This happens with music, streaming videos, games, pretty much everything. At regular intervals the audio will freeze/skip for a second and make a loud grinding noise, then resume. Recently I've been having some problems playing back any sort of media. However, if the Realtek HD Audio Manager is missing on Windows 10 and you can’t find it in Control Panel, you can get Realtek HD Audio Manager downloaded on your Windows computer. Stuttering/Buzzing Sound During Audio/Video Playback. Alternatively, you can also click Hardware and Sound, and click Realtek HD Audio Manager to open it. Next you can type realtek in the search box in Control Panel, and click Realtek HD Audio Manager in the list to open Realtek HD Audio Manager on your Windows 10 computer.
To check if your computer has installed Realtek HD Audio Manager, you can press Windows + R, type control panel, and press Enter to open Control Panel on Windows 10. Normally Windows 10 OS has automatically installed Real HD audio driver, and you can find the Realtek HD Audio Manager in Control Panel, but if you can’t find it, you can check how to download Realtek HD Audio Manager for Windows 10 PC below.
Generally in Windows 10, Realtek HD Audio Manager is installed along with Realtek HD audio driver. Read More Check If Your Computer Has Realtek HD Audio Manager