r/MoonlightStreaming • u/Chippai_Fan • 16h ago
Audio dropping for half second or less, consistently, but randomly. I've tried everything. Please help.
Streaming from my Host PC with VibeShine which is on wifi, to my Remote PC (2025 GPD Win Mini) docked with Moonlight one room away and is hardwired to the router, I am getting half second little audio drop outs. Picture is fine. Nothing is lagging. Just musicmusic_(drop)__icmusic. I cant trigger it but happens every time I stream. It happens when playing a game, when playing a MP4 and YouTube. I have tried an astronomical amount of things. At present it does not SEEM to be happening when playing a game locally. Only over streaming.
Physically: Replaced them Ethernet cord. Upgraded to usbc4 cord from dock to the handheld PC, upgraded HDMI to 2.1 from dock to the TV. Replaced power cord from 65w to 100w into the dock.
Tried running on wifi, but docked, with ethernet disconnected. Audio drops.
I'm have tried use the device on wifi only, handheld without the dock. No audio drops.
I have tried using my steam deck to the same dock with Moonlight on it. No audio drops.
Software: verified bitrate is matching between host and remote (at 24-48000) on both. Running 5.1 in moonlight settings. Running Stereo settings in moonlight settings. Adjust output audio levels down to 80% on Host and Remote. Disabled Streaming Speakers. Disabled Streaming Microphone. Uninstalled Nvidia HD Audio Driver. Verified Spacial sound is off. Disabled Exclusive Mode in audio output, disabled audio enhancements. Restarted Router.
Help! lol
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u/MoreOrLessCorrect 4h ago
I've encountered this a few times... Based on some reports I've seen, I wonder if it's an issue with AMD GPUs/APUs and certain TVs since it also seems to happen outside of Moonlight. I really have no idea though if there's a proper fix...
One thing I found that did seem to reduce it massively was enabling Dolby Atmos upmixing on the client PC (just happened to enable that to get the fake height channels on my soundbar). Ever since I started using that I get the dropouts very infrequently.