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Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #86799]

Wed, 26 September 2018 19:46

nickbatz
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Registered: September 2018
Location: Los Angeles

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Any ideas what's going on?

It seems to be only some online movies on Twitter, and then intermittently. The movies do play when I switch to the internal speaker.

TIA

Mac Pro 5,1 10.12.6
2882 Extended (but not the new hardware)

[Updated on: Wed, 26 September 2018 19:48]

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #86800 is a reply to message #86799]

Wed, 26 September 2018 20:23

bj
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What browser?

Have you tried another browser?

The MHLink driver presents a lot of channels, and some browsers handle that better than others. Surprisingly, Safari seems to fare the worst...

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #86805 is a reply to message #86800]

Thu, 27 September 2018 14:13

nickbatz
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Location: Los Angeles

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Hi BJ, hope it's all good! It's been a long time.

Yup, Safari, in fact I have to use a different one to log in here.

I'm not using MHLink, however - this is still the magnificent 2882's second iteration.

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #86806 is a reply to message #86805]

Thu, 27 September 2018 14:54

bj
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So this is on 2d? It doesn't go out at all, or it cuts in and out?

If it doesn't go out at all, it is probably the speaker setting in AMS (Audio Midi setup). You need to go into AMS and make sure that the outputs are routed correctly for Mono, Stereo and Surround Stereo.

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #86807 is a reply to message #86806]

Thu, 27 September 2018 15:13

nickbatz
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Location: Los Angeles

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Yes, it's a 2D.

What happens is only with movies - "movies" - in Twitter, and only sometimes.

The AMS speaker setup seems to be right - it's the default. I don't have a surround setup, however I do have three sets of speakers being addressed through separate output pairs in Monitor Control. I'd say that's a culprit if it hadn't been working perfectly for 15 years in every other situation. Smile

(Actually I'll go farther: it's really great - I just switch speaker pairs with a key command.)

However, even though it wasn't selected in Sound Preferences, I did delete a crufty aggregate device, and right now all the "movies" I just clicked on are working! Fingers crossed...

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #86808 is a reply to message #86807]

Thu, 27 September 2018 15:15

nickbatz
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By the way, Safari doesn't let me log into this forum - I had to use another browser.

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87044 is a reply to message #86806]

Sun, 24 March 2019 16:02

VIYATSIATA
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Registered: March 2019
Location: FRANCE

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bj wrote on Thu, 27 September 2018 14:54

So this is on 2d? It doesn't go out at all, or it cuts in and out?

If it doesn't go out at all, it is probably the speaker setting in AMS (Audio Midi setup). You need to go into AMS and make sure that the outputs are routed correctly for Mono, Stereo and Surround Stereo.

The AMS speaker setup seems to be right - it's the default. I don't have a surround setup, however I do have three sets of speakers being addressed through separate output pairs in Monitor Control. I'd say that's a culprit if it hadn't been working perfectly for 15 years in every other situation. Smile

[Updated on: Sun, 24 March 2019 16:04] by Moderator

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87046 is a reply to message #87044]

Sun, 24 March 2019 20:47

nickbatz
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Registered: September 2018
Location: Los Angeles

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I just got a notification that there's a new message here, but there doesn't seem to be.

However, just to update - no luck. The sound on some movies, especially on Twitter, sometimes works sometimes doesn't. It always works with the internal Mac Pro 5,1 (updated so it runs Mojave) speakers.

I can't figure out whether it's a particular format, or what's going on.

But I'm still in love with the 2882! It just works day in and out after all these years, and still sounds great.

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87047 is a reply to message #87046]

Mon, 25 March 2019 01:24

bj
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Did you actually go through all the output speaker settings in AMS, select the channels from the popups, and hit apply? It is a weird bug in AMS. If you do that, I think it will work. But you have to do it for all the routings, not just stereo.

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87048 is a reply to message #87047]

Mon, 25 March 2019 14:56

nickbatz
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Location: Los Angeles

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Thanks BJ.

I hadn't gone through them.

But am I right that all the various surround configurations should remain at their default settings, i.e. all the surrounds shouldn't be routed to 1 & 2 as if they were regular stereo?

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87049 is a reply to message #87048]

Mon, 25 March 2019 15:10

bj
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The L/R for the Surround paths should be routed to 1+2...

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87050 is a reply to message #87049]

Tue, 26 March 2019 21:43

nickbatz
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That worked!

Thanks! This has been annoying me for a long time.

[Updated on: Tue, 26 March 2019 21:43]

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87086 is a reply to message #87050]

Mon, 29 April 2019 13:18

nickbatz
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Registered: September 2018
Location: Los Angeles

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Hah. An email notification about Mobjan's post showed up on my screen just after I opened Audio MIDI Setup to try and make the speaker settings stick again. Smile

It works most of the time, but I still have this issue some of the time in the latest Mojave versions.

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87147 is a reply to message #87086]

Sun, 12 May 2019 09:56

RAILITY
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nickbatz wrote on Mon, 29 April 2019 13:18

Hah. An email notification about Mobjan's post showed up on my screen just after I opened Audio MIDI Setup to try and make the speaker settings stick again.

It works most of the time, but I still have this issue some of the time in the latest Mojave versions.

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87148 is a reply to message #87044]

Sun, 12 May 2019 09:58

RAILITY
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VIYATSIATA wrote on Sun, 24 March 2019 16:02

bj wrote on Thu, 27 September 2018 14:54
So this is on 2d? It doesn't go out at all, or it cuts in and out?

If it doesn't go out at all, it is probably the speaker setting in AMS (Audio Midi setup). You need to go into AMS and make sure that the outputs are routed correctly for Mono, Stereo and Surround Stereo.

The AMS speaker setup seems to be right - it's the default. I don't have a surround setup, however I do have three sets of speakers being addressed through separate output pairs in Monitor Control. I'd say that's a culprit if it hadn't been working perfectly for 15 years in every other situation. Smile

If you are going to be getting the audio from the Apple TV over Optical, you need to set the ULN-2 to clock from the optical input; click the clock icon in the sidebar, and then select "ADAT 1-8" as the source. The ULN-2 needs to have the same clock as the source; since the ATV doesn't support external clock, you will need to slave the ULN-2 to the ATV.

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Re: Intermittent - sound from movies on Twitter doesn't go out interface [message #87149 is a reply to message #87148]

Sun, 12 May 2019 18:11

nickbatz
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Registered: September 2018
Location: Los Angeles

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If that reply is for me, I'm not trying to get it from an Apple TV over optical, I'm routing the built-in audio out the 2882.

it works fine if I send it out HDMI to the TV I use as my second monitor, with the internal speakers... it's just the MH driver that loses contact.

And I'm not blaming MH for that, because they're on to the software for the updated hardware. After all, the interface is pushing 20 years old, and it's still great.

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