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domhnall:
Hi,

This is my first post, so I'm sorry if I don't express myself correctly here.  I'm on a Macbook Pro, Ventura 13.4, and I've been having problems playing MC via bluetooth -- to speakers and to headphones.  All playback crackles and pops, and not just a little bit, either.  When I plug the speakers or headphones into the Mac directly, no crackling.  When I play music on iTunes via bluetooth, also no crackling.

The problem started a while ago, on MC29, and with older versions of the Mac OS.  I've tried removing the speakers/headphones from my bluetooth and then re-adding them in -- no dice.  I've shut down the computer and restarted -- no dice.  I haven't re-installed MC, but I did just upgrade to 31 hoping that that might help.  No dice.

I'm not a sophisticated MC user -- I apologize in advance -- so there may be some setting I'm not aware of?  I've tried searching the discussion boards, but I haven't found anything useful.

Does anyone have any suggestions; I'd like to go cordless again when listening to music.

Thanks in advance!

JimH:
You can probably fix it by using MC's DSP Studio > Output Settings to force everything to 48 kHz.  The wiki should help if you need more information.

domhnall:
Thanks so much for the quick reply!  Unfortunately, the DSP Output Sample Rate is already set at 48K for all input values.  I'm open to other ideas.

bob:

--- Quote from: domhnall on July 20, 2023, 06:14:33 pm ---Thanks so much for the quick reply!  Unfortunately, the DSP Output Sample Rate is already set at 48K for all input values.  I'm open to other ideas.

--- End quote ---
In MC's audio settings make sure integer mode and exclusive mode are off.

domhnall:
Thanks for your reply!  The integer mode was off, but the "open device w exclusive access" was checked.  I unchecked it.  I still got static on bluetooth playback.  I then restarted MC, and when that didn't work, I restarted the computer, thinking that might help the change to take effect.

Now, unfortunately, playback on bluetooth doesn't work at all.  I get an error message saying that playback could not be started on the core audio output (neither the bluetooth speakers nor the bluetooth headphones) using format "48kHz 2 ch."  It does play when I use the built-in speakers for the Macbook (without static).

The output settings are still set to 48kHz, which I thought they had to be.

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