Playback Issues - Audio/Video & Power

[Wordup]

Roku Ultra. Every few minutes, the sound is completely muted for about 2 seconds. 

It's very annoying and frustrating. How can this be fixed?

[t_benedict17]

Same issue here for several days.  Played with the settings, restarted, etc and it continues.  Had this issue before a year or so ago, which was finally fixed.  

[Joe1977]

I have been having the same issue since I got my Roku Ultra. The sound cuts out for about 3 seconds every few minutes 

[RokuKariza-D]

Hello @Joe1977

Thanks for posting here in the Community!

Could you tell us more about the issue you're running into? Does it only occur on a specific channel or across other channels installed on your Roku device? 

With more information, we will be able to assist you further.

All the best,
Kariza

[StreamerUser]

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@Joe1977 wrote:

I have been having the same issue since I got my Roku Ultra. The sound cuts out for about 3 seconds every few minutes 

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If you have the 4800 (2020 Ultra), try changing your audio output:  Settings/Audio/HDMI=Auto passthrough

[Joe1977]

Thank you! That seems to have worked!

[StreamerUser]

Good to hear (pun intended) - Roku made very poor decisions for its default settings for the 4800: 

In order to promote their "new" Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos capabilities they made "HDR Always on" the default which forces DV always on for supported systems, and then they made "Auto detect" (which should be named "Auto convert" or "Auto transcode") the default which forces DA always on for supported systems.

To be fair to Roku, all their competitors did/do the same with their devices with similar capabilities, and for the same braindead "lets market to the already sold!" reasons.

In the end it creates confusion, frustration, and issues for consumers who reasonably think something is wrong with their HT setup, not realizing in fact its poorly chosen default settings in their new device.