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YouTube audio glitches when skipping through videos with arrow keys, and when switching videos without pausing the previous video.

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Hello. I'm not sure if this is a Firefox issue or a headset/audio jack issue but when I'm playing YouTube on Firefox and I decide to skip through the video with arrow keys, it plays one continuous note from the point I left until the part I skipped to loads. It also plays a continuous note when I switch videos without pausing the previous video. If I do this without pausing, the note will play until the video I clicked on loads, or until another sound from my system such as a Skype notification interrupts this. I have not seen the same issue on Internet Explorer, so It seems to only be isolated to Firefox. The continuous note I'm talking about it like taking one part of the audio from the video probably .1 seconds long and just repeating that over and over again so it makes a continuous, unbroken sound. I tried to record the sound I was hearing, but I was unable to hear it after listening to the playback of the video/audio I took. Keep in mind this only happens sometimes but it always comes back. It happens probably for a week or two then goes away for a few days, then comes back. If anyone knows anything about this please let me know. Thanks!

Hello. I'm not sure if this is a Firefox issue or a headset/audio jack issue but when I'm playing YouTube on Firefox and I decide to skip through the video with arrow keys, it plays one continuous note from the point I left until the part I skipped to loads. It also plays a continuous note when I switch videos without pausing the previous video. If I do this without pausing, the note will play until the video I clicked on loads, or until another sound from my system such as a Skype notification interrupts this. I have not seen the same issue on Internet Explorer, so It seems to only be isolated to Firefox. The continuous note I'm talking about it like taking one part of the audio from the video probably .1 seconds long and just repeating that over and over again so it makes a continuous, unbroken sound. I tried to record the sound I was hearing, but I was unable to hear it after listening to the playback of the video/audio I took. Keep in mind this only happens sometimes but it always comes back. It happens probably for a week or two then goes away for a few days, then comes back. If anyone knows anything about this please let me know. Thanks!

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What FF version and what youtube video is skipping?

Using Firefox 59.0.1 and this happens on all YouTube videos.

Update: May be headphone issue. Tried with another speaker and working fine. Tried on another laptop and no issue there. I think it's possible I need new headphones.

charles13 said

Update: May be headphone issue. Tried with another speaker and working fine. Tried on another laptop and no issue there. I think it's possible I need new headphones.

Hi, borrow some and find out, Let us know if still need help.