Comments on: OS X 10.4.7 Doesn’t Fix Audio Problem

By: WillF

WillF — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:18:44 +0000

I had the same problem after launching Audacity - Bugdom II = no sounds at all, Otto Mattic = only music, no sound effects. This is on my 17″ intel iMac. Launching Garageband fixed it! Thanks for posting this tip!!!

By: Michael Rose

Michael Rose — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:00:04 +0000

I’m also having audio issues with Flash 9 player on a Power PC Mac PowerBook G4 running OS 10.4.8. Only get static on playback. Have tried the various fixes suggested on the Adobe website and still the same hiss.

Intererested in any other suggestions.

By: pawblo

pawblo — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:37:37 +0000

opening garageband is the cure. I went through all of the other things as well, and this made it work. thanks to all of you!!!

By: ET

ET — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:06:11 +0000

Just launch garageband……
Problem fixed.

By: elijah

elijah — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:02:34 +0000

This is not just a macbook pro issue, I’ve had this issue before on my imac powerpc g5.

If changing the audio setup back to 44100 /16 bit doesn’t fix it, then you are having a different issue.

This issue is because Flash doesn’t know how to deal with life if you set the Audio Output format to a higher quality that CD quality (44100 / 16bit) !

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:16:58 +0000

This sounds like an Audacity specific problem Ally. I would suggest posting your problem in the Audacity Forums at http://audacityteam.org/forum/

By: Ally

Ally — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:25:51 +0000

i’m sorry, but i really need help
from about 5 months ago i downloaded “audacity version(1.2.4)” for editing audio files & recording … actually it was workin so well so far till from a couple of weeks.. whenever i record a guitar line or any track .. when it comes to recording the 2nd track i discover that the previous track was recorded again .. in other words every single track get recorded more than one time.. its repeated in every new track i make.. so it really reduces the sound’s quality.. & usually i record many guitar lines and i do so many harmony in my music .. i cant help it.. i looked it up in the preferences & found nothing..i downloaded it all over again with no use… i uninstalled it .. i downloaded other version(1.3.0)BETA ..
still it didnt work .. please .. anybody could help me in that ???
reply on: ally_goth_psycho_danger@hotmail.com
i’ll be absolutely incredibly grateful..

By: Mike Duff

Mike Duff — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:13:14 +0000

I’m working on seting up an iMac G5 (non-intel)
We need to use Horizon Wimba “Live Classroom”.
It has a setup Wizard. When I run it I can see it changing Format to 96000hz and the Input and output settings change back and forth from Input device to none. I Reinstalled 10.4.2 then 10.4.3 then 10.4.4 then 10.4.5 Wizard setup works right then when I installed 10.4.6 the problem starts again.
Installing 10.4.7 doesn’t make a difference.

By: jan

jan — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:10:14 +0000

I have had the same problem. Also affects MS Media Player. Tried resetting to 44100 in Audio MIDI, no luck. Repaired disk permissions in Disk Utility with no luck. Went back to Audio MIDI after reparing disk permissions and again forced it back to 44100. Now flash has sound but still no sound on MS Media Player. Then tried launching Garage Band and now everything works again. Seems to be a matter of trying all the tricks listed here in every possible combination and hope they interact just right. This is all on a G4 Powerbook running 10.4.7. Thanks for the tips everyone.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:28:57 +0000

I had the same problem, Flash audio wouldn’t play in any browser on my 17″ PowerBookG4.

I tried setting the audio output bitrate back to 44100 using the MIDI tool, no luck. Repaired disk permissions and that fixed it.