Android_user120485
Newbie
I'm using the Sony xperia xa. Bought 2 speakers now and both have a delay when connected over Bluetooth, but when connected with a cable the audio plays fine with no lag. Is there a way I can fix this?
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Bluetooth speaker delay
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Are you trying to use the phone speaker/s and Bluetooth at the same time?
Android_user120485
Newbie
Just the Bluetooth speaker, didn't know I could use both at the same time.
No you cannot. I misinterpreted your post.
So did you connect to both Bluetooth speakers and try to play them at the same time?
Android_user120485
Newbie
I bought 1 speaker but got the delay so changed it for another one but I'm still getting the delay. So I just tried one speaker at a time.
is your phone up to date? that is the only thing i can think of. last resort would be factory reset.
Audio to BT speakers and BT headphones will usually have some latency, but should be no more than about 0.2 to 0.4 seconds.
There are some "zero latency" BT audio devices made that use aptX rather than the default SBC codec, but the BT devices must specifically support aptX. Things like studio monitors, gaming headsets, etc where no audio latency might be important.
I'm using BT speakers on a Raspberry Pi with Kodi, and I just tweek the Audio Offset in the player settings a bit, and any movie audio has perfect lip-sync then.
I've set the Audio Offset ahead by 0.36 seconds, and that does compensate for the BT latency in my speakers.
There are some "zero latency" BT audio devices made that use aptX rather than the default SBC codec, but the BT devices must specifically support aptX. Things like studio monitors, gaming headsets, etc where no audio latency might be important.
I'm using BT speakers on a Raspberry Pi with Kodi, and I just tweek the Audio Offset in the player settings a bit, and any movie audio has perfect lip-sync then.
I've set the Audio Offset ahead by 0.36 seconds, and that does compensate for the BT latency in my speakers.
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Android_user120485
Newbie
I get this now, so it's the speaker and not my phone. It's a more of a budget speaker I got, a cheap Sony one so I guess that's why. I just downloaded this Kodi and set the audio offset to ahead by 0.53, the audio sync is perfect now. It'd be good if Kodi had its own build in browser so I can sync online streaming too. Thanks for the app suggestion
FYI Kodi has many add-ons for various online streaming services, as well as playing locally stored media, and again the audio offset can be adjusted with those.