If the audio sounds too fast, too slow, scratchy, or distorted, change the Advanced settings in the Player. Click the Advanced Tab. Click either Disable 16-bit sound or Disable custom sampling rates to modify the way your player and sound card interface. You may need to play with which setting sounds best. Verify that the bandwidth field in the Connection tab of the Player's Preferences window is set to 28.8 Kbps modem or faster.
Content providers have to decided which portion of the clip to emphasize - audio or video.
This is a trade-off process to insure the best quality playback. However, since video is very resource intensive, very few video clips contain stereo sound. For a demo of stereo sound in audio-only clips, please visit the RealAudio 3.0 Showcase For additional sites containing RealAudio 3.0 content, please visit RealGuide. If you are experiencing rebuffering with RealPlayer Plus 4.0, but you do not appear to be experiencing any packet loss, this may be due to low bit rates or a slow connection speed. You may also receive errors about poor system performance.