Youtube audio stutters every few seconds.

For the past few weeks I have noticed the audio in Youtube videos stuttering every few seconds. There are never any problems with the video portion, only the audio. If I refresh the page and play the video again, the audio stutters at a different time. I cannot force the audio to stutter in the same place twice. I checked the cpu usage in the task manager and it sits around 14% when the video looks and sounds fine, but the second the audio stutters the usage shoots up to around 30% for a second or two before dropping back down. I have tried updating my drivers, clearing out every cache I know of, defragging, uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome, using a different browser, updating flashplayer, restarting my computer, and making sure the correct audio device is set to default. This problem occurs when I use the built in speakers, speakers plugged in through the audio jack, and even headphones. Some videos stutter more than others. Please help me, I am relatively uneducated when it comes to the inner machinations of a laptop so I have no idea what to do. I will provide any additional information to the best of my ability if need be.

The same issue is present with Twitch, though it is less noticable.

Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
In Chrome,
Chrome GPU Hardware Acceleration - Turn On or Off
Firefox,
Firefox GPU Hardware Acceleration - Turn On or Off
Ie10-11 switch to software rendering instead of gpu,
Internet Explorer GPU Hardware Acceleration - Turn On or Off

How old is the machine i7 can't be that old :/
Dust accumulation could be an issue or cat hair clean it out with a can of compressed air.

Hi,
Okay sorry the tutorial is a bit old,
Go to settings and on the bottom of that page Advanced settings,
You should see Use hardware acceleration when available verify if it's checked or not,
My last tour it was not checked but that was in a Linux system.

What did you have fixed on the machine exactly ?
Was the issue an issue before you sent the machine in ?

Hi thanks for the info,
You might try to access youtube video settings
I'm not sure if it will work in Chrome though,
Right click one of the videos and click on Global settings and or settings,
This is privacy minded but will show you how to navigate through the settings to turn on or off hardware acceleration in flash,
Try it in Internet explorer to see if it's a Chrome issue or not,
How to configure your Flash Player settings for maximum privacy and security

You can also in ie11-10... use the html5 youtube option,
http://www.youtube.com/html5

Hi,
Post a link to a video you have an issue with
I don't have Flash player installed todays browser don't need it to see/ play youtube videos
Which might be a good test for you uninstall flash player and test again,
Cheers.
If that doesn't pan out we might have to look closer at using another network or resetting you modem/ router...

I couldn't tell if the first couple of videos stuttered or not the guys voice is so weird :/
Third was a better voice but still bidn't notice any issues,
See if listening to some music on youtube shows the same issue,
Check out a few here too and see,
What are you listening to? [10]