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peteryan7hao
Oct 29, 2009, 10:36 PM
I don't know if it's just me or others having the same issue as well. I bought this new 21.5-inch iMac yesterday and everything seems to be perfectly fine except when I play youtube videos the sound goes weird like theres something wrong with the speaker, but its fine when playing itunes music...

Has anyone experienced the same?


300D
Oct 30, 2009, 12:04 AM
Known problem. No solution yet.
HommePomme
Oct 30, 2009, 08:06 AM
Same problem, reboot fixed it (at least temporarily).
Bulldog3777
Oct 30, 2009, 08:20 AM
Got my 21.5 Wednesday and just tried several videos on Youtube. Everything seemed fine.
peteryan7hao
Oct 31, 2009, 10:36 PM
Got my 21.5 Wednesday and just tried several videos on Youtube. Everything seemed fine.

try to play a few more videos

oh by the way, iMovie has the same issue now, Im so not happy!!!!
littlelarry33
Oct 31, 2009, 10:37 PM
I get the same issue, sometimes it will lagg and be really weird other times its perfect
Harpy007
Oct 31, 2009, 10:51 PM
Hopefully Apple is working on a solution because this is getting a lot of press (Engadget, CNET). I hope they release a firmware update in a few days
jzn21
Nov 1, 2009, 03:44 PM
I think I have the same problem with my 21,5" iMac:
When I play sound (like skype) the sound sometimes stutter/clicking/interupted a little which is caused by, I guess, HD activity. Are we talking about the same strange sound or do you guys have another soundprob?
lulla01
Nov 1, 2009, 03:46 PM
yeah it may be fine when you first use it eventually you will experience system slowdowns.
300D
Nov 1, 2009, 06:12 PM
Hopefully Apple is working on a solution

Its not Apple's fault, Adobe is the one with the issue.
xtend
Nov 1, 2009, 06:19 PM
Its not Apple's fault, Adobe is the one with the issue.

How's that if the problems are in iMovie too ?

Reading through al the threads it seems to be a graphics driver issue with ATI cards...
SnowLeopard2008
Nov 1, 2009, 06:21 PM
How's that if the problems are in iMovie too ?

Reading through al the threads it seems to be a graphics driver issue with ATI cards...

It's the Flash player that's causing the problems. I haven't even heard anything about iMovie from any source, so it's probably an isolated problem. YouTube video playback out of sync is more widespread.
XboxEvolved
Nov 1, 2009, 06:26 PM
How's that if the problems are in iMovie too ?

Reading through al the threads it seems to be a graphics driver issue with ATI cards...

I would assume that would be the issue since the iMac had problems awhile back with ATi and their drivers...
HommePomme
Nov 1, 2009, 10:20 PM
It's the Flash player that's causing the problems. I haven't even heard anything about iMovie from any source, so it's probably an isolated problem. YouTube video playback out of sync is more widespread.

I first noted this issue in iMovie, then tested VLC and YouTube and both had the same problem (iTunes seemed fine). After rebooting, been fine for 3 days (even including YouTube HD, etc)

EDIT: Forgot to mention that mine has a 9400M, so an ATi driver issue is unlikely.
xtend
Nov 3, 2009, 05:21 PM
It's the Flash player that's causing the problems. I haven't even heard anything about iMovie from any source, so it's probably an isolated problem. YouTube video playback out of sync is more widespread.

Again: its not only a flash issue:

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/03/possible-fix-for-the-27-inch-imac-lag/
outphase
Nov 3, 2009, 05:54 PM
Ever since I plugged in to my ethernet ports and disabled wireless, I have noticed a bump in performance on my 21.5" iMac.
rdowns
Nov 3, 2009, 05:58 PM
Its not Apple's fault, Adobe is the one with the issue.

Flash performance is getting worse with each new Mac. Surely, this is not all Adobe's fault.
sukanas
Nov 3, 2009, 06:11 PM
Its not Apple's fault, Adobe is the one with the issue.

lol

flash bad on the

mac = blame adobe
pc = blame windows