Sorry, but I had to…
I never copy and paste entire posts, but this one is just too important to us Mac owners not to post here:
A few weeks ago I wrote about a problem I have been having on my new MacBookPro. Whenever I would open VLC or Audacity, the Audio Output Format would change from the normal 44100.0 Hz to 96000.0 Hz. This would cause audio in Flash files to not work, especially in Flash Video files.
To check this, go to Applications > Utilities > Audio Midi Setup.
I have posted about this problem here, also pushing it to Digg, as well as posting numerous times on the Apple Discussion Boards, but to no avail. Upgrading to 10.4.7 didn’t seem to resolve the issue either.
Daryl Rosin commented in the post that he was able to remedy the problem by running Garage Band. It seems that by just opening the GarageBand application once, VLC no longer changes the Audio Output Format, which means that audio now works in Flash.In addition to running Garage Band, I ran Disk Utility and verified permissions on the hard drive. That turned up some permissions issues with the Flash Player files that were repaired.
So apparently the combination of running Garage Band once, then repairing disk permissions on the Flash Player files has fixed the problem of the Audio Output Format being reset whenever 3rd party audio/video applications are run.
I’ll let you know tomorrow if I have the same problem with my MacBook (when I get it) and if this fix worked…
via ForeverGeek
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July 11th, 2006 at 6:20 am
Thanks for the post! Helped a lot.
Quick question, though: Being a recent switcher to Macbook Pro, my Audacity seems incompatible with OS X (Intel). Which version are you running. It drives me crazy;)
Best regards,
Sascha
July 11th, 2006 at 7:33 am
Apparently others are having your problem…
http://audacityteam.org/forum/thread/1348
That looks like a potential fix. Honestly, I don’t even have my MacBook yet, but I’ll give it a try a bit later
July 12th, 2006 at 6:32 am
Thanks for hint.
I don’t have my MacBook at work but I’ll try out later at home.
Best regards,
Sascha
July 12th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
I wrote the post above on ForeverGeek, and it was basically a repost of a post on my personal site.
The problem doesn’t occur with Audacity only. I was actually having that problem using VLC. In fact, I haven’t run Audacity since switching to my MacBookPro.
July 12th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
I really haven’t had any kind of issues with my Blackbook yet, and I’m kinda hoping I don’t. I spend most of my time talking smack around the office about how great the Mac is, and frankly a simple little thing like this not working would be highly embarassing.
July 13th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
I found just found this homebrew audacity library custom made for intel macs on the web:
http://audacityteam.org/forum/thread/1974
despite some minor flaws audacity runs like hell on my machine!