Rare issues with audio skipping on your computer are nothing to be concerned about; any computer may encounter occasional audio skipping when the computer gets pushed to its maximum resource usage by demanding programs. However, frequent and constant computer audio skips can indicate a problem with the computer. You can resolve most audio skipping problems for free or at low cost. The audio may also skip if the playback program is using an insufficiently sized buffer. The buffer is preloaded data in advance of what the computer is currently playing back. The computer uses the buffer to compensate for multitasking; if the buffer is too small the audio will skip when the computer is working on something else. You may also get buffer problems from online streams when the stream encounters service problems. The faster your Internet connection, the less likely this is to occur, but if the service problem is on the sender’s side, there’s not much you’ll be able to do about it. Writer Bio
