netflix, Hulu, streaming on Safari, streaming on Firefox, Apple TV+, and on QuickTime Player. What happens is the video instantly fast forwards, all the way to the end before I can even press pause.

When playing Music on Spotify, it plays at "only" around 10 times speed and with no sound coming out.

Booting in safe mode, disabling any web extensions. Nothing seems to work.

So basically, videos and audio on my Macbook no longer work. Reboots help, but only for about 30 minutes. I'm at a loss for what to do. Has anybody had this happen to them? Does anyone have any idea what might work?

I'm on a 2019 MacBook Pro

Never heard of such a thing...

old issue, new issue, what changed?

You do not say what exact 16"... Intel or M1/M2 (?)

What current macOS...(?)

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+1 Good find.