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Help delaying analog audio?

post #1 of 11
4/5/12 at 1:47pm
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I have a Roku hooked up to a flat-panel TV and a 2-channel stereo system. No matter what I play, audio is slightly ahead of the video. I am thinking this is due to the video processing of the TV which is typically the case in situations like this, causing the video to be behind the audio.

Does anyone know a good way I can delay analog audio without having to buy a new receiver? I am outputting over the RCA L/R analog outputs on the Roku.
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post #2 of 11
4/5/12 at 2:10pm
There are professional rack mount units that delay analog audio. They run about $600 new but you might find one on Ebay a lot cheaper.

Example: Rane AD22 or AVD22

P.S. Are you sure the Roku doesn't have that function built in. It's very easy to do in digital hardware and software. Doing it analog requires a lot of circuitry, in fact it is done digitally anyway so the analog audio must be digitized then converted back to analog hence the cost of these outboard boxes.
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post #3 of 11
4/5/12 at 2:49pm
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I've never seen any function or setting on the Roku to allow it to do that. If it were possible it would make things a lot easier.
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post #4 of 11
4/5/12 at 3:03pm
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Originally Posted by theslug View Post

I am outputting over the RCA L/R analog outputs on the Roku.

That must be the problem. Why not use the TV's audio output?
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post #5 of 11
4/5/12 at 3:24pm
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Originally Posted by Dave1027 View Post

That must be the problem. Why not use the TV's audio output?

The TV doesn't have analog audio outputs. It does have an optical output though. I'm wondering if I could use that with a digital-to-analog converter to send the audio to the stereo system. (The Roku is hooked up to the TV over HDMI, so the TV is being fed audio).

Would that solve the audio sync issue?
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post #6 of 11
4/5/12 at 7:29pm
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Originally Posted by theslug View Post

The TV doesn't have analog audio outputs. It does have an optical output though. I'm wondering if I could use that with a digital-to-audio converter to send the audio to the stereo system. (The Roku is hooked up to the TV over HDMI, so the TV is being fed audio).

Would that solve the audio sync issue?

I have a TV with just an digital output, and went the DAC route. No lip synch problems.
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post #7 of 11
4/6/12 at 8:42am
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Originally Posted by theslug View Post

The TV doesn't have analog audio outputs. It does have an optical output though. (The Roku is hooked up to the TV over HDMI, so the TV is being fed audio).

I have a similar problem, but in reverse, My BD player sends audio out over Digi Coax, which gets to my AVR, before the HDMI ->TV does.(No HDMI on my AVR).

Just mute one source, or turn the vol down on one source.

Or go with your option above, Digi Opt Toslink from Roku to AVR. The signal should arrive about as fast through Toslink as it does via HDMI to TV. However, if you still get an echo, or reverb, you will still need to mute or >vol on one of the sources...
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post #8 of 11
4/6/12 at 11:11am
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Originally Posted by underminded999 View Post

Or go with your option above, Digi Opt Toslink from Roku to AVR.

My AVR does not have an optical input (currently it's analog audio from Roku to AVR). So I was thinking of using the tv's optical output and changing it to analog with a DAC, then send that to the AVR.
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post #9 of 11
4/10/12 at 7:16am
Sorry, I forgot about this thread...

Didja fix the problem yet?

To recap:

Roku sends video to TV via HDMI
Roku send audio to AVR via L&R RCA

There is a lip-synch issue.

TV has Optical TosLink out
Roku has only L&R RCA out

What does the AVR have for audio in? L&R RCA only? or TosLink too?
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post #10 of 11
4/10/12 at 9:57am
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The AVR only has analog L/R in. The Roku does have optical out actually, but I have nowhere to direct that to.

I'm going to try using the digital output from the TV, but I haven't picked out a DAC yet.
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post #11 of 11
4/10/12 at 10:13am
More than likely the video lag is caused by processing in the TV. More often than not, it's some processing you don't really need. Processing for 24p is a common cause, but different TVs use different language in these settings. Consult the appropriate thread for your TV model, you may find the solution already posted there.
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