Audio popping issue

[Ecto478]

is ew really adding something heavy to it? T_T, because i remember doing eureka or dr or zadnor Fate, i only got 10 fps but sounds seems fine, bo crackling etc

[Larirawiel]

is ew really adding something heavy to it? T_T, because i remember doing eureka or dr or zadnor Fate, i only got 10 fps but sounds seems fine, bo crackling etc

Hey, it could be that your CPU overheats. Then it will be throttled down. There could be also another reason for this: Citrix. If you have installed it then uninstall it.

Cheers

[Guguwu]

The recent patch hasn't fixed anything for me.
The source of my sound popping is from ambient sounds, specifically when there are wind sound effects from the weather, zone I'm in, or the "whoosh" sound from riding a mount.
Even in an empty area with ~144 FPS I encounter popping as long as ambient sounds are on. Tried changing sound sources, messing with equalizers, updating drivers, trying out the spatial audio feature, messing with listening position, etc. If ambient is off however, I get no issues whatsoever. Really frustrated and don't know what to do at this point. I've never experienced this prior to 6.0.
[3 y/o PC, kb+m, i7-8700K CPU@3.70GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti]

[Zwodrey]

I have also the stuttering sound since the last update 6.08.
Before that patch everything was perfect and I had no sound issues.
My System: M1 MacBook Pro 2020 with macOS Monterey 12.2.
Please find a hotfix, the stuttering begins directly on the starting screen and goes through the whole gameplay experience.

[Grimno]

Been playing since patch 6.08 dropped and so far I've encountered zero stuttering or popping so it's fixed fully on my end.

Have done raids, trials, hunt trains, world-bosses, PVP, indoor environments, running around Ishgard and more.

[Fiel_Tana]

Might have found a fix for some Mac users on this thread! Seems to have worked for me. (Edited to add: Using a 2020 M1 Macbook pro, Big Sur 11.6)

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...to-Mac-players

"Work around:
After a lot of fiddling I discovered a mitigation:
1) Launch "Audio MIDI Setup" (You can find it via Spotlight with Command Space and type Audio MIDI)
2) Select your output device on the left pane
3) Change the audio format for the device *if possible* (EG, this is not possible with HDMI sound out). I've had the following results:
- 44.1khz (default on most devices) - Produces horrendous static/popping in game
- 48khz - Sounds better, but still scratchy
- 88.2khz - Sounds fine at first, but eventually breaks down into static again. (within 30 minutes in my testing)
- 96khz - So far this holds up

Note: You must exit and re-launch the game for the changed setting to affect it."

Switching to 96Khz has worked for me but didn't work for someone else so ymmv, but it's worth a shot.

[Zwodrey]

Ok, this worked for me now. I changed the Audio MIDI Setup to 96 kHz from 44.1khz and the stuttering is gone.
Many thanks!

Might have found a fix for some Mac users on this thread! Seems to have worked for me. (Edited to add: Using a 2020 M1 Macbook pro, Big Sur 11.6)

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...to-Mac-players

"Work around:
After a lot of fiddling I discovered a mitigation:
1) Launch "Audio MIDI Setup" (You can find it via Spotlight with Command Space and type Audio MIDI)
2) Select your output device on the left pane
3) Change the audio format for the device *if possible* (EG, this is not possible with HDMI sound out). I've had the following results:
- 44.1khz (default on most devices) - Produces horrendous static/popping in game
- 48khz - Sounds better, but still scratchy
- 88.2khz - Sounds fine at first, but eventually breaks down into static again. (within 30 minutes in my testing)
- 96khz - So far this holds up

Note: You must exit and re-launch the game for the changed setting to affect it."

Switching to 96Khz has worked for me but didn't work for someone else so ymmv, but it's worth a shot.

[Vyy]

Might have found a fix for some Mac users on this thread! Seems to have worked for me. (Edited to add: Using a 2020 M1 Macbook pro, Big Sur 11.6)

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...to-Mac-players

"Work around:
After a lot of fiddling I discovered a mitigation:
1) Launch "Audio MIDI Setup" (You can find it via Spotlight with Command Space and type Audio MIDI)
2) Select your output device on the left pane
3) Change the audio format for the device *if possible* (EG, this is not possible with HDMI sound out). I've had the following results:
- 44.1khz (default on most devices) - Produces horrendous static/popping in game
- 48khz - Sounds better, but still scratchy
- 88.2khz - Sounds fine at first, but eventually breaks down into static again. (within 30 minutes in my testing)
- 96khz - So far this holds up

Note: You must exit and re-launch the game for the changed setting to affect it."

Switching to 96Khz has worked for me but didn't work for someone else so ymmv, but it's worth a shot.

I confirm its now fixed on both M1 iMac and iMac pro for now, but i also had to mute ambient, thanks a lot.

[Ashbury]

I hope this helps for our Mac brothers and sisters, I don't wish that awful audio popping on anyone.

[eforsyt2]

Might have found a fix for some Mac users on this thread! Seems to have worked for me. (Edited to add: Using a 2020 M1 Macbook pro, Big Sur 11.6)

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...to-Mac-players

"Work around:
After a lot of fiddling I discovered a mitigation:
1) Launch "Audio MIDI Setup" (You can find it via Spotlight with Command Space and type Audio MIDI)
2) Select your output device on the left pane
3) Change the audio format for the device *if possible* (EG, this is not possible with HDMI sound out). I've had the following results:
- 44.1khz (default on most devices) - Produces horrendous static/popping in game
- 48khz - Sounds better, but still scratchy
- 88.2khz - Sounds fine at first, but eventually breaks down into static again. (within 30 minutes in my testing)
- 96khz - So far this holds up

Note: You must exit and re-launch the game for the changed setting to affect it."

Switching to 96Khz has worked for me but didn't work for someone else so ymmv, but it's worth a shot.

I followed your instructions on the M1 MacMini 2020, putting it to 96khz definitely minimizes the problem but I'm still experiencing sound issues. Thanks for the help Fiel.

I downgraded my Mac OS to Big Sur, as the FFXIV website said it can support it, but not Monetery. No difference on my end, in case anybody had similar ideas.