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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

What players and operating systems handle that automatically? I have to adjust it manually in VLC and Kodi. It's usually around 500-600 ms on Android phones and FireTV sticks. Linux isn't as bad, but it's still around 100 ms.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

I’ve never had to think about it on iOS, macOS, or Windows. The video just holds for a few frames until the audio buffer catches up to it and then it resumes playing the video frames.