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Mac => JRiver Media Center 33 for Mac => Topic started by: mikepo on October 10, 2024, 01:28:49 pm

Title: Can't playback
Post by: mikepo on October 10, 2024, 01:28:49 pm: Just upgraded from MC30 to 33, and neither version will play. Error: Playback could not be started on the output 'Core Audio' using the format '48 kHz 2ch'. Haven't used 30 for a while. Computer is M2 iMac with Sequoia 15.1. All other audio is fine.

Mike
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: bob on October 15, 2024, 07:57:20 am: Quote from: mikepo on October 10, 2024, 01:28:49 pm
Just upgraded from MC30 to 33, and neither version will play. Error: Playback could not be started on the output 'Core Audio' using the format '48 kHz 2ch'. Haven't used 30 for a while. Computer is M2 iMac with Sequoia 15.1. All other audio is fine.

Mike
In MC's audio device settings turn off integer mode and exclusive mode. With those off you are using the least demanding settings.
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: mikepo on October 15, 2024, 09:32:01 am: Thanks. They're already off.
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: bob on October 15, 2024, 10:13:43 am: Quote from: mikepo on October 15, 2024, 09:32:01 am
Thanks. They're already off.
Playing to the default core audio device which is??
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: mikepo on October 18, 2024, 10:55:13 am: External headphones
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: JimH on October 18, 2024, 11:50:52 am: How are the headphones connected?
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: mikepo on October 18, 2024, 08:02:21 pm: External speakers are plugged into the headphone jack. And they work fine for all other apps (Spotify, Apple Music, etc).
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: AGAWA on October 19, 2024, 02:23:53 am: perhaps this can be of use:
currently M1 Sequoia 15.0.1, Mac Mini
upgraded from MC32 to MC 33 before upgrading Mac OS to 15 and then 15.0.1
playing to headphones output connected to speakers.
No problems whatsoever.

Upgrade path on M2 perhaps?
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: bob on October 28, 2024, 09:24:15 am: Quote from: mikepo on October 18, 2024, 08:02:21 pm
External speakers are plugged into the headphone jack. And they work fine for all other apps (Spotify, Apple Music, etc).
Turn on logging in MC (Help->Logging)
Attach a log.
Audio device open is extensively logged.
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: Gijja on October 31, 2024, 04:07:38 pm: Quote from: mikepo on October 10, 2024, 01:28:49 pm
Just upgraded from MC30 to 33, and neither version will play. Error: Playback could not be started on the output 'Core Audio' using the format '48 kHz 2ch'. Haven't used 30 for a while. Computer is M2 iMac with Sequoia 15.1. All other audio is fine.

Mike

I have exactly the same problem, which started when I upgraded to MacOS 15.1 (M3 Max MacBook).
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: bob on November 01, 2024, 09:26:01 am: Please turn on logging and attach a log. As I said, audio device opening is logged extensively.
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: bob on November 01, 2024, 09:41:47 am: On my M1 Mac mini on 15.1 there are no issues.
Playing 44.1k ALAC to core audio with exclusive and integer mode unchecked and buffering set to default in MC's Audio settings.

At any rate the log will be useful. It's also possible the M2/M3 regressed the HDMI output back to 48k only. You may try change that in DSP studio output format.
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: Gijja on November 01, 2024, 05:35:10 pm: Quote from: bob on November 01, 2024, 09:41:47 am
On my M1 Mac mini on 15.1 there are no issues.
Playing 44.1k ALAC to core audio with exclusive and integer mode unchecked and buffering set to default in MC's Audio settings.

At any rate the log will be useful. It's also possible the M2/M3 regressed the HDMI output back to 48k only. You may try change that in DSP studio output format.

Playback now works. I carefully went through the permissions to make certain that Media Center was authorized where required and made some corrections. I suspect that was my problem.
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: mikepo on December 09, 2024, 11:52:59 am: Still can't play. What Mac settings did you change?
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: bob on December 09, 2024, 03:21:18 pm: Quote from: mikepo on December 09, 2024, 11:52:59 am
Still can't play. What Mac settings did you change?
Did you turn logging on? There are no logs here, only system info.
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: mikepo on December 10, 2024, 07:50:44 am: I did, but here's another try.
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: bob on December 10, 2024, 08:18:56 am: Quote from: mikepo on December 10, 2024, 07:50:44 am
I did, but here's another try.
You are trying to play 4 channel audio to the internal speakers using the output format of Dolby Digital?
Not likely to work. Dolby digital is for external amps that support AC3 encoding.

You need to setup your DSP studio for the correct output format for the device you are trying to play to.
If you have multiple output devices (as most of us have) setup separate zones for each output device.

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0064431: 6169391104: Playback: CAutoConfigureAudioOutput::GetOutputFormat: Using input format 0064431: 6169391104: Playback: CAutoConfigureAudioOutput::GetOutputFormat: Applying output format settings 0064431: 6169391104: Playback: CAutoConfigureAudioOutput::GetOutputFormat: 48 kHz 32bit 4ch 0064431: 6169391104: Playback: CAutoConfigureAudioOutput::GetOutputFormat: Finish (0 ms) 0064436: 6179614720: Database: JRAnalyzerFile::GetImage: Finish (4 ms) 0064438: 6179614720: Playback: CPlayerZoneDisplayInfoLoadImageThread::Thread: Image: 000000013D8E6E30 0064438: 6179614720: Playback: CPlayerZoneDisplayInfoLoadImageThread::Thread: Finish (32 ms) 0064444: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::Open: Start 0064446: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Start 0064446: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Default audio output format: 48 kHz 32bit 2ch 0064447: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Output device name: iMac Speakers 0064447: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Output device UID: BuiltInSpeakerDevice 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Physical format 0: Format=PCM, Samplerate=96000, Bits=32, Flags= +Float +Packed, Padding=0 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Physical format 1: Format=PCM, Samplerate=88200, Bits=32, Flags= +Float +Packed, Padding=0 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Physical format 2: Format=PCM, Samplerate=48000, Bits=32, Flags= +Float +Packed, Padding=0 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Physical format 3: Format=PCM, Samplerate=44100, Bits=32, Flags= +Float +Packed, Padding=0 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Could not open output device BuiltInSpeakerDevice in AC3 mode 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Failed (caught handled exception) 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::ShutdownCoreAudio: Start 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::ShutdownCoreAudio: Releasing interfaces 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::ShutdownCoreAudio: Original Bits: 32 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::ShutdownCoreAudio: Current Bits: 32 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::ShutdownCoreAudio: Set back to original format successfully. Looped: 0 times. 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::ShutdownCoreAudio: Finish (0 ms) 0064448: 6127497216: Playback: CCoreAudioPlugin::StartCoreAudio: Finish (2 ms)
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: pscott on March 20, 2025, 01:50:10 am: I assume last post failed I will try again
1st attachment is permissions
The 2nd should be screen showing selected audio device. Q80A, which HDMI, connected via Yamaha receiver, which I have been using for multi been using for mu8ltichannel playback for years with MC
Title: Re: Can't playback
Post by: pscott on March 20, 2025, 02:01:23 am: This is the exact same equipment that has played multichannel audio using MC It has even played the same file, before I tried to re-import files to fix other files.
I've had to mute the receiver because of the time, but that is not the problem.
I am giving up for the night and will read replies tomorrow.